Judge declares mistrial in Lindsay Clancy case after jury deadlocked again

• 01Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial in the trial of Lindsay Clancy after the jury remained deadlocked 11 to one.
• 02The jury deliberated for more than 38 hours over charges against Clancy, who is accused of strangling her three children in January 2023.
• 03Clancy’s defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, requested one hour to file an emergency stay with the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
• 04The emergency filing argued that a juror was biased and unwilling to follow court instructions on reasonable doubt, claiming the trial court abdicated its responsibility.
• 05The filing asserted that mental illness is a protected category under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments and that the court showed bias against those with debilitating mental illness.
• 06Supreme Judicial Court Justice Dalila Argaez Wendlandt heard the argument via Zoom and stated she would take the matter under advisement.
• 07Prosecutors alleged Clancy coldly and efficiently executed her children with premeditation after removing her husband from the home.
• 08The defense argued Clancy was suffering from postpartum psychosis and undiagnosed bipolar disorder, which caused auditory hallucinations commanding her to harm the children.
• 09Clancy was prescribed 13 different medications for anxiety and sleep, which the defense claimed may have exacerbated her depression symptoms.
• 10Clancy had checked herself into a psychiatric clinic in the weeks prior to the killings and was partly paralyzed after an alleged suicide attempt by jumping from a window.

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A Massachusetts judge declared a mistrial in the trial of Lindsay Clancy after an 11-to-1 jury deadlock prevented a unanimous verdict on charges that she killed her three children. Clancy’s defense team immediately filed an emergency stay with the state Supreme Judicial Court, arguing that a single juror was biased and that the trial court failed to properly handle claims of postpartum psychosis and mental health bias. The Supreme Judicial Court is currently reviewing the filing to determine if the trial court was required to further question the dissenting juror.