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Jury Remains Deadlocked in Trial of Mother Accused of Killing Three Children

A jury in Massachusetts remains deadlocked for the second time in the trial of Lindsay C., accused of killing her three children.

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A jury in the US state of Massachusetts failed to reach a unanimous decision for the second time in the trial of Lindsay C., a 36-year-old mother accused of killing her three children. [1] Lindsay C. admitted in January 2023 that she killed her five-year-old daughter Cora, her three-year-old son Dawson, and her eight-month-old son Callan in the family home. [2] Lindsay Clancy, a former Massachusetts obstetric nurse, does not deny strangling her three children to death in her home in 2023 using exercise resistance bands and then jumping from a second-story window, which left her paralyzed from the waist down. [3] The jury in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy said on its fifth day of deliberations that it could not reach a unanimous verdict for a second time, and Judge William Sullivan sent it back with a standard instruction required by law urging further discussion. [4] Judge William Sullivan issued a definitive order on September 23, 2026, instructing the jury to continue deliberating and reach a unanimous verdict in the trial of Lindsay Clancy. [5] Lindsay Clancy, a 36-year-old former nurse, faces three charges of murder for the strangulation of her children Cora, Dawson, and Callan on January 24, 2023, in Duxbury, Massachusetts. [6] Judge William Sullivan of the Plymouth Superior Court ordered a jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial to deliberate again after they reported being hopelessly split on the defendant's sanity regarding the 2023 deaths of her three children. [7] Lindsay Clancy, a 36-year-old former nurse, is accused of strangling her children Cora (5), Dawson (3), and Callan (8 months) to death in their basement in 2023. [8] The jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial remained deadlocked on Wednesday after failing to reach a verdict for the second time regarding whether Clancy was criminally responsible for killing her three children. [9] The jury in Lindsay Clancy's trial concluded their sixth day of deliberations on September 3, 2026, without reaching a verdict. [10] After the foreperson's message, Judge William Sullivan re-read the instructions on reasonable doubt to the jury and declined to remove the juror, a request made by defense attorney Kevin Reddington. [11] In the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, who is accused of killing her three children in 2023, the jury entered its seventh day of deliberations on Friday, September 4, 2026, in Plymouth, Massachusetts. [12]
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  1. A jury in the US state of Massachusetts failed to reach a unanimous decision for the second time in the trial of Lindsay C., a 36-year-old mother accused of killing her three children. · DIE ZEIT
  2. Lindsay C. admitted in January 2023 that she killed her five-year-old daughter Cora, her three-year-old son Dawson, and her eight-month-old son Callan in the family home. · DIE ZEIT
  3. Lindsay Clancy, a former Massachusetts obstetric nurse, does not deny strangling her three children to death in her home in 2023 using exercise resistance bands and then jumping from a second-story window, which left her paralyzed from the waist down. · Primera HoraPuerto Rico
  4. The jury in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy said on its fifth day of deliberations that it could not reach a unanimous verdict for a second time, and Judge William Sullivan sent it back with a standard instruction required by law urging further discussion. · Primera HoraPuerto Rico
  5. Judge William Sullivan issued a definitive order on September 23, 2026, instructing the jury to continue deliberating and reach a unanimous verdict in the trial of Lindsay Clancy. · El Mundo
  6. Lindsay Clancy, a 36-year-old former nurse, faces three charges of murder for the strangulation of her children Cora, Dawson, and Callan on January 24, 2023, in Duxbury, Massachusetts. · El Mundo
  7. Judge William Sullivan of the Plymouth Superior Court ordered a jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial to deliberate again after they reported being hopelessly split on the defendant's sanity regarding the 2023 deaths of her three children. · The Independent
  8. Lindsay Clancy, a 36-year-old former nurse, is accused of strangling her children Cora (5), Dawson (3), and Callan (8 months) to death in their basement in 2023. · The Independent
  9. The jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial remained deadlocked on Wednesday after failing to reach a verdict for the second time regarding whether Clancy was criminally responsible for killing her three children. · The Globe and Mail
  10. The jury in Lindsay Clancy's trial concluded their sixth day of deliberations on September 3, 2026, without reaching a verdict. · EL NORTE
  11. After the foreperson's message, Judge William Sullivan re-read the instructions on reasonable doubt to the jury and declined to remove the juror, a request made by defense attorney Kevin Reddington. · WCJB
  12. In the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, who is accused of killing her three children in 2023, the jury entered its seventh day of deliberations on Friday, September 4, 2026, in Plymouth, Massachusetts. · WCJB
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