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The murder trial of Lindsay Clancy ended in a mistrial after a Plymouth Superior Court jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict following seven days of deliberations. Clancy is charged with killing her three children, with her defense arguing she was suffering from postpartum psychosis. Prosecutors and the district attorney now face decisions regarding a potential retrial.
Outlets across the political spectrum agree that the trial ended in a mistrial after the jury deadlocked following extensive deliberations, and that Clancy's defense argued she was experiencing postpartum psychosis.
Right-leaning outlets such as Fox News, The Last Refuge, and The Daily Caller placed heavier emphasis on details regarding the jury's split, such as the 11-1 deadlock and the alleged pressure on a lone holdout juror, as well as Donald Trump's commentary. Left and center outlets like The Guardian, PBS NewsHour, and BBC News focused more broadly on the procedural history of the five-week trial, the reactions of the family, and what steps the district attorney might take next.
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What's next for Lindsay Clancy after a mistrial in her murder case
After five weeks of testimony and seven days of deliberation, the trial of Lindsay Clancy, who's charged with killing her three children, ended in a mistrial after the jury deadlocked. Clancy's lawyers argued she was experiencing postpartum psychosis and should not be held criminally responsible. Prosecutors said she planned the killings ahead of time. Ali…
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District attorney must decide whether to retry case after jury’s failure to reach verdict despite hours of deliberationLindsay Clancy, prosecutors, defense lawyers, the judge and millions watching on are back where they started after her five-week trial over the murder of her three children ended in a mistrial.America’s saddest case has ceased for the…
"It is with a heavy heart that we report we are unable to come to a unanimous decision," the jury said in a note
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After five weeks of testimony and seven days of deliberation, the trial of Lindsay Clancy, who's charged with killing her three children, ended in a mistrial after the jury deadlocked. Clancy's lawyers argued she was experiencing postpartum psychosis and should not be held criminally responsible. Prosecutors said she planned the killings ahead of time. Ali…
Jurors failed to reach a verdict on the charges against the mother who said she was suffering from postpartum psychosis when she killed her three children.
The BBC’s Ione Wells was in the courtroom as the case of the US mother accused of murdering her three children fell apart.
After days of deliberation, the judge in the Lindsay Clancy murder case announced Friday afternoon that he was declaring a mistrial.
Clancy has resided under psychiatric care at Tewksbury State Hospital for the past three years.
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Trump says Lindsay Clancy will pay "the price" after a mistrial was declared when the jury deadlocked 11-1 in the Massachusetts murder case.
An Illinois mother who has been charged with murdering her two-year-old son was “very invested” in the Lindsay Clancy trial at the time of the incident, which…
Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial after the 12-member jury could not reach a unanimous verdict in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy. The defense counsel of Ms Clancy violated every form of judicial ethics in his effort to expose and pressure the one male juror who refused to accept a not guilty verdict and…
The Lindsay Clancy murder trial has just hit a huge speed bump.The deadlocked Massachusetts jury of nine women and three men on Friday morning — its seventh day of deliberations — delivered a note to Judge William Sullivan in the Plymouth courtroom.'I would go so far as to reluctantly say that the individual has made a false statement under oath to this…
The Massachusetts judge overseeing Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial on Friday dramatically gave her defense attorney one hour to make an emergency appeal for a stay before he declares a mistrial. William Sullivan, who is overseeing the murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court, made the decision after the 12-member jury spent seven days deliberating and came…
A Massachusetts judge moved for a mistrial in the case of Lindsay Clancy in her trial for the murder of her three young children, after seven days of deliberations. The defense was given an hour to appeal before the judge formally declared a mistrial. The jury was deadlocked 11-1. Plymouth Superior Court Judge William Sullivan...
Judge Declares Mistrial In Lindsay Clancy Case
Patrick Clancy, the ex-husband of Lindsay Clancy, who admitted to killing their three young children, has issued a statement following the mistrial in the case that called into question whether the mother was criminally responsible for the triple murder based on her mental state.
Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial Friday in the triple-murder trial of Lindsay Clancy after jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict and after an unprecedented move from Clancy’s defense. The nine-woman, three-man jury told Sullivan for the third time that they were deadlocked and unable to reach a unanimous decision after around 38 hours ...
