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· collected 2026-09-04 · by Mike Toole, Kristina Rex, Matt Schooley
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Lindsay Clancy's murder trial ended in a hung jury after 36 hours of deliberation. The jury of nine women and three men could not reach a verdict on charges of first-degree murder for killing her three children, Cora, Dawson, and Callan, aged 5, 3, and 8 months respectively. A mistrial was declared by the judge, allowing prosecutors to re-try Clancy if they choose to do so. Clancy's attorney had attempted to remove a juror and restart deliberations, but this appeal was rejected by the state's highest court.
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The judge in
declared a mistrial Friday, after her attorney's last-minute appeal to remove a juror and start deliberations again with a replacement failed.
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The hung jury could not reach a verdict in Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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The jury said for a third time Friday it remained deadlocked after 36 hours of deliberations.
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The judge declared a mistrial.
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Clancy's lawyer then filed an emergency appeal with the state's highest court.
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He argued that jurors should be further questioned after a reasonable doubt.
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The state's highest court reviewed it and rejected it.
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, a man, allegedly broke the law by not following the judge's orders on
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The jury of nine women and three men then came into the courtroom and a formal mistrial was declared, officially ending the trial.
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It's now up to Plymouth District Attorney Tim Cruz to decide to re-try Clancy.
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He said that decision won't be made Friday.
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- Clancy pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the deaths of her children - 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan - in their Duxbury home in January 2023.
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- Prosecutors said Clancy planned the killings and knew right from wrong when she strangled the children.
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The defense admitted Clancy killed her kids, but said she shouldn't be held criminally responsible because she was overmedicated and suffering from .
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Lindsay Clancy back at Tewksbury State Hospital
Lindsay Clancy
just before 5 p.m. on Friday, hours after a judge declared a mistrial in her murder trial.
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The hospital is where she has spent most of the time since the killings of her three children.
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She was transported there by a sheriff's department van.
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Clancy will remain in custody at Tewksbury State Hospital, north of Boston, under psychiatric care.
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She's paralyzed and in a wheelchair after jumping out of a window the night her children were killed.
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Lindsay Clancy's ex-husband,
, was the first person to testify in her trial.
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He released this brief statement on the mistrial through his attorney David Meier Friday afternoon:
"Patrick Clancy is grateful to the Court and to the jurors for their hard work, their commitment, and their perseverance.
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The loss of Patrick's children is something from which he will never recover and from which there will never be closure.
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The prospect of reliving this tragedy through another trial is extraordinarily painful -- for Patrick, for his family, and for all us."
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Patrick Clancy was the first person to find the children the night they were killed.
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The couple later divorced and he remarried.
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You can watch live continuous coverage of the mistrial now on CBS News Boston.
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When asked how Lindsay Clancy was doing after the mistrial was declared, her attorney Kevin Reddington told reporters, "not good."
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He had the same answer when asked about her parents who were in court throughout the trial.
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WBZ-TV's Kristina Rex was in the courtroom when the trial officially ended.
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No huge emotions out of her family," Rex said.
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If Plymouth District Attorney Tim Cruz decides to go ahead with a re-trial, Reddington said Lindsay Clancy will be prepared.
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"Judge Sullivan is indicating that we are looking at some time in the fall and she'll be ready.
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She'll be ready," Reddington said.
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You can watch live continuous coverage of the mistrial now on CBS News Boston.
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Women on Lindsay Clancy jury visibly upset by mistrial
WBZ-TV's Kristina Rex was in the courtroom when the mistrial was formally declared at 2:23 p.m. Friday, officially ending Lindsay Clancy's murder trial because of a hung jury.
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"This didn't feel like a surprise.
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Everybody knew there was a possibility it was coming.
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The jury had reported being deadlocked for days," Rex said.
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"This has felt like a sad, but inevitable outcome.
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I think that was true in the (courtroom) as well.
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