Clancy jury returns for fifth day after reporting deadlock

The jury in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial returns this morning for a fifth day of deliberations

That's after telling the judge Tuesday it could not reach a unanimous verdict

Jurors reported they were deadlocked after four days of deliberations, but Judge William Sullivan sent them back to keep trying

pointing to the length of the trial and the amount of evidence they've been asked to consider

I brought you back out because I know that this was a long trial

All right. I know there were over 80 witnesses. There were over 300 exhibits

And but because of that, I'm going to ask you to go back out, keeping in mind all the instructions that I gave you to go out and to continue your deliberations at this time

The jury deliberated for about five more hours before asking to go home for the day

Outside court, Clancy's attorney Kevin Reddington says he's not reading much into the deadlock

I don't know that it's a good sign or a bad sign or any sign. It's that they're working hard to try

to come to a decision. Clancy does not deny killing her three young children in their Duxbury home in

2023. Her defense argues she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and was not criminally

responsible. Prosecutors say she was not psychotic and planned the killings. The case is also

drawn supporters of Clancy to the courthouse, many wearing pink, who argue she was failed by

the mental health care system. The Massachusetts system, health care system failed Lindsay. She

reached out for help multiple times. She told them that she was having thoughts of harming her

children and harming herself, and she was turned away countless times at countless locations

While jurors return this morning, if they still cannot reach a unanimous verdict

the judge can eventually declare a mistrial