A juror from the Lindsay Clancy murder trial in Massachusetts has spoken publicly after the case ended in a mistrial, saying she felt the panel "let down Lindsay" by failing to reach a unanimous verdict. Clancy was tried for strangling her three young children in January 2023; her defence did not dispute that she killed them but argued she should be found not criminally responsible due to postpartum psychosis. The case has drawn intense public attention because of its harrowing details and the wider debate it has sparked about postpartum mental health support and how the justice system handles such defences.

The jury deadlocked 11 to one, with the majority favouring a finding of not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility, while a single holdout wanted her found criminally responsible. Juror Paula, 65, said deliberations involved 297 pieces of evidence, including an emotional 911 call from Clancy's husband Patrick, and that jurors initially held varied views before the majority coalesced around the belief that Clancy needed help and had been failed by the healthcare system. After the foreperson reported the impasse, Judge William Sullivan questioned jurors individually, who affirmed they could follow the law, but the deadlock persisted, resulting in a mistrial.