The jury in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial ended deliberations Friday without reaching a verdict and will take the weekend off before returning to court Monday for further deliberations.
The 12-person jury, made up of nine women and three men, deliberated for about 3.5 hours on Thursday and over 6.5 hours on Friday. They are scheduled to resume deliberations Monday at 9 a.m. ET.
Clancy, a 36-year-old former labor and delivery nurse, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder in the killings of her children Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; and Callan, 8 months. The jury is able to consider first-degree murder, second-degree murder or manslaughter charges.
Both prosecutors and her defense agree Clancy was mentally ill when she fatally strangled her children with exercise bands and attempted suicide at their home in Duxbury, Massachusetts, on January 24, 2023. The key question for the jury is whether she is “criminally responsible,” a legal term meaning she appreciated the wrongfulness of her actions and was able to follow the law.
Prosecutors called over 70 witnesses as they argued Clancy “acted intentionally, rationally and swiftly” when she killed her children. They argued she still knew right from wrong at the time, noting she sent her husband out to run errands before killing the kids, and upon waking in a hospital she was “horrified” and asked for an attorney.
