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Closing arguments were delivered Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, and the jury of nine women and three men began deliberating that afternoon. After more than 10 hours of deliberations over two days without reaching a verdict, Judge William Sullivan dismissed the jurors on Friday, Aug. 28; they resume Monday, Aug. 31. For the deaths of her three children the jury may return one of five verdicts: guilty of first-degree murder, guilty of second-degree murder, guilty of manslaughter, not guilty, or not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility. First-degree murder carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole; a not-guilty-by-reason-of-lack-of-criminal-responsibility verdict leads to psychiatric commitment rather than release. — The Boston Globe · Boston 25 News

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Lindsay Clancy, 36, of Duxbury, Massachusetts · Three counts of first-degree murder (strangulation counts dropped July 9, 2026 as redundant)
Not guilty; defense of lack of criminal responsibility (postpartum psychosis, over-medication)
Plymouth County Superior Court, Massachusetts · Judge William F. Sullivan · Prosecution: ADA Jennifer Sprague, Shanan Buckingham, ADA Amanda Fowle · Defense: Kevin J. Reddington

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Document Commonwealth v. McHoul, 352 Mass. 544 (1967) Primary legal source · Public record ↗ Document Commonwealth v. Kappler, 416 Mass. 574 (1993) (quoting Kostka) Primary legal source · Public record ↗ Document Mass. Model Jury Instruction 9.200 Primary legal source · Public record ↗ Document Commonwealth v. Lawson, 475 Mass. 806 (2016) Primary legal source · Public record ↗ Document Massachusetts Trial Court — public docket search Criminal dockets need the case number; name search is civil-only. · Public record ↗
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Guilty of first-degree murder
Mandatory life in prison without possibility of parole.
— NewsNation
Guilty of second-degree murder
Life sentence with eventual parole eligibility.
— NewsNation
Not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility
Up to 40 days hospitalization for evaluation; state may petition for commitment (6 months, renewable yearly) under M.G.L. c.123 §16.
— Mass. General Laws c.123 §16 · NewsNation
Hung jury / mistrial
Commonwealth may retry the case.
— NewsNation
Guilty of manslaughter
A state-prison term of up to 20 years — a term of years rather than a life sentence. Judge Sullivan placed manslaughter on the verdict slip as a lesser offense; the defense had sought it and prosecutors had opposed it.
— The Boston Globe · Boston 25 News · M.G.L. c.265 §13 (Manslaughter; punishment)

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