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[^1]\n\nOn September 1, 2026, the jury in the trial of Lindsay Clancy, accused of killing her three children in 2023, informed Judge William Sullivan that they failed to reach a unanimous verdict after more than 17 hours of deliberation. [^2]\n\nThe jury in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial in Plymouth, Massachusetts announced on Tuesday that they were deadlocked after four days of deliberation. [^3]\n\nLindsay Clancy, a 36-year-old former labor and delivery nurse, does not deny strangling her children in the basement of their home in 2023. [^4]\n\nThe jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial was expected to keep deliberating on Thursday to avoid a mistrial, despite being unable to agree on her criminal responsibility for killing her three children. [^5]\n\nClancy pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, claiming she suffered from postpartum psychosis that prevented her from understanding the nature and gravity of her actions. [^6]\n\nProsecutors argued that Clancy knew what she was doing and made a conscious decision to kill her children before attempting suicide, noting her training as a nurse and her knowledge of the medications she was taking. [^7]\n\nJudge William Sullivan asked the jury to deliberate once more, marking his second request for deliberation in the case. [^8]\n\nMassachusetts law states that a judge can declare a mistrial only if the jury remains deadlocked after being asked to deliberate three times. [^9]\n\nThe jury is currently deadlocked over whether Lindsay Clancy is criminally responsible for killing her three children. [^10]\n\nDefense attorney Kevin Reddington has argued that Clancy was experiencing postpartum psychosis when she killed the children and asked jurors to find her not guilty by reason of insanity. [^11]\n\nIf Clancy is convicted of first-degree murder, she faces life in prison without parole; if found not guilty by reason of insanity, she would be committed to a state psychiatric hospital for evaluation. 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