Breaking: Mistrial declared in Lindsay Clancy murder trial

A mistrial has been declared in the trial of US mother Lindsay Clancy accused of murdering her three children in their Massachusetts home in 2023. WARNING: This story contains content that may disturb some readers. Ms Clancy was charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of her three children, Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, eight months old. Ms Clancy did not deny killing her children, but her lawyer argued she had been suffering from postpartum psychosis and should not be held criminally responsible. Over seven days of deliberations, jurors repeatedly told the judge they could not come to a decision and were ordered to keep trying to come to a unanimous verdict. The televised trial, spanning some six weeks, revived long-standing debates about how postpartum mental health in women is treated in the US, and how the country's legal system addresses cases when mothers kill their children. Throughout the trial, Ms Clancy's attorney Kevin Reddington sought to convince jurors she should be found not guilty by reason of insanity, arguing that she was a loving mother who had been in the midst of a psychotic episode when she killed her children. Ms Clancy, 36, strangled them to death in the basement of her Boston home using exercise bands in January 2023. She then cut herself with a knife and jumped from a second-story window in an attempt to take her own life that left her paralysed. Testimony from family members including Ms Clancy's now ex-husband, Patrick, detailed how she had struggled with her mental health in the preceding months following the birth of her third child, repeatedly seeking treatment from healthcare providers who prescribed her a myriad of drugs. Loading