Lindsay Clancy trial: Jury being sent home for weekend

The jury in the triple murder trial of Lindsay Clancy resumed its deliberations Friday morning about whether the Massachusetts mother should be held criminally responsible for the strangulation deaths of her three children.

The 12 jurors – nine women and three men – are considering whether Clancy should not be held criminally responsible because she was allegedly in the throes of postpartum psychosis when she killed her children, or if she acted intentionally to murder them.

In addition to weighing Clancy’s state of mind against the elements of first and second-degree murder, jurors also have the option to consider whether her actions constitute manslaughter.

The jury in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy has been sent home for the day.

They have been deliberating for more than three hours. Deliberations resume Friday at 9 a.m.

Before deliberations began, Judge William Sullivan described the verdict form to the jury. The foreperson needs to check one option for each count, which corresponds to each of the three children.

Jurors have the options of Not Guilty, Not Guilty by Lack of Criminal Responsibility, Guilty of Murder in the First Degree by the Theory of Deliberate Premeditation, or Extreme Atrocity and Cruelty, Guilty of Murder in the Second Degree, Guilty of Manslaughter.

The final jury deliberating in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy consists of nine women and three men.

In total, 18 jurors – 12 women and six men – were originally selected and have attended the entire trial, without knowing if they would be alternates. The final 12 jurors were randomly selected Thursday by drawing pieces of paper from a box.