⚖️ ANOTHER DEADLOCK ROCKS LINDSAY CLANCY TRIAL — A Brief 12-Word Statement About Her State of Mind Suddenly Takes Center Stage
WARNING – DISTRESSING CONTENT: Jurors have been instructed by the judge to continue deliberating to reach a unanimous verdict in the high-profile triple murder case after several days of deadlock.
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Lindsay Clancy’s defense attorney Kevin Reddington spoke to reporters after the jury remained deadlocked
Kevin Reddington, Lindsay Clancy’s defense attorney, snapped at reporters after leaving the courtroom on Wednesday as jurors entered their sixth day of deliberations.
Clancy, 36, is awaiting her fate after admitting to strangling her three children — Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months — with resistance bands in the basement of her Duxbury, Massachusetts, home before attempting to take her own life in January 2023. Now, the nurse remains paralyzed from the waist down following the failed suicide attempt.
Despite admitting to the killings, she entered a not guilty by reason of insanity plea, arguing that she was struggling from postpartum psychosis at the time of the tragic incident. Meanwhile, the prosecution has argued that the mother premeditated the killings in the high-profile case.
Jurors were instructed on Wednesday afternoon by Judge William Sullivan to continue deliberating after failing to reach a unanimous verdict again, sparking concerns about a potential mistrial from a hung jury.
After getting swarmed by reporters, Reddington laid bare how his client is coping as the jury struggles to reach a verdict and declare her fate, which could carry a heavy punishment of life in prison without parole or forced commitment to a mental institution.
“You see the mascara on my suit? That’s how she’s holding up,” Reddington said about Clancy’s current emotional state while exiting the courtroom Wednesday.
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Reddington consoles his client, as she sobs during her murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court(Image: Mark Stockwell/Pool The Boston H)
The day before, Reddington told a crowd of reporters outside the courtroom after being asked about his client’s reaction to the failed jury verdict that she had a “flat affect, sad, you know, she doesn’t change.”
Asked to expand on the sentiment, he repeated himself again, hinting at her emotional restraint while in the public, media-crazed courtroom.
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Clancy tries to hold back tears as details of her three children’s murders are read in court(Image: Greg Derr/Pool The Patriot Ledge)
Judge Sullivan could be forced to declare a mistrial if the jury continues to struggle to reach a verdict. In that case, the legal process will have to begin all over again. Clancy would likely be institutionalized while awaiting the second trial.
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Clancy’s father Mike Musgrove anxiously sitting in court as the judge instructs the jury to deliberate
Reddington also said yesterday before court began that he would “absolutely” return to trial if there is a hung jury. He also clarified that his client is bracing for what the jury’s deadlock means for the case.
“I don’t know that it’s a good sign, a bad sign, or any sign,” he said, adding that the nine women and three men are “working hard to try to come to a decision.”
If in the United States, you can dial the 24/7 National Suicide Prevention hotline at 1-800-273-8255 or go to 988 Lifeline.
