Lindsay Clancy murder trial: Jury deadlocked for second straight day
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Jurors returned to a Massachusetts courtroom Wednesday for another day of deliberations in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial.
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However, the group of nine women and three men remained deadlocked on a verdict for a second straight day.
Judge William Sullivan received a note from the jury at 2 p.m. indicating they still haven’t unanimously agreed on a verdict in the case being tried at the Plymouth Superior Courthouse, NBC News reported .
The judge then gave the jury one last chance to return a verdict before a possible mistrial can be declared, unless the jury continues to allow for further deliberations.
“You should consider that it is desirable that the case be decided,” the judge’s instructions said. “You should consider that you have been selected in the same manner, and from the same source, as any future jury would be.”
On Tuesday, the jury informed the judge that they were deadlocked after several days of deliberations.
Children killed while husband ran errands
Clancy, 36, is facing life in prison after she killed her three children — Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months — in January 2023 while her husband was out running errands.
What the jury must decide is if she is criminally responsible for her actions.
Clancy’s defence team has maintained she was experiencing auditory hallucinations due to postpartum psychosis and sought mental health care.
However, her lawyers argued that she was overprescribed medications and should not be held criminally liable for the deaths.
Strangled with exercise bands
After she strangled her children with exercise bands, Clancy attempted to kill herself by leaping from her bedroom window, which left her paralyzed and in a wheelchair.
The prosecution is seeking a first-degree murder conviction and life in prison. However, the jury could also find her guilty of second-degree murder or manslaughter.
In addition, she could be found not guilty due to lack of criminal responsibility.
Meanwhile, a 56-year-old woman was accused of intimidation involving the case following her arrest outside the courtoom Tuesday afternoon.
Massachusetts State Police told Fox affiliate WFXT Boston that Dawn Light, 56, is facing a charge of intimidation of a witness, jurors, or person furnishing information.
A state prosecutor said Wednesday that Light was arrested shortly after jurors were dismissed for the day.
Trying to film accused
Light spoke to CT Insider before her arraignment Wednesday morning, claiming she was just trying to record Clancy leaving the courthouse.
“That’s the long and the short of it,” Light said. “I don’t know how I intimidated anyone.”
According to Light, once she realized that the woman she was filming was not the wheelchair-bound Clancy, she lowered her phone.
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A court employee approached the self-described “crime junkie” and asked if she worked at the courthouse. When Light said no, she was asked for her identification and her cellphone.
Light said she gave her ID but refused to hand over her phone. That prompted the court employee to call over a state trooper, who confiscated her phone and arrested her.
Light told the outlet that she had attended several days of the Clancy case as well as other high-profile murder trials such as Alex Murdaugh and Karen Read.