Overview
- Judge William Sullivan on Thursday rejected the defense's post-trial motion for a directed verdict, finding prosecutors presented enough evidence to let a jury decide the murder charges.
- The trial had ended in a mistrial after jurors deadlocked 11 to 1 following six days of deliberation and the judge declared no verdict.
- Prosecutors say Clancy strangled her three children in January 2023 and then attempted suicide, actions that left her paralyzed and hospitalized in a psychiatric facility.
- The defense says Clancy suffered postpartum psychosis and is not criminally responsible while prosecutors and a lead prosecutor called the defense argument insufficient and questioned its credibility.
- A November 2 court hearing will determine whether prosecutors will seek a retrial and will resolve pending defense motions and the prosecution's request to limit public statements, and the case has focused wider attention on the rare condition of postpartum psychosis, estimated to affect about 1 to 2 in 1,000 births.