Overview
- A 12-person jury of nine women and three men resumed deliberations on Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, after more than 10 hours of talks over two prior days.
- Jurors requested and were given access to physical exhibits from the case, including Clancy’s prescription pill bottles and the knife she used in her suicide attempt.
- Clancy has admitted killing her children on Jan. 24, 2023, but has pleaded not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility, saying she was in postpartum psychosis when she strangled the three children.
- Prosecutors say the killings were deliberate and planned, while defense experts and witnesses say severe postpartum mental illness left Clancy unable to know or control her actions under Massachusetts law.
- The jury may return one of five outcomes — ranging from first-degree murder to not guilty by lack of criminal responsibility — with a guilty verdict likely leading to prison and a not-guilty-by-reason verdict triggering court-ordered psychiatric commitment and periodic reviews.