12 Jurors Begin Deliberating Lindsay Clancy's 3-Child Murder Case in Massachusetts
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Updated · CBS New York · Aug 27
12 Jurors Begin Deliberating Lindsay Clancy's 3-Child Murder Case in Massachusetts
3 articles · Updated · CBS New York · Aug 27
Summary
Twelve jurors — nine women and three men — began deliberating at 12:34 p.m. Thursday after 21 days of testimony in Lindsay Clancy's Massachusetts murder trial.
Judge William Sullivan told jurors the prosecution must prove Clancy knew right from wrong, and said they cannot hold her decision not to testify against her or be swayed by graphic evidence.
Prosecutor Jennifer Sprague argued Clancy planned the Jan. 24, 2023 killings, citing errands timed for her husband and saying Clancy hid worsening thoughts from doctors while making a rational choice.
Defense lawyer Kevin Reddington countered that Clancy was overmedicated, suffering from postpartum psychosis and severe mental illness, and therefore not criminally responsible despite admitting she killed her three children.
A first-degree murder conviction would bring life without parole; a finding of not criminally responsible would send Clancy to a state psychiatric hospital.