Judge lectures Lindsay Clancy jury on reasonable doubt, tells them to keep deliberating

The Associated Press

· Posted: Sep 03, 2026 4:05 PM EDT | Last Updated: 14 minutes ago

WARNING: This article contains details about violence against children.

The defence in the Lindsay Clancy trial told a judge Thursday on the sixth day of deliberations that one juror won't follow the judge's instructions about reasonable doubt, and he wants them kicked off the jury.

The judge, though, sent the jury back to continue deliberations.

The deadlocked jury has twice told the judge in the past two days that they can't agree whether the Massachusetts mother is criminally responsible for killing her three children.

The exchange came after the judge brought both sides and even Clancy herself to the bench for a discussion, then the jurors were brought back in. Defence attorney Kevin Reddington became animated at times, slicing the air with his hand.

Clancy, a 36-year-old former labour and delivery nurse, doesn't deny strangling her children in the basement of their home in 2023. Her attorney argues that postpartum psychosis led to her actions, while prosecutors say she knew what she was doing when she killed Cora, Dawson and Callan Clancy, ages 5, 3 and 8 months.

Just before jurors entered the courtroom Thursday with their eyes to the floor, Clancy took a deep breath at the defence table.

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