Lindsay Clancy ‘Scared’ and ‘Nervous’ as Jury Deliberates in Murder Trial Over Her 3 Kids’ Deaths

Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial are no longer being asked to determine whether she killed her three children inside their Duxbury, Massachusetts, home in January 2023. Lindsay, 36, has acknowledged doing so.

The question before the jury is whether she can be held criminally responsible.

After five weeks of testimony, the defense and prosecution have rested their cases. Closing arguments largely centered on Lindsay’s postpartum mental health and whether she understood that her actions were wrong.

Asked how his client was coping as the jury deliberated, defense attorney Kevin Reddington spoke to reporters outside Plymouth County Superior Court on Thursday, August 27, and said Lindsay was “scared” and “nervous”.

According to the Associated Press, he added that he remains confident prosecutors failed to meet their burden. “I think that they have to weigh all of this evidence, and I believe that the government ultimately has not proven their case,” he said.

Reddington said he hoped jurors would reach a verdict on Friday, though he acknowledged that deliberations could extend beyond the day.

“There are 290-something exhibits, five weeks of testimony,” he told the reporters. “It’s obviously a lot of work. They have been very attentive. I don’t know how long it will take them.”

Jurors began deliberating on Thursday after hearing closing arguments from both sides. Lindsay has acknowledged killing Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, who she shared with ex-husband Patrick Clancy.

Her attorneys argue that severe postpartum mental illness, overmedication and inadequate medical care left her unable to understand or control her actions. Prosecutors maintain that Lindsay knew right from wrong when she killed the children.

During closing arguments, prosecutor Jennifer Sprague said postpartum health was not the question jurors must answer.

“The issue is whether, at the time she killed Cora, Dawson and Callan, she knew the difference between right and wrong, and whether she could conform her behavior to the requirements of the law,” Sprague said, as per FOX 9.

Sprague also argued that Lindsay planned the killings and said her suicide attempt afterward supported the prosecution’s claim that the acts were intentional.

The defense countered that the suicide attempt reflected the depth of her psychiatric crisis.

The jury can return verdicts ranging from first-degree murder to manslaughter or find Lindsay not criminally responsible because of mental illness. Deliberations resumed on Friday, and the jury has not yet reached a verdict.

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