A single juror may prevent a verdict in the Lindsay Clancy trial as deliberations resume

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The sixth day of deliberations Thursday saw her defense lawyer tell the judge that the panel’s foreperson said in a note that a single juror won’t follow the court’s instructions about reasonable doubt, and is holding up a verdict. 2 of 6 | Lindsay Clancy looks at jurors as Judge Sullivan asks them to start deliberations for a sixth day during her murder trial on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, in Plymouth, Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool) 3 of 6 | Defense attorney Kevin Reddington talks with Lindsay Clancy after a jury question during her trial in Plymouth, Mass., on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool) 4 of 6 | People attend the Lindsay Clancy trial in Plymouth, Mass., on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool) 5 of 6 | Defense attorney Kevin Reddington pushes the wheelchair of Lindsay Clancy for a sidebar with the judge during her trial in Plymouth, Mass., on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool) 6 of 6 | Kevin Reddington, lawyer for Lindsay Clancy, center, is surrounded by reporters as he leaves Plymouth Superior Court where the jury will return in the morning to continue deliberating in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy for the 2023 killing of her three children, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026., in Plymouth, Mass. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds ) By LEAH WILLINGHAM and MIKE CASEY Updated 6:02 AM MESZ, September 4, 2026 Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Plymouth, Mass. (AP) — A deadlocked jury returns Friday for the seventh day of deliberations in the Lindsay Clancy trial, a day after the jury’s foreperson told the judge a single juror won’t follow the court’s instructions about reasonable doubt. The extraordinary disclosure made Thursday in the form of a note delivered to the judge offered the clearest glimpse yet of what may be keeping jurors from reaching a verdict on whether the Massachusetts mother is criminally responsible for killing her three children. The jury has twice told Judge William Sullivan that it is unable to agree on a verdict. On Thursday, Sullivan brought in each juror individually and questioned them in private. The judge then reread his instructions on reasonable doubt before sending them back to continue deliberating. EDITOR’S NOTE: This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. Clancy’s lawyer, Kevin Reddington, then asked Sullivan to dismiss the juror from the case, arguing the person had refused to follow the judge’s instructions. Prosecutors objected, and Sullivan declined to remove the juror. “I don’t feel it is proper for me to side with one side or the other of the deliberations,” the judge said. “I don’t feel it’s appropriate for me to say, ‘I agree with one juror or the 11.’ I have asked if they are able to follow my instructions. They swore earlier that they could.” Deadlocked jury in Lindsay Clancy trial goes home after a fifth day without a verdict 6 MIN READ Lindsay Clancy trial ends without a verdict for a sixth day after drama in the courtroom 4 MIN READ 78 Lindsay Clancy jury goes home after a fourth day without a verdict and signals an impasse 4 MIN READ 78 At one point and for the first time in the trial, Clancy was brought to join a sidebar conversation with the judge. Paralyzed from the waist down after her suicide attempt, Clancy uses a wheelchair, which Reddington pushed to the front of the courtroom. “She has a right to know what’s going on,” he later told reporters. Clancy, a 36-year-old former labor and delivery nurse, doesn’t deny strangling her children in the basement of their home in 2023 before trying to take her own life. Her attorney argues that postpartum psychosis led to her actions, while prosecutors say she knew what she was doing when she killed Cora, Dawson and Callan Clancy, ages 5, 3 and 8 months. The prosecution argues she deliberately sent her then-husband on errands to get him out of the house, and prosecutors have questioned the seriousness of her suicide attempt. Clancy’s livestreamed trial has generated intense interest, with reporters and spectators packing the courtroom. The case has also sparked deep public divisions over her culpability and the issues around maternal mental health after childbirth. If the jury ultimately can’t agree on a verdict, the judge could declare a mistrial. Prosecutors would then have to decide whether to put Clancy on trial again, drop the charges or try to negotiate a plea deal with her lawyer. If the jury decides Clancy was criminally responsible for her actions, it could convict her of either murder or manslaughter. If she is acquitted, a judge could still order her confined to a mental health facility if an evaluation determines that she poses a danger to the public.