# Extraordinary scenes in Lindsay Clancy court as judge puts mistrial ‘on hold’: Live updates

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/extraordinary-scenes-in-lindsay-clancy-court-as-judge-puts-mistrial-on-hold-live-updates/
- Published: 2026-09-04T22:37:17+00:00
- Updated: 2026-09-05T04:44:12+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/crime-desk/article-16105401/lindsay-clancy-verdict-case-trial-wheelchair-jury-live-updates.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Software, Technology, World

## Key points

- Lindsay Clancy's murder trial ended in a mistrial after jury deadlock
- One holdout juror blocked an 11-1 acquittal vote
- Prosecutors must now decide on a retrial; hearing set for 29 September

## Summary

A mistrial has been declared in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy after the jury deadlocked for a third time, with one juror refusing to join the other 11 in acquitting her. Judge William Sullivan confirmed the mistrial after Massachusetts's Supreme Judicial Court rejected an emergency appeal from defence lawyer Kevin Reddington, who had asked the court to examine the holdout juror's fitness to deliberate; the ruling had briefly been "put on hold" while the appeal was considered. The outcome leaves prosecutors deciding whether to seek a retrial, offer a plea deal, or have the case dropped, with a hearing set for 29 September to determine next steps.

Clancy, a former labour and delivery nurse, denied murdering her three children — Cora, five, Dawson, three, and eight-month-old Callan — at the family's Duxbury home in January 2023, citing postpartum psychosis; prosecutors accepted she was mentally ill but argued she knew what she was doing. The 12-member jury, nine women and three men, deliberated for almost 38 hours across the five-week trial before reporting they could not reach a unanimous verdict. Reddington said Clancy would return to Tewksbury State Hospital, where she has been held since 2023, and suggested a new trial could come "sometime in the fall". A jury expert noted hung juries occur in roughly one in 20 criminal cases, a result partly shaped by a 2020 US Supreme Court ruling requiring unanimity in serious criminal cases.

## Coverage

- [Daily Mail: Extraordinary scenes in Lindsay Clancy court as judge puts mistrial ‘on hold’: Live updates](https://www.dailymail.com/crime-desk/article-16105401/lindsay-clancy-verdict-case-trial-wheelchair-jury-live-updates.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490)
- [Fox News: Lindsay Clancy judge calls mistrial, then grants defense one hour stay for appeal](https://www.foxnews.com/us/lindsay-clancy-calls-mistrial-grants-defense-one-hour-stay-appeal)
- [Fox News: Lindsay Clancy mistrial declared after jury deadlocks in killings of her three children](https://www.foxnews.com/us/lindsay-clancy-mistrial-declared-after-jury-deadlocks-killings-three-children)

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