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Jury Deadlocked in Lindsay Clancy Trial | Yakima News
The Lindsay Clancy trial ended in a mistrial after a tense 38-hour deliberation, with jurors split 11 to 1 — three leaning toward not guilty by reason of insanity. The deadlock centered on one holdout juror who admitted to reasonable doubt but refused to accept the insanity verdict, even as others tried to guide him back to legal definitions. Clancy admitted to strangling her three children, and her defense argued she suffered from postpartum psychosis. Jurors emphasized they didn’t dispute the killings — they debated whether she understood right from wrong at the time, citing her journals…
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