Lindsay Clancy's murder trial ended in a mistrial Sept. 4, 11-1, a travesty of justice for her three young children, 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and eight-month-old Callan, all of whom she strangled to death in 2023.

Nothing will bring her children back, but they deserved some semblance of justice. Now we are beginning to learn why they didn’t get it.

Three jurors spoke to NBC News about the trial, the deliberations and the lone male holdout who refused to find Clancy not guilty by reason of insanity, forcing the judge to declare a mistrial.

To say I'm disappointed doesn’t begin to cover it. Their reasoning about the trial, the prosecution and the holdout juror is appalling – an injustice to children who deserved much better.

Lindsay Clancy jurors had misplaced priorities

Massachusetts calls its insanity defense "lack of criminal responsibility." Clancy admitted she killed her children, but her attorney, Kevin Reddington, argued that postpartum mental illness left her unable to bear criminal responsibility.

Prosecutors, though, had to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that she was sane – that she knew right from wrong and could control her actions.

That’s a high bar, and most of the jury believed prosecutors didn't clear it. I assumed this was why the jury was........

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