Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer claimed in court docket that one juror within the killer mother’s homicide trial “refuses to hearken to the regulation” after the panel introduced it was deadlocked twice — resulting in a slew of attainable outcomes within the case that has gripped the nation.
The case facilities on dueling accounts of what drove Clancy to strangle her kids to loss of life utilizing train bands inside their Duxbury dwelling earlier than throwing herself out of a second-story window on Jan. 24, 2023.
Protection lawyer Kevin Reddington argued that the mom was within the throes of postpartum psychosis, worsened by myriad prescription medicines. Reddington additionally claims she heard a person’s voice instructing Clancy to kill the youngsters and herself.
Prosecutors countered she fastidiously deliberate the killings, together with sending her then-husband to select up remedy at CVS and take-out from an area restaurant so she may commit the heinous crimes.
The 12-person jury, made up of 9 ladies and three males, has despatched out 4 notes since deliberations started final Thursday afternoon.
The primary word got here Aug. 28, on the primary full day of deliberations, when the jury requested to see the knife Clancy used to hurt herself after killing the children.
Two notes adopted Tuesday and Wednesday, the place the jury indicated they had been deadlocked and couldn’t attain a unanimous verdict.
In the future later, on Thursday, jurors despatched one other word to Decide William Sullivan.
Reddington revealed that the mysterious jury word that prompted the decide to query the jurors one after the other at sidebar was from the foreperson, claiming a single juror “refuses to observe the regulation” on the decide’s instruction about affordable doubt. The protection lawyer misplaced his bid to have the panelist tossed from the jury.
Friday morning earlier than the jury deliberations started, Reddington argued for the decide to grill the juror individually — and revealed the holdout juror was a person and accused him of mendacity Thursday when Sullivan questioned all of the jurors one after the other.
However Sullivan shot down the request throughout heated debate during which he appeared to develop annoyed with Reddington.
The high-profile trial may now finish in an array of outcomes, together with:
Convicted of homicide:
First-degree homicide carries a compulsory sentence of life in jail with out parole. Second-degree homicide carries a sentence of life with the potential for parole.
Convicted of manslaughter:
A lesser cost, Clancy may withstand 20 years in jail per rely.
Not responsible by cause of madness:
Clancy would keep in a psychological hospital and obtain therapy till medical doctors deem her not a menace to herself or others. The decide has stated she may sooner or later go free, however didn’t say how lengthy it may take.
Right here’s the newest on Lindsay Clancy’s trial for allegedly murdering her three kids:
Mistrial:
If the jury can not attain a verdict, the decide may declare a mistrial. Clancy’s lawyer stated he expects prosecutors to pursue a second trial towards her if this occurs.
Juror eliminated:
Clancy’s lawyer was searching for besides the lone holdout juror and have him changed with an alternate, however Sullivan struck that request down.
