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In order to reach a verdict, jurors must agree on whether Ms. Clancy should be held criminally responsible for killing her three children.
Jurors began deliberations in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse accused of killing her three children in January 2023. Clancy has pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder. Her defense argues postpartum psychosis made her not criminally responsible, while prosecutors contend she was responsible for the deaths.
NYTimes – US In order to reach a verdict, jurors must agree on whether Ms. Clancy should be held criminally responsible for killing her three children.
Lindsay Clancy's first-degree murder trial ended in a mistrial after the jury deadlocked, and she remains under state indictment while prosecutors decide whether to retry her, reduce the charges, or drop the case; her attorney plans to seek dismissal at a September 29 status hearing.
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The prosecution and defense gave closing statements in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, the mom accused of killing her three small children.
NYTimes – US In order to reach a verdict, jurors must agree on whether Ms. Clancy should be held criminally responsible for killing her three children.
NYTimes – US In closing arguments, Ms. Clancy’s lawyer called her “a darn good mother.” The prosecutor accused her of “extreme atrocity and cruelty.”
The state concludes: ‘This wasn’t a woman suffering from a lack of care’ or ‘a lack of resources’ Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The jury in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial has moved into deliberations as jurors decide whether the 36-year-old former labor and delivery nurse is criminally responsible for fatally strangling her three children in January 2023. Over the past five weeks, the trial, whi…
Clancy’s defense team argues she killed her three children under the condition, and should not be convicted of murder Postpartum psychosis, a rare and severe mental illness, is central to the trial of Lindsay Clancy, who has pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder. Her defense team argues that she killed her three children while experiencing the condition, which can cause hallucinations, delusions…
NYTimes – US Representative María Elvira Salazar, a Florida Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump, released an ad criticizing his immigration crackdown as having gone "too far" and saying Hispanics "feel betrayed." The move by the three-term Miami congresswoman, who won re-election by 20 points in 2024, signals concern among some Republicans about their standing with Hispanic voters.
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