Lindsay Clancy murder trial deadlocks again; woman charged with juror intimidation

Lindsay Clancy’s triple murder case continues (Picture: Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images) As Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial continues to await a verdict, a woman has been charged with aggravated intimidation of a juror. Dawn Light, 56, was arrested on Tuesday accused of taking photos of jury members outside the Plymouth, Massachusetts courthouse. Prosecutors said court officers called state police involved in the Clancy case after it was reported someone might have been filming jurors in a parking lot outside the court. However, Light insists she was waiting to see if Clancy, 36, who is on trial for the 2023 murders of her three children — Cora, five, Dawson, three, and Callan, eight months — would come out of the building. Registered nurse Dawn Light was arrested for juror intimidation during Clancy’s trial (Picture: Greg Derr/Pool The Patriot Ledge) Light’s lawyer has called the incident a misunderstanding as she pleaded not guilty to the charge of intimidation of a juror, witness, police or court official. Prosecutors requested $50,000 cash bail, but the judge released Light on personal recognisance, with several conditions. These include staying away from the courthouse grounds, having no contact with jurors or witnesses in the Clancy trial, and refraining from disseminating any of the photos or videos she took. After identifying Light, state police requested to see her phone and say they found a deleted video of people leaving the courthouse. It was later confirmed that the individuals in the footage were jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial. Light was subsequently taken into custody. Prosecutors called for a $50,000 cash bail due to the seriousness of the incident (Picture: Greg Derr/Pool The Patriot Ledge) After the arraignment, a frenzy of reporters gathered around Light in a similar fashion to how Clancy’s attorney, Kevin Reddington, is approached when leaving the courthouse. When one person asked her: ‘Why did you want to see Lindsay [Clancy]?,’ Light shrugged and replied, ‘Why not?’ Light’s attorney, Jennifer White, told Judge William Sullivan — who is presiding over the Clancy case and had issued an order specifically prohibiting the photographing or filming of jurors — that her client was ‘seeking a picture of Ms. Clancy and had no interaction with the jurors.’ White also stated Light is a registered nurse with no criminal record and is not a flight risk when arguing against the bail request. Assistant District Attorney Nicole Piacentini in Duxbury, Massachusetts — the town where the Clancy couple and their children were living at the time of the killings — weighed in on the severity of Light’s actions. She said: ‘It’s very clear that this is a situation that is very serious for the Commonwealth. This is a case in which she is filming jurors that are coming out of the building. Clancy is on trial for the strangulation murders of her three children, cora, five, Dawson, three, and Callan, eight months (Picture: Facebook) ‘The courthouse has taken extraordinary measures to protect the sanctity of the trial. This individual is not only videoing jurors coming in and out of the courthouse, she went back there to a restricted area.’ It was revealed that Light had parked her blue Toyota in a restricted area behind the courthouse. ‘The sanctity of the judicial system is at risk because of her actions. It’s an extremely serious matter for the Commonwealth and the integrity of the proceedings,’ Piacentini said. Speaking about Judge Sullivan’s juror restrictions, the attorney added: ‘Although she states she was looking for Lindsay Clancy to come out of the courthouse, it was clear she was filming the jurors. ‘Court officers were able to determine she was filming the jurors. She was in clear violation of the order by Judge Sullivan in this case.’ Light is scheduled to return to court on October 15 for a pretrial hearing. Clancy’s suicide attempt left her paralysed from the waist down (Picture: Greg Derr/Pool The Patriot Ledge) Clancy doesn’t deny killing her children before attempting suicide by self-harming and jumping out of a second-floor window — an action that left her paralysed from the waist down. But she has pleaded not guilty to murder, with her lawyers arguing she was in the throes of postpartum psychosis and taking powerful drugs to cope with depression at the time, leaving her not criminally responsible for her actions. However, the prosecution claims she made a calculated decision to kill her children. They also allege that Clancy deliberately sent her ex-husband and father of her children, Patrick Clancy, out on an errand at the time of the killings so that she was free to commit the crimes. Clancy has broken down multiple times during the trial (Picture: AP Photo/Josh Reynolds) After more than five weeks in court, over 70 prosecution witnesses and 10 for the defence, the jury — made up of nine women and three men — has yet to reach a unanimous verdict on Clancy’s fate. Following five days of deliberations, the jury is yet to reach a decision, with the judge declaring a second deadlock. Judge Sullivan has directed them to continue for a sixth day as they attempt to reach a verdict. The case is one of the most unique — and tragic — in modern times, having drawn worldwide attention to postpartum mental health. For many, it has sparked widespread recognition and outrage over the barriers women face in accessing care, and the lack of research into postpartum mental health conditions. The jury is due to reconvene today at 9am local time (2pm GMT) for a sixth day of deliberations.They are tasked with deciding between five possible charges. These are: not guilty not guilty by reason of insanity first-degree murder second-degree murder manslaughter The trial continues. Comment now Comments Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google Add as preferred source

Lindsay Clancy Jury Deadlocked Again; Insane Karen Arrested For 'Aggravated Intimidation' Of Jurors The jury in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial is once again deadlocked over whether the former mother of three should be given a pass due to hysteria and hormones.  The indecision followed five days of deliberations and two notes from jurors saying they could not agree. On Wednesday, Judge William Sullivan gave the panel a Tuey-Rodriguez instruction, Massachusetts' last-resort charge telling a deadlocked jury to reach a verdict or else it's an automatic mistrial. Clancy, 36, a former labor-and-delivery nurse, was charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the January 24, 2023, deaths of her children - Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; and Callan, 8 months - at the family's home in Duxbury. She has not disputed that she killed them. The question for the jury of nine women and three men was whether she was criminally responsible. The killings Evidence at trial showed Clancy spent part of that morning on ordinary errands of motherhood, including a pediatrician visit for Cora and playing in the snow. She then asked her husband, Patrick Clancy, to leave for takeout and a pharmacy run. While he was gone, she strangled the three children with exercise bands in the basement. She cut her wrists and neck and jumped from a second-story window. The fall left her paralyzed from the waist down; she has appeared in court in a wheelchair. Patrick found her injured in the yard, then found the children. Cora and Dawson were pronounced dead that day. Callan died days later. All three deaths were ruled ligature strangulation. Clancy later said a voice told her it was her last chance: kill the children so she could kill herself. What the jury was asked to decide Prosecutors conceded she was mentally ill, but is still responsible for the killings. Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Sprague told jurors Clancy planned the killings, sent her husband out of the house, and checked how long the errands would take. They pointed to her functioning that day as proof she could form intent. Sprague called the killings "a choice." First-degree murder in Massachusetts can rest on deliberate premeditation, extreme atrocity or cruelty, or both. That conviction is life without parole. Defense attorney Kevin Reddington argued she lacked criminal responsibility because of postpartum psychosis and bipolar illness, worsened by psychiatric medications and missed warning signs. Under Massachusetts law, the Commonwealth has to prove criminal responsibility beyond a reasonable doubt. Clancy had been hospitalized and discharged about three weeks before the killings. Jurors heard more than 80 witnesses and saw more than 300 exhibits. For each child's death they could choose first-degree murder, second-degree murder, manslaughter, not guilty, or not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility. Second-degree murder is life with the possibility of parole. A lack-of-responsibility finding typically means commitment to a state psychiatric hospital with periodic reviews and no fixed release date. As noted above, a hung jury would be a mistrial. Lindsay Clancy’s attorney says Clancy would not be able to “emotionally handle” another trial. — Leading Report (@LeadingReport) September 2, 2026 Arrest outside the courthouse The deliberations themselves became part of the story. On Tuesday afternoon, as the jury left after reporting it could not agree, Massachusetts State Police arrested Dawn Light, 56, of Sutton, outside the Plymouth courthouse. She was charged with aggravated intimidation of a witness, juror, or person furnishing information in a criminal proceeding, and was arraigned Wednesday in Plymouth District Court, where she pleaded not guilty and was released on personal recognizance. Her attorney, Jennifer White, called the episode a complete misunderstanding and said Light had only wanted to see Clancy. The judge ordered Light to stay away from the courthouse, have no contact with jurors or witnesses, and release no photographs connected to the case. Dawn Light, the retired nurse who is facing 20 years in prison for allegedly intimidating Clancy jurors, giggles when asked how she feels now that she's a celebrity. Reporter: How do you feel that you're a celebrity now? Light: *Giggles* Zero remorse.pic.twitter.com/vdnvrQvO0R — Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) September 2, 2026 Prosecutors said troopers were told someone may have been filming jurors in the courthouse parking lot. They found Light in a car parked in a restricted area and asked whether she was photographing anyone. "She was adamant she was not," Assistant District Attorney Nicole Piacentini said, according to NBC Boston. "She stated she was waiting to see if Lindsay Clancy would come out of the building." An initial search of Light's phone turned up nothing, investigators said, but the deleted folder held images of people later confirmed to be jurors, taken from her vantage point in the car. Light told CT Insider she had been trying to record Clancy and lowered her phone when she realized the person on camera was not the defendant. She said a court employee asked for her license and phone; she handed over the license and refused the phone, and troopers were called. "That's the long and the short of it," she said. "I don't know how I intimidated anyone." BREAKING: The woman accused of filming jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial is in serious legal trouble. Prosecutors say 56-year-old Dawn Light filmed jurors outside the courthouse and entered a restricted area despite a court order prohibiting jurors from being photographed or… pic.twitter.com/Pz0yx2sQ22 — Fox News (@FoxNews) September 2, 2026 Light is a retired nurse with no prior criminal history. Before deliberations resumed Wednesday, Sullivan questioned each juror individually at sidebar about whether they had seen or heard anything that would affect their ability to decide the case fairly. Tyler Durden Wed, 09/02/2026 - 16:05