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[^2]\n\nClancy, a former labor and delivery nurse, admitted to strangling her children but claimed postpartum psychosis caused her actions. [^3]\n\nThe Lindsay Clancy jury sent Judge William Sullivan a note stating they could not reach a unanimous verdict on her criminal responsibility for killing her three children. [^4]\n\nLindsay Clancy, a 36-year-old former labour and delivery nurse, is charged with murder and is currently held at a psychiatric hospital awaiting resolution. [^5]\n\nAfter the killings, Clancy's husband found her badly injured in the yard, where she landed after jumping from a second-story window, and she was left paralyzed from the waist down. [^6]\n\nBrad Bailey, a Boston defense attorney and former prosecutor not involved in the case, said that defense lawyers would at least explore a resolution if the threat of a retrial on murder charges is re-introduced. [^7]\n\nConflicting testimony exists regarding Clancy's postpregnancy mental health during the time of the killings. [^8]\n\nA mistrial would allow prosecutors to retry the case with a new jury or offer a plea deal, per defense attorney Brad Bailey. [^9]\n\nProsecutors argue Clancy knew her actions, while defense experts testified about her mental health decline and psychiatric treatment. 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