Lindsay Clancy Trial Ends in Mistrial After Jury Deadlocks 11-1 Over Postpartum Psychosis Defense
Lindsay Clancy Trial Ends in Mistrial After Jury Deadlocks 11-1
Plymouth -A Plymouth Superior Court judge officially declared a mistrial in the high-profile murder trial of Lindsay Clancy after a 12-person jury announced for a third time that they were hopelessly deadlocked.
The decision concludes more than 36 hours of deliberations spanning seven days, during which the panel struggled to reach a unanimous verdict on whether Clancy was not criminally responsible by reason of severe postpartum psychosis when she strangled her three young children—Cora, Dawson, and Callan—in Duxbury in January 2023.
The final hours of the trial involved intense legal maneuvering. The jury foreperson submitted a note revealing an 11-to-1 split, indicating that a single holdout juror was reportedly refusing to follow the court’s instructions regarding reasonable doubt. Defense attorney Kevin Reddington scrambled to file an emergency appeal with the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court after the trial judge declined to remove the juror. State Supreme Court Justice Dalila Argaez Wendlandt ultimately declined to step in, clearing the way for Plymouth Superior Court Judge William Sullivan to officially call the jury back and declare a mistrial.
Prosecutors must now decide whether to mount a brand-new trial. A status conference has been scheduled for September 29, 2026, and Clancy will return to Tewksbury Hospital—the psychiatric facility where she has been held since the 2023 tragedy—while awaiting next steps.
