The jury in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial hit a second deadlock Wednesday afternoon, pushing the high-stakes case past the 30-hour mark of deliberation without a verdict.
After nearly 27 hours of discussions since last Thursday, the panel of nine women and three men told Judge William Sullivan around 2 p. m. that they were stuck again.
The judge urged them to keep trying, just as he did when they first reported an impasse Tuesday morning.
At the center of the case: whether the 36-year-old Duxbury mother should be held criminally responsible for the deaths of her three children—Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and 8-month-old Callan—on January 24, 2023. Clancy’s defense argues she was in the grip of severe postpartum psychosis and should be found not guilty by reason of insanity.
As the jury left for the day just after 4 p. m. , Clancy’s attorney, Kevin Reddington, told reporters he’s ready to retry the case “next week” if this trial ends in a hung jury.
He also noted the judge can give the so-called Tuey-Rodriguez instruction twice, a legal nudge used in Massachusetts to push deadlocked juries toward a decision.
In a quieter moment inside the courtroom, Reddington was seen rubbing Clancy’s shoulders while she let out a heavy sigh as the jury filed out. Observers also noticed a Diet Coke tucked into the cup holder of her wheelchair when she arrived this morning.
The judge thanked the jurors for their time and commitment, asking them to return Thursday at 9 a. m. to resume deliberations.
They’re expected to continue until 4 p. m. unless a verdict comes sooner.
With the jury still split and the defense already signaling a potential retrial, what will it take to break the deadlock?
