Lindsay Clancy: Defence seeks juror’s removal as jury again sent back
A jury in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial has reported a deadlock, with members complaining that one juror is failing to follow instructions regarding reasonable doubt. The judge has ordered the jury to continue deliberations after individual questioning, despite defense requests for a mistrial or juror removal.
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The case highlights the intense public and legal debate surrounding postpartum psychosis and criminal responsibility in high-profile maternal mental health cases.
<p>Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial sent the judge a note on the sixth day of deliberations complaining that one person on their panel wasn’t following the court’s instructions regarding reasonable doubt.</p> <p>The note from the deadlocked jury came after they twice told the judge i<a href="https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/09/03/lindsay-clancey-murder-trial-whats-likely-to-be-holding-up-the-jury/" target="_blank">n the past two days that they can’t agree</a> whether the Massachusetts mother is criminally responsible for killing her three children.</p> <p>Judge William Sullivan, after receiving the note, brought in each juror individually and questioned them in private. The judge then reread his instructions on reasonable doubt before sending them back to continue deliberating on a verdict.</p> <p>That prompted an angry objection from Clancy’s lawyer, Kevin Reddington, who demanded that one juror be removed. Sullivan declined.</p> <p>Clancy, a 36-year-old former labour and delivery nurse, doesn’t deny strangling her children in the basement of their home in 2023.
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