Lindsay Clancy Trial
Defense attorney Kevin Reddington pushes the wheelchair of Lindsay Clancy for a sidebar with the judge during her trial in Plymouth, Mass., on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026.
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The deadlocked jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial has gone home again without a verdict. The dramatic sixth day of deliberations Thursday saw the jury’s foreperson send the judge a note saying a single juror won’t follow the court’s instructions about reasonable doubt. Details of the jury room conflict weren’t revealed by the judge. But they raised the possibility that a single holdout was standing in the way of a verdict on whether the Massachusetts mother is criminally responsible for killing her three children. Clancy does not deny she did it, but argues that postpartum psychosis led to her actions. The jury will return Friday.
A Massachusetts judge declared a mistrial in the murder case against Lindsay Clancy. Jurors could not agree on whether she was criminally responsible when she strangled her three young children in 2023. Friday’s mistrial leaves the case unresolved and allows prosecutors to try Clancy again. She had faced life in prison without parole if convicted of first-degree murder. Prosecutors argued that Clancy acted deliberately and understood her actions, while her lawyers said postpartum psychosis left her unable to control her behavior or appreciate its wrongfulness. The closely watched case drew national attention to maternal mental healthcare and gaps in treatment.
