Not a mistrial, yet. Clancy's lawyer asks for emergency appeal in her murder trial
The murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, who is accused of killing her three children, has stalled due to a deadlocked jury. The defense is seeking an emergency appeal after the judge denied requests to remove a holdout juror or consider lesser charges.
Why it matters
The case highlights the complexities of the insanity defense and the legal challenges surrounding postpartum psychosis in the criminal justice system.
The judge in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy has granted the request of her defense attorney to appeal to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to seek an emergency stay in the case. This came moments after the judge said he intended to declare a mistrial Friday morning.
Clancy, 36, was charged with strangling 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan, in the family's home in Duxbury, Mass. Her defense argued she should not be held criminally liable because she was suffering from severe postpartum psychosis at the time, an approach often called the insanity defense. The prosecution argued Clancy was well enough to plan and act intentionally.
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