Lindsay Clancy sits at the defense table as Kevin Reddington asks the jury to find her not guilty during her murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Mass., on Aug. 27, 2026. Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP
The fifth day of deliberations in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial ended with no verdict on Sept. 2 as jurors reiterated they remained at an impasse.
Judge William Sullivan encouraged the deadlocked jury to dive deeper into opposing views and ordered discussions to resume at the Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Thursday morning.
Sullivan told the jury on Wednesday that nobody knows if a new group of people would be “more intelligent, more impartial or more competent to decide it than you are.”
The jury first revealed on Tuesday that they were having issues reaching a unanimous decision.
The former labor and delivery nurse faces three counts of first-degree murder, one for each child: Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and 8-month-old Callan.
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Jurors have the option to consider second-degree murder or manslaughter charges instead.
Defense attorney Kevin Reddington urged jurors in his closing arguments on Aug. 27 to find Clancy not guilty by reason of insanity, alleging she was in the throes of postpartum psychosis when she killed her children.
Prosecutors said that even though Clancy suffered from mental health issues, she knew it was wrong to kill her children.
Clancy faces life in prison with no possibility of parole if she is convicted on any of the first-degree murder charges she faces.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
