Judge questions Lindsay Clancy jurors after alleged courthouse filming

Jury deliberations in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial resumed Wednesday after a woman was arrested in connection with an alleged recording of jurors outside the courthouse in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Judge William Sullivan questioned the jurors one at a time following the arrest of Dawn Light, 56, of Sutton, Massachusetts. The jury had told the judge the previous day that it could not reach a unanimous decision. Sullivan instructed the jurors to keep deliberating, a step commonly taken when a criminal jury reports difficulty reaching a verdict. Light was arraigned Wednesday at the same courthouse and charged with intimidating a witness, juror or person providing information in a criminal proceeding. A not-guilty plea was entered on her behalf. She was released without posting bail but was ordered to stay away from the courthouse, jurors and witnesses. Assistant district attorney Nicole Piacentini said Light had parked in a restricted area behind the courthouse and was accused of filming jurors as they left. According to Piacentini, Light told state police she had been waiting to record Clancy and denied recording the jurors, but troopers found video of jurors in the deleted-files folder on her phone. Light told reporters outside court that she wanted to see Clancy and had filmed her being taken away in a van. Her attorney, Jennifer White, described the incident as a misunderstanding and said Light had intended to photograph Clancy, not interact with the jurors. Before her arraignment, Light also described herself as a Clancy supporter and a “crime junkie” in an interview with Hearst Connecticut Media Group. Clancy, 36, is a former labor and delivery nurse. She does not deny strangling her three young children at the family’s Massachusetts home in 2023, but has pleaded not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility, arguing that postpartum psychosis led to her actions. Prosecutors contend that she understood what she was doing. The trial has been livestreamed and attracted large numbers of reporters and spectators. It has also prompted public disagreement over Clancy’s culpability and questions surrounding maternal mental health after childbirth.