By RACHEL BOWMAN, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER and RACHEL SHARP, CRIME CORRESPONDENT Updated: 04:30 BST, 5 September 2026
Lindsay Clancy's defense lawyer had a poignant message for the juror who blocked the Massachusetts mom's non-guilty verdict in her murder trial today.'Where do I begin to thank these jurors…minus one,' Kevin Reddington told reporters in a press conference on Friday afternoon. 'I hope that guy can sleep at night.'The former labor and delivery nurse stared absently as Judge William Sullivan made the mistrial declaration today, as several female jurors wept. Reddington appeared devastated.The group of 12 jurors submitted a note to the judge on Friday morning to say they could not come to a unanimous decision after deliberating for almost 38 hours. It marked the third time that the panel, made up of nine women and three men, were deadlocked, with only one juror unable to agree.'It is with a heavy heart that we report we are unable to come to a unanimous decision and will not be able to,' the judge read to the court.Reddington made a last-ditch effort to appeal to the Supreme Judicial Court to 'to inquire into the ability of the identified juror to apply the law,' before the emergency appeal was denied.Clancy was on trial for killing her three children Cora, five, Dawson, three, and Callan, eight months, at her Duxbury, Massachusetts, home in January 2023.She pleaded not guilty to murder, citing postpartum psychosis. Prosecutors acknowledged that Clancy was mentally ill, but maintained that she knew what she was doing at the time of the killings.Clancy will return to Tewksbury State Hospital, where she has been held since 2023, until any retrial.This live blog has now closed Reddington blasts holdout jurorKevin Reddington sent a message to the holdout juror who blocked Lindsay Clancy's verdict as he spoke to reporters outside the courthouse following the mistrial.'They know they were robbed by one man, for whatever his agenda was, who stole seven weeks of the life of these other jurors that were so attentive, so beautiful, so wonderful,' he said. 'You could see how defeated they were sitting there. I got a funny feeling they would have gone on for another week if they had to. So I hope that guy can sleep well at night.'What comes next? Lindsay Clancy is set to return to Tewksbury Hospital to continue treatment for postpartum psychosis. Now that her case was declared a mistrial, it returns to the same status it had before the grueling five-week trial. Prosecutors could decide to try the case again with a new jury or offer a plea deal. Clancy's defense team could also push to drop the charges against her. A hearing has been set for September 29 to decide next steps in the case. Expert notes rarity in Lindsay Clancy mistrial Valerie Hans, a Cornell professor who studies juries, called the Lindsay Clancy mistrial a 'remarkable outcome' to the New York Times. 'Hung juries are not frequent. Maybe one out of every 20 cases in criminal courts results in a hung jury,' she explained. The outcome is a direct result of the Supreme Court's 2020 decision requiring serious criminal cases to have a unanimous ruling. Hans added that the Clancy trial was a complex case with grueling and emotional testimony. Reddington reveals Lindsay Clancy is 'not good' but will 'be ready' for retrial Kevin Reddington told reporters on Friday afternoon that Lindsay Clancy was 'not good' after the mistrial. 'It’s not right what she had to go through because she grieves the loss of those three children, Cora, Dawson, and Callan,' he said. The defense attorney indicated that a new trial could happen 'sometime in the fall,' adding that Clancy will 'be ready.' Kevin Reddington addresses Patrick Clancy rumors Defense attorney Kevin Reddington addressed social media rumors accusing Patrick Clancy of the children's murder outside the courthouse on Friday. 'I think, Patrick, you heard the 911 call; I think you can judge his credibility by that 911 call. I don’t know what is in Patrick’s mind when he testified, and the jury was able to evaluate him,' Reddington told reporters after being asked about the rumors. 'Regarding the people on the internet, I certainly don’t dismiss them,' he continued. 'It’s amazing how they’re able to figure out facts, and they do investigations; it’s just truly amazing. This whole concept of the internet, it really is.'More on Lindsay Clancy's future Lindsay Clancy will return to a state-run psychiatric facility at Tewksbury Hospital following the conclusion of her trial. Psychiatric experts told the New York Times that even if she had been acquitted, she likely would have continued to be hospitalized. Dr Nicole H Cirino told the publication that women who have similar diagnoses typically have 'no significant past psychiatric history, and then get very ill very quickly.''Reconciling that and thinking about how to move forward, particularly if they have legal involvement, is really something that is quite complicated and takes some time,' she continued. Similar cases have had different outcomes. Deanna Laney, who was found not guilty of killing two of her children and injuring a third, was released from a medical facility after receiving treatment. However, Andrea Yates, who was also found not guilty by reason of insanity for killing her five children, waived her right to a review for release and remained hospitalized. Mixed reactions outside courthouse after sensational mistrialDroves of supporters and opponents were seen outside the Plymouth courtroom on Friday, anxiously awaiting the outcome of Lindsay Clancy's trial.Sharon Mitchell told CNN she was hoping for an acquittal so that Clancy could 'move on with her life.' 'The devastation that she is already experiencing is enough punishment if there needs to be one,' Mitchell added. Rita Guilford agreed, telling CNN that she believed the medical system failed 'this beautiful family.' However, Kimberly Souza expressed a different view, '“I don’t know what will come of it in six months to a year but I am still hoping for a guilty verdict in the end.'Woman who launched fundraiser for Clancy's family speaks out Brandee Mulligan, a 42-year-old mother of three from the Wisconsin town of Oconomowoc, told the Daily Mail that she launched a GoFundMe for Lindsay Clancy's parents because she felt compelled to help. 'I'm an impulsive person and I use TikTok and I'm like, here's my idea, OK, I'll just do it,' she said. 'I don't have any contact with them. I did it without even asking permission and it was just kind of an, "Oh my God, I hope this works out," kind of thing.'Mulligan told her social media followers on August 11 that she launched the fundraiser to support Clancy's parents for 'however they need to use it. Four days later, she said Clancy's father, Mike Musgrove, reached out to her to thank her and their daughters' supporters for the donations.'Her parents have had literally their whole lives uprooted,' said Mulligan. 'The support is to Paula and Mike, but in some ways it's because they're supporting Lindsay.''I feel in no way that those funds will be mismanaged,' she added. 'I'm happy to help in any way.'Prosecutor heckled outside court Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz was heckled outside of court after the Lindsay Clancy case was ruled a mistrial. Cruz addressed reporters outside the courthouse after the case was declared a mistrial, and Clancy supporters hurled insults at him. As he was talking, a woman standing behind him said: 'You only cared when the kids were dead - why didn't you care about the mother?'.Cruz kept a straight face as others around him backed up what the woman shouted, chanting: 'Amen.'What happens next? Legal expert weighs in A hearing to decide what to do next will take place September 29. District Attorney Tim Cruz maintained that Clancy's killing of her children was cold-blooded murder, but he refused to be drawn into whether he would push for a retrial and said the decision was yet to be made.Mark Bederow, a criminal defense attorney who served as a prosecutor in New York, previously told the Daily Mail that the District Attorney's office was in a 'pickle.' 'What are they going to do? It's going to be very tough to justify a retrial if they appear to have lost.''The jury is utterly repudiating the prosecution's case,' he said.'This is no surprise. Look at the quality of experts that the prosecution put on in this case. They were a joke. You had a level of expert that was nowhere near persuasive, convincing, credible or up to the task.'
