A Massachusetts judge declared a mistrial on Friday after the jury weighing the fate of Lindsay Clancy failed for the third time to reach a verdict in the case of the mother accused of the strangling deaths of her three young children in 2023.
\n\nJudge William Sullivan made the announcement after the jury sent the court a note saying they were still deadlocked.
\n\nClancy had pleaded not guilty to three first-degree murder charges in the deaths of Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months.
\n\nBut the jury remained deadlocked after a nearly six-week trial and seven days of deliberation.
\n\nThe jury was tasked with determining whether Clancy was criminally responsible in her children’s deaths, or whether she was not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility because of mental illness.
\n\nSullivan got the first deadlock note on Tuesday, the fourth day of deliberations, and dismissed the jury after asking them to continue to work toward a verdict.
\n\nOn Wednesday, the jury issued a second note saying it is “still unable to come to a unanimous decision.”
\n\nSullivan, at that point, read the jury what’s known as Tuey-Rodriguez instructions, which essentially asks them to give deliberations one last chance…
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