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Jury deadlocks again in Lindsay Clancy child murder trial

Defendant Lindsay Clancy watches the jury as Judge William Sullivan addresses them at the start of the day in court. Alamy Massachusetts To reach a verdict, all 12 jurors must agree. A US JUDGE has sent jurors back for a final push toward a verdict in Lindsay Clancy’s triple murder trial after they deadlocked for a second time, raising the prospect of a mistrial. Clancy (36) does not deny strangling her children Cora, five, Dawson, three, and Callan, eight months, but claims she was suffering from postpartum psychosis – excusing her from criminal responsibility. Her five-week trial, which was televised and featured more than 80 witnesses, has sparked debate in the United States over maternal mental health. The jury today indicated to Judge William Sullivan that it had reached a stalemate a
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