马萨诸塞州36岁母亲林赛·克兰西因被控勒死三个年幼孩子而受审，其案件陪审团在长达38小时以上的审议后多次无法达成一致裁决45。陪审团主席向法官威廉·沙利文报告，其中一名陪审员拒绝遵循法院关于合理怀疑的指示，导致陪审团陷入僵局12。经过三次宣告无法达成一致意见后，法官沙利文宣布误审5。
克兰西承认勒死孩子，但辩护律师凯文·雷丁顿主张她患有产后精神病，影响了她的判断力15。相比之下，检控方主张克兰西知道自己在做什么，是故意谋杀15。陪审团以11比1的票数分裂，由9名女性和3名男性组成5。克兰西曾是劳动和分娩护士，事发后从二楼窗户跳下，导致下半身瘫痪5。根据医学数据，产后精神病估计每1000名产妇中影响1至2人1。
在法官准备宣布误审时，克兰西的辩护律师申请了紧急延期，法官随后给予其一小时的审议时间3。检控方现面临是否重审、提议认罪协议或放弃起诉的决定5。状态听证会定于9月29日美东时间上午9点进行5。
A Massachusetts judge has declared a mistrial in the case of Lindsay Clancy, a 36-year-old mother charged with killing her three children.5 The jury, composed of nine women and three men, was unable to reach a unanimous verdict after spending more than 38 hours in deliberation across three separate deadlocks.45 The jury split 11 to 1, according to the final vote.5
Clancy does not deny that she strangled her children in 2023, but her defense team has argued that she suffered from postpartum psychosis at the time, a condition estimated to affect one to two women per every 1,000 births.1 The prosecution has maintained that Clancy deliberately committed murder and understood her actions.5 During deliberations, the jury foreman submitted a note to Judge William Sullivan indicating that a single juror refused to follow the court's instructions on the legal standard of reasonable doubt, which contributed to the impasse.12 After the judge individually questioned each juror and reissued instructions on reasonable doubt, deliberations resumed, but the jury remained unable to reach consensus.1
The case has drawn national attention to postpartum mental health issues.4 Clancy sustained injuries when she jumped from a second-story window following the incident, and she is now paralyzed from the waist down.5 Prosecutors must now decide whether to pursue a retrial, propose a plea agreement, or drop the charges entirely.5 A status hearing is scheduled for September 29 at 9 a.m. Eastern Time.5
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