Lindsay Clancy judge gives deadlocked jury last resort ‘Tuey-Rodriguez’ charge after they can’t reach verdict

Plymouth Judge William Sullivan read the so-called “Tuey-Rodriguez” charge, nicknamed the “Dynamite Charge” by local jurists, strongly encouraging them to keep working to try to reach a consensus.

Clancy will likely go back on trial, but prosecutors have options.

Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial told the judge Tuesday they were deadlocked after 18 hours of deliberations. The judge sent them back to continue deliberating, but a mistrial could be close. Shanelle Kaul and Caroline Polisi have more.

A mistrial will be declared and the case essentially goes back to the same status as before the trial

The nine women and three men will resume deliberations for a fifth day today.

A Massachusetts jury plans to deliberate a fifth day Wednesday on whether Lindsay Clancy was criminally responsible when she strangled her three children in 2023, amid conflicting testimony about her post-pregnancy mental health.

Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse, doesn't deny strangling her children, but she says postpartum psychosis led to her actions

If a Massachusetts jury can't reach a verdict on whether Lindsay Clancy was criminally responsible when she strangled her three children in 2023, a mistrial will be declared and then prosecutors will have to decide whether to retry Clancy on murder charges

What happens next if the jury in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial can’t reach a verdict?  AP News

Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial ended a fourth day of deliberations without a verdict Tuesday after earlier saying they couldn’t agree whether the Massachusetts mother is criminally responsible for killing her three young children.

Judge William Sullivan urged the jury to continue reviewing the facts of the case and sent them back to deliberate.

Jurors said they were deadlocked after 18 hours, but the judge pushed them to keep trying to reach a verdict in the high-profile case of a mother who strangled her three children.

Canada has an infanticide provision in the Criminal Code that applies exclusively to a mother who kills her newly born child while her mind is "disturbed."

What Lindsay Clancy's Majority-Women Jury Could Mean For Her Verdict, According To Experts  HuffPost

Lindsay Clancy Jury Fails To Reach A Verdict, Judge Orders Them To Keep Deliberating

Judge William Sullivan ordered the jury to return to deliberations Tuesday morning to reach a decision on the Massachusetts mother who admitted to killing her three children.

Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial reported a deadlock, but a judge ordered further deliberations as the closely watched case continues.

Lindsay Clancy jury unable to reach unanimous verdict  The Times

The trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mom who killed her three young children in January 2023, has reached its final stages.

If Lindsay Clancy succeed in her insanity defense, she will not be released soon. It is probable that she will be required to remain in a medical institution.