1 Juror Blocked Lindsay Clancy Acquittal After 7 Days of Deliberations
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Updated · KABC-TV · Sep 9
1 Juror Blocked Lindsay Clancy Acquittal After 7 Days of Deliberations
3 articles · Updated · KABC-TV · Sep 9
Summary
Three jurors said a single holdout prevented a not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity verdict for Lindsay Clancy, leading Judge William Sullivan to declare a mistrial four days ago.
Foreperson Ronni Carlson told NBC10 the juror admitted he had reasonable doubt, prompting her to start signing acquittal forms, but still refused to vote to acquit.
Jurors sent the judge three notes saying they were deadlocked, and Carlson separately complained that the holdout was not following instructions on reasonable doubt.
Clancy, 36, admitted killing her three children in 2023; her lawyers argued postpartum psychosis destroyed her grasp on reality, while prosecutors said she acted deliberately.
The mistrial leaves Clancy exposed to a possible retrial in a case that turned on criminal responsibility rather than whether she caused the deaths.