America.. Judge Rejects Request to Acquit Woman Who Killed Her Three Children

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On Thursday, a judge rejected a request for acquittal made by an American mother accused of killing her three children, according to a court document, following weeks of a jury's failure to reach a verdict in this widely publicized case.

Lindsey Clancy (36 years old) did not deny during her trial that she strangled her children, Kora (five years old), Dawson (three years old), and Callan (eight months old), but she insisted that she should be exempt from criminal responsibility because she was suffering from postpartum psychosis.

Judge William Sullivan, from the Plymouth Court near Boston, found the evidence sufficient to convince one juror to convict Clancy.

The judge has not yet decided whether she will undergo a retrial.

After seven days of deliberations in September, the jury, consisting of nine women and three men, was unable to reach a unanimous decision, which is required by law in criminal cases in the United States.

Kevin Reddington, Clancy's attorney, requested the judge to issue a verdict of not guilty, which effectively means dismissing the case after a trial that lasted weeks and was broadcast on television, capturing the attention of Americans.

Reddington had previously questioned, "Where is the evidence of her committing this crime?" He also doubted Clancy's own confessions to killing her children, marking a significant shift from her defense based on her mental state.