Lindsay Clancy murder trial ends in mistrial after jury cant reach verdict what happens next

PLYMOUTH, Mass.– Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial ended in mistrial Friday, with jurors unable to unanimously decide whether the Massachusetts mom is criminally responsible for killing her three young children. Follow The Post’s live updates on the Lindsay Clancy trialThe 12-person jury – made up of nine women and three men – told Judge William Sullivan that they could not agree on whether to convict Clancy, 36, of three counts of first-degree murder. Without a verdict — and despite a nearly five-week-long trial that saw testimony from roughly 85 witnesses — Sullivan declared a mistrial.

The jury first indicated they were at an impasse on the fourth day of deliberations after nearly 18 hours.But the judge told them to keep at it.The next day, after almost 28 total hours of deliberations, the jury issued another note, telling Sullivan a unanimous decision could not be reached.

The judge then read the Tuey-Rodriguez charge, instructing them to deliberate some more.One day later, on Thursday, jurors sent another note to the judge.Defense lawyer Kevin Reddington revealed that the mysterious jury note that prompted the judge to question the jurors one by one at sidebar was from the foreperson, claiming a single juror “refuses to follow the law” on the judge’s instruction about reasonable doubt.The defense attorney lost his bid to have the panelist tossed from the jury.Friday morning, Reddington argued for the holdout juror to be questioned individually by the judge, revealed the individual was a man and accused him of lying.

But Sullivan shot down the request and sent the jurors back for more deliberations.The mistrial decision does not grant the former nurse automatic freedom — instead, she will remain in custody at Tewksbury Hospital while the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office decides where to take the closely watched case next. Prosecutors’ options include putting Clancy on trial a second time, trying to negotiate a plea deal or d...