By RACHEL BOWMAN, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER and RACHEL SHARP, CRIME CORRESPONDENT Updated: 22:08 BST, 1 September 2026
The jury in Lindsay Clancy's murder trial were sent home on Tuesday after failing to reach a verdict. Earlier in the day, jurors told Judge William R Sullivan that they were unable to come to a unanimous decision on the fourth day of deliberations.The jury, made up of nine women and three men, has spent a total of 23 hours deliberating Clancy's fate. Judge Sullivan sent them back out to continue weighing up their decision on Tuesday morning after they confirmed they could not come to an agreed verdict. The jury must decide whether Clancy is guilty of three murder counts after the former labor and delivery nurse killed her children Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, eight months, using exercise bands at her home in Duxbury, Massachusetts, in January 2023. Clancy has pleaded not guilty in her case, citing postpartum depression, psychosis and overmedication by prescribers. Prosecutors acknowledged that Clancy was mentally ill, but maintain that she knew what she was doing at the time of the killings. Judge William Sullivan announced that the jury had asked to be excused for the day, and he agreed.'My understanding is that you request to be excused until tomorrow at 9 o'clock, so I'm going to excuse you until then,' he said as several members appeared to nod.'You've come this far, do not read anything, don't listen to anything, don't talk about this case.'The panel of 12, made up of nine women and three men, have now deliberated for around 23 hours.Earlier in the day on Tuesday, the jury told the judge they could not reach a unanimous verdict, but he ordered them to keep deliberating.The jury had deliberated for 18 hours when they told the judge they could not reach a unanimous verdict.They must reach a unanimous decision on whether Clancy is guilty of murder, manslaughter or not criminally responsible for her actions.If the jury is unable to reach a verdict, the judge will eventually be forced to declare a mistrial.The group has not be sequestered during discussions.Breaking:Jury says they are unable to reach a unanimous decisionThe Lindsay Clancy jury told the judge they are unable to reach a verdict after 18 hours of deliberations. 'Members of the jury I've got your question and the question is, "After many hours of deliberation we are unable to come to a unanimous decision,"' Judge William Sullivan said. He acknowledged the length of the trial, but ordered the jury to continue deliberations and sent them back.'I brought you back out because I know that this was a long trial, alright. I know that there were over 80 witness, there were over 300 exhibits, but because of that I'm going to ask you to back out, keeping in mind all of the instructions that I gave you, to go out and to continue you deliberations,' Sullivan said.The panel of 12, made up of nine women and three men, must reach a unanimous decision on whether Clancy is guilty of murder, manslaughter or not criminally responsible for her actions.If the jury is unable to reach a verdict, the judge will eventually be forced to declare a mistrial. The jury had deliberated for 18 hours when they told the judge they could not reach a unanimous verdict. The group has not be sequestered during discussions.Lindsay Clancy jury's stalemate drags on after 23 hours of tense deliberations
