Jurors in the trial of Lindsay Clancy are currently deciding whether she is criminally responsible for killing her three children at her home in Massachusetts in 2023. Both the defense and prosecution agree that Clancy committed the killings, but they disagree on whether she was legally responsible. Her attorneys argue that she was suffering from postpartum psychosis, a severe mental illness that can occur after childbirth, and that inadequate mental healthcare worsened her condition. Prosecutors, however, claim she intentionally planned the murders. Over 21 days of testimony, the jury heard from dozens of witnesses, including doctors, first responders, family members, and Clancy’s ex-husband. If found guilty, Clancy could face a life sentence. If she is acquitted, she may be released or placed in a mental health facility. If the jury cannot reach a decision, the judge could declare a mistrial. Before sending the jury home, Judge William Sullivan refused a defense request to remove a juror after tense discussions between the defense and prosecution. The jury’s foreperson had told the judge that one juror was not following the court’s instructions on reasonable doubt. The details of the disagreement were not made public, but it suggested that one juror might be preventing the group from reaching a verdict. Clancy’s attorney, Kevin Reddington, argued the juror should be removed, while prosecutor Jennifer Sprague believed the judge had given clear instructions. Jurors have sent notes to the judge at least three times since they began deliberating on August 27. On the fourth day, they wrote that they could not reach a unanimous decision. No details were given about the tone of the deliberations or whether a majority was leaning toward conviction or acquittal. The next day, they sent another note stating they were still deadlocked. Clancy’s former husband, Patrick Clancy, testified about the day he found his wife after she attempted to take her own life. He described finding blood in the main bedroom and an open window. Jurors listened to the 911 call Patrick made after finding his wife outside in the snow. In the call, he told the dispatcher he was going to check on the children and later yelled, “She killed the kids!” Clancy’s mother, mother-in-law, sister, friends, and co-workers testified that she struggled with mental health after giving birth to her youngest child. Her mother-in-law, Susan Clancy, said Lindsay had become anxious, paranoid, and suicidal, and that the psychiatric care she received was not helping. Lindsay’s mother, Paula Musgrove, testified that her daughter was scared of sleeping alone, became paranoid, and believed the medications she was taking were “destroying her mind.” Clancy wrote in a text message that she was “really sick” and “scared” and asked her mother to stay with her. The defense questioned the quality of Clancy’s medical care. Her attorney, Kevin Reddington, argued that she was misdiagnosed and overmedicated. He cross-examined one of her psychiatrists, Dr. Jennifer Tufts, questioning her expertise, prescribing decisions, and the use of 25-minute video appointments with limited time for talk therapy. Reddington implied that Tufts was a box-checking “robot.” Clancy said she heard a voice telling her to kill. Paul Zeizel, a clinical and forensic psychologist, testified that he overheard her saying that a disembodied male voice had told her she had no choice but to kill her children and then herself. Zeizel believed Clancy was not responsible for her actions due to her deep mental illness. Prosecutors called a rebuttal witness, forensic psychologist Kirk Heilbrun, who said he did not believe Clancy had hallucinated voices. Heilbrun stated that Clancy said, “Go to God, baby. Go to God,” while strangling each child, indicating she expected to be with them in heaven. Dr. Gregory Saathoff, a senior psychiatrist for the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit, testified for prosecutors that Clancy “had the capacity to know right from wrong.” After testimony was complete, each side made their closing arguments. Reddington showed the jury a photograph of the Clancy family, looking happy, and a second one of Lindsay Clancy in the hospital. He asked, “How does this turn into this?” and attributed the change to the “damn medicine and the lousy medical care that she got.” Prosecutor Jennifer Sprague said criticizing the mental health system was “a distraction” and argued that Clancy chose to kill her children to make it easier for her to kill herself.