{"id":833329,"date":"2026-09-01T19:14:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T19:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/833329\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T19:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T19:14:12","slug":"lindsay-clancy-jurors-are-deadlocked-judge-sends-them-back-for-more-deliberations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/833329\/","title":{"rendered":"Lindsay Clancy jurors are deadlocked, judge sends them back for more deliberations"},"content":{"rendered":"

The jury in Lindsay Clancy\u2019s murder trial<\/a> told the judge Tuesday morning that it was unable to come to a unanimous decision at the start of a fourth day of deliberations<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Judge William Sullivan instructed the jurors to go back and continue deliberations. <\/p>\n

\u201cI know that this was a long trial,\u201d he said. \u201cI know there were over 80 witnesses, over 300 exhibits. But because of that, I\u2019m going to ask you to go back out, keeping in mind all the instructions that I gave you. To go out and to continue your deliberations at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clancy, wearing a beige sweater, did not appear to show any emotion. Her parents and sister were also present in the courtroom. <\/p>\n

The prosecution and Clancy\u2019s attorney, Kevin Reddington, did not object. <\/p>\n

Under Massachusetts law, Sullivan can encourage the jury to go back to the jury room, but not more than twice unless the jury consents to it. If the jury still cannot reach a unanimous verdict, the judge can declare a mistrial. <\/p>\n

Earlier Tuesday, Reddington had said that he would \u201cabsolutely\u201d go to trial again if the verdict ends in a hung jury. <\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe today\u2019s the day; we\u2019ll see. I don\u2019t know,\u201d said Reddington, who is representing Clancy in a murder trial that will determine if she is criminally liable in the killings of her three young children.<\/p>\n

\"LindsayLindsay Clancy with her attorney Kevin Reddington on Tuesday.Greg Derr \/ Pool via The Patriot Ledger<\/p>\n

The attorney said he has \u201creally strong faith\u201d in the jury, noting that members showed attentiveness throughout the five-week trial. <\/p>\n

When asked by a reporter what a hung jury would mean, Reddington responded: \u201cTry it again.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWould you do the trial again if there\u2019s a hung jury?\u201d another reporter asked. <\/p>\n

\u201cAbsolutely,\u201d Reddington said. <\/p>\n

Heather Cucolo<\/a>, a New York Law School professor with expertise in criminal and mental disability law, said generally \u201cthe longer a jury remains deadlocked, the greater the possibility of a hung jury.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDeadlocks are not uncommon in complex, emotionally charged cases, particularly when jurors must evaluate extensive evidence and conflicting expert testimony,\u201d Cucolo said. <\/p>\n

But if the jury continues to be at loggerheads, the judge could give the panel a supplemental instruction commonly referred to as a \u201cdynamite charge,\u201d Cucolo said. In Massachusetts, this instruction is known as a \u201cTuey Rodriguez charge,\u201d or simply a \u201cRodriguez charge.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe purpose is to encourage jurors to reexamine their positions, consider differing viewpoints, and work toward a unanimous verdict without abandoning their sincerely held convictions,\u201d Cucolo said. <\/p>\n

Asked what might be deadlocking this jury, Cucolo said \u201cit is difficult to know from the outside.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, given the issues presented in this case, the disagreement may stem from differing views of the psychiatric and medical evidence, as well as questions concerning intent, premeditation, and criminal responsibility,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Veteran Boston defense attorney Brad Bailey<\/a> said it\u2019s likely the jury is stuck because both the prosecution and the defense presented \u201cextremely persuasive cases.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been predicting that there is a very good chance this could end with a hung jury,\u201d Bailey said. \u201cNow, I expect the judge is going to get a second and then a third deadlock note after which he has to declare a mistrial.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 12-person jury made up of nine women and three men began deliberating Thursday afternoon. The jury had one question Friday when it asked the judge to review pill bottles and a knife that had been entered into evidence. <\/p>\n

The jury is weighing whether to convict Clancy of first-degree murder after she was accused of using exercise bands to strangle her three children \u2014 Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months \u2014 in the basement of their Duxbury home in January 2023. Her then-husband, who was running errands at the time, found her outside underneath a second-story window following a suicide attempt that left her paralyzed from the waist down. <\/p>\n

Clancy\u2019s attorney has argued that she was in a state of postpartum psychosis and heard a voice at the time of the killings. According to Clancy\u2019s legal team, she had previously sought help for mental health issues. <\/p>\n

Prosecutors, however, said she was not in psychosis and planned the murders ahead of time. <\/p>\n

The jury also has the option to convict her of lesser charges, including second-degree murder and manslaughter, or absolve her of the crime or deem her not guilty by lack of criminal responsibility. If the jury finds her not criminally responsible, that means that jurors believe she could not control her actions because she was in psychosis. <\/p>\n

The case has garnered national headlines, fueling social media chatter and podcasts for weeks<\/a> as spectators debate postpartum mental illness and the gaps in maternal healthcare raised during the trial. Supporters of Clancy, often dressed in pink, have gathered outside the Plymouth, Massachusetts, courthouse and sat in the gallery throughout the trial. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The jury in Lindsay Clancy\u2019s murder trial told the judge Tuesday morning that it was unable to come…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":833330,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-833329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=833329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/833330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=833329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=833329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=833329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}