Lindsay Clancy Trial Ends in Mistrial After Jury Fails to Reach Unanimous Verdict
2:25 PM ET – Massachusetts Supreme Court DENIES emergency bid to halt mistrial
1:50 PM ET – The Supreme Court of Massachusetts heard arguments from both sides and is set to make its ruling "quickly"
UPDATE: Clancy's lawyer has moved for an emergency stay
Lindsay Clancy, a Massachusetts mother who was charged with murder in the killings of her three children, has come to an end after jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict after more than five days of deliberation.
As a result, it ended in a mistrial.
"With a heavy heart, we report we are unable to come to a unanimous decision. We will not be able to," a note from the jury on Friday, Sept. 4 said, per PEOPLE .
"I have no choice but to declare a mistrial," Judge William Sullivan then said.
The jurors had the option of finding Clancy guilty of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, or manslaughter, or finding her not guilty or not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility.
On Thursday, which was just a day before the mistrial ruling, jurors sent a note to the court saying that they were deadlocked, while also implying that it was one juror who was holding out. Clancy's attorney, Kevin Reddington, then asked the judge to dismiss the juror, but the judge declined to do so.
"The note indicates that the juror has acknowledged doubt but refuses to apply it," Sullivan said. "That note does not indicate that the juror refuses to follow the law."
Clancy killed her three children, Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and 8-month-old Callan, in her Duxbury, Mass., home in January 2023. She then jumped from a second-story window in an apparent suicide attempt, which resulted in her being paralyzed from the waist down. The defense argued that Clancy's actions were due to her being overmedicated and suffering from postpartum psychosis at the time.
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