Key facts
- Lindsay Clancy's lawyer asked a judge to declare her not guilty of murder by reason of insanity.
- Prosecutors failed to prove Clancy knew killing her three children was wrong, according to the defense.
- The trial ended in a mistrial after the jury deliberated for seven days and reported being deadlocked.
- Clancy admitted to strangling her three children, Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; and Callan, 8 months, on January 24, 2023.
- The defense sought a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity, citing postpartum psychosis.
- One juror stated that 11 of the 12 jurors were prepared to find Clancy not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility.
Lindsay Clancy's lawyer on Thursday asked a judge to find her not guilty of murder by reason of insanity, six days after her trial in Massachusetts ended in a mistrial due to a deadlocked jury. Defense attorney Kevin Reddington argued that prosecutors failed to prove Clancy, despite suffering from a serious mental illness, knew that killing her three young children would be wrong. Clancy, 36, admitted to strangling her children, Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; and 8-month-old Callan, on January 24, 2023, in Duxbury, Massachusetts, before attempting suicide. The defense sought a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity, citing postpartum psychosis. One juror, Nick Dargie, told ABC's "Good Morning America" that 11 of the 12 jurors were prepared to find Clancy not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility but were prevented by a holdout juror. The judge is scheduled to hear arguments on the motion on September 29.