Deliberations continue in Lindsay Clancy's murder trial - WCVB
A jury is continuing deliberations in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, a Massachusetts mother accused of killing her three children in 2023. The jury must decide if she is guilty or not criminally responsible due to postpartum psychosis.
Why it matters
The case highlights the complex intersection of mental health, the insanity defense, and the legal system in high-profile criminal trials.
Deliberations will continue Tuesday in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother accused of strangling her three children in the family's Duxbury home in 2023. A jury of nine women and three men is deciding if Lindsay Clancy, 36, is guilty of killing 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan or if she is not criminally responsible due to her mental health. Their work began Thursday afternoon and the worked a full day on Friday. At this point, they have spent approximately 17.5 hours deliberating. Their second full day of deliberations concluded at 3:50 p.m. on Monday, when the judge said the jurors asked to go home. So far the panel has asked just one question, a request to see two Ziploc bags of pill bottles and the knife Lindsay Clancy used in her attempted suicide.
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