Lindsay Clancy trial tensions flare as judge declines to remove holdout juror
A judge has refused to remove a holdout juror in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, who is accused of killing her three children. The defense argues Clancy was suffering from postpartum psychosis, while the jury remains deadlocked after 35 hours of deliberation.
Why it matters
The case raises complex legal and medical questions regarding mental health defenses in high-profile criminal trials.
Share Save Add as preferred on Google Ana Faguy Reporting from court in Massachusetts Watch: What it was like in court as Lindsay Clancy's lawyer asked judge to remove juror A judge has again told the deadlocked jury in Lindsay Clancy's murder trial to keep trying to reach a verdict after a dramatic sixth day of deliberations in a case that has gripped America.
Tensions flared in court after the jury forewoman sent the judge a note saying one juror would not follow the judge's instructions on reasonable doubt.
There was audible shock in the room when the defence team asked for the juror to be removed, a request that was denied by the judge.
Clancy, 36, is charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of her three children - Cora, five, Dawson, three, and eight-month-old Callan - at her Massachusetts family home on 24 January 2023.
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