# Callan Clancy

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## Timeline

- **2026-09-04**: Scheduled judicial inquiry of holdout juror — Judge Sullivan is expected to question the holdout juror at 9 a.m. before the jury resumes deliberations; persistent deadlock could lead to a mistrial.
- **2026-09-03**: Foreperson's note and denied juror removal — On the sixth day of deliberations, the foreperson's note identified a holdout juror who allegedly would not follow reasonable-doubt instructions. Sullivan questioned jurors individually, reread the instruction, denied Reddington's motion to remove the juror, and sent the panel home.
- **2026-09-02**: Jury reports deadlock a second time — The jury told Judge William Sullivan it could not agree whether Clancy was criminally responsible; Sullivan instructed the panel to continue deliberating.
- **2026-08-27**: Closing arguments delivered — Defense attorney Kevin Reddington presented closing arguments at Plymouth Superior Court, holding up a family photograph from before the killings.
- **2026-08-19**: Defense expert testifies — Psychologist Paul Zeizel testifies that Clancy lacked appreciation of wrongfulness and could not conform to the rule of law due to mental disease or defect.
- **2026-08-17**: Prosecution rests its case — After 13 days of testimony and nearly 70 witnesses, the prosecution rested with final witness Ian Whiffin of Cellebrite testifying about Apple health data.
- **2026-08-13**: Judge says trial 'well on track' — Judge William Sullivan told jurors before the weekend that the case was on schedule.
- **2023-01-31**: Clancy reports auditory hallucination — Patrick Clancy said Lindsay told him about a man's voice telling her this was her last chance, one week after the killings.
- **2023-01-24**: Children killed and Clancy injured — Lindsay Clancy allegedly strangled her three children, Cora, Dawson and Callan, in Duxbury, Massachusetts, then jumped from a second-floor window, leaving her partially paralyzed.
- **2023-01**: Deaths of three children — Callan, Dawson and Cora Clancy are killed in the family's home. Prosecutors say Clancy planned the killings by sending her husband out for medicine and dinner.
- **2023**: Clancy strangles her three children — Lindsay Clancy, then a labor and delivery nurse, strangled Cora (5), Dawson (3), and Callan (8 months) in the family's basement before attempting suicide. She does not dispute the killings; the trial turns on criminal responsibility.
- **2022-12**: Perinatal clinic visit — Lindsay Clancy attends a perinatal clinic, reportedly saying her brain was damaged, she should kill herself, and she would never get better.

## Recent coverage (3 stories, network-wide)

### Clancy Jury Deadlocks 2 Times in 6 Days; Holdout Fight Looms
2026-09-04 00:07:44 · Sector: legal · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 2

The Lindsay Clancy murder trial entered uncharted procedural territory as Judge William Sullivan refused to dismiss a holdout juror who the foreperson said would not follow reasonable-doubt instructions. With the jury twice at impasse across six days, Friday's judicial inquiry will test the boundary between protecting a unanimous verdict and avoiding juror coercion. For litigators, the case is a live clinic on juror-dismissal rules, Tuey-Rodriguez charges, and preserving error for appeal.
Full story: https://getlegalbrief.com/story/lindsay-clancy-jury-deadlock-holdout-juror

### Clancy Expert: 35 Hours of Evaluation Back Lack of Criminal Responsibility
2026-08-24 05:56:20 · Sector: legal · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 2

Defense psychologist Paul Zeizel testified that Lindsay Clancy had a mental disease or defect, could not conform to the law, and lacked appreciation of wrongfulness. The testimony directly targets Massachusetts's two-pronged lack-of-criminal-responsibility standard while prosecutors counter with evidence of planning.
Full story: https://getlegalbrief.com/story/lindsay-clancy-psychologist-not-criminally-responsible

### Prosecution Rests in Clancy Trial After 70 Witnesses
2026-08-18 02:34:02 · Sector: legal · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 4

The prosecution has closed its case in the Lindsay Clancy triple-murder trial after 13 days and nearly 70 witnesses, punctuated by Cellebrite testimony on Apple health data. The defense now shifts to a postpartum psychosis lack-of-criminal-responsibility argument.
Full story: https://getlegalbrief.com/story/prosecution-rests-lindsay-clancy-70-witnesses

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