Lindsay Clancy: What 'Not Guilty' Means

Lindsay Clancy admitted she killed her three children. That fact isn't on trial anymore — what happens to her next is. Nine women and three men began deliberating her case at Plymouth Superior Court on August 27 and spent more than three and a half hours without reaching a decision. Five verdict options are on the table: first-degree murder, second-degree murder, manslaughter, not criminally responsible, or not guilty, each carrying a drastically different outcome for a mother whose defense hinges entirely on postpartum psychosis. A not-criminally-responsible verdict doesn't mean freedom — it means indefinite commitment to a state psychiatric facility. Andrea Yates got...