Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial will be back deliberating for a sixth day Thursday, with the possibility of a mistrial now looming.
The jury has spent about 30 hours over five days trying to reach a verdict, and jurors have told the judge twice now that they’re deadlocked.
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The second time came Wednesday afternoon.
That led Judge William Sullivan to give the jury what’s known as the Tuey-Rodriguez charge, asking jurors to reconsider their positions and make another effort to reach a unanimous verdict.
They deliberated for another hour and a half before being sent home.
“At this point, what I’m going to do is, first off, thank you for your time and commitment to this case,” Sullivan said. “I’m going to ask you to come back tomorrow morning, 9 o’clock, to resume your deliberations.”
If jurors report another deadlock, Sullivan could declare a mistrial.
What the jury is deliberating
The jury is deciding whether Clancy was criminally responsible when she killed her three young children in 2023.
Clancy doesn’t deny killing them.
Her attorneys say she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and was hearing a voice commanding her to kill her children and herself.
Prosecutors say she was not psychotic and planned the killings.
Jurors can convict Clancy of first-degree murder or lesser charges — second-degree murder or manslaughter — or find her not guilty due to lack of criminal responsibility.
Spectator charged with intimidating the jury
Another development occurred outside the courthouse, where supporters and protesters have gathered throughout the trial.
Dawn Light, 56, was arraigned Wednesday, accused of intimidating jurors after police found photos and videos on her phone that included jurors leaving court.
Light pleaded not guilty. Her attorney says she wasn’t trying to film the jury — she was there to see Clancy.
When reporters asked why she was filming, Light said she was there to see Clancy.
“To see Lindsay. To see Lindsay, and I did see her,” Light told reporters. “She was getting picked up by the van; we were parked here. That’s it.”
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