Tensions flare as judge declines to remove holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy trial
A judge has denied a request to remove a holdout juror in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, who is accused of killing her three children. The defense argues Clancy suffered from postpartum psychosis, while the jury remains deadlocked after 35 hours of deliberation.
Why it matters
The case highlights the complexities of legal defenses involving mental health and the challenges of achieving unanimous verdicts in high-profile criminal trials.
Figure caption, Watch: Defence calls for one juror to be dismissed
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 court's instructions on reasonable doubt.
The defence team asked for the holdout 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.
Warning: This article contains distressing details
The former labour and delivery nurse does not deny strangling her two sons and daughter in the basement of their house.
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