If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).The Plymouth County district attorney prosecuting Lindsay Clancy is known for rarely cutting deals, but a veteran defense attorney who has worked alongside him says her case may be the "exception."Clancy, 36, faced three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of her children — Cora, Dawson and Callan, all under age 6 — who were found strangled at the family's home in January 2023.LINDSAY CLANCY MISTRIAL DECLARED AFTER JURY DEADLOCKS IN KILLINGS OF HER THREE CHILDRENLindsay Clancy looks on as jurors enter the courtroom during Clancy's murder trial at the Plymouth County Superior Court in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Sept.4, 2026.
(Greg Derr / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)The future of Clancy's murder case is unclear after Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial on Friday, Sept.4, after jurors were unable to reach a unanimous verdict, ending in an alleged 11-1 divide.Boston-based criminal defense attorney Peter Elikann, who has experience working against the Plymouth County District Attorney's Office, told Fox News Digital that the office is known for its reluctance to negotiate.SOCIAL MEDIA IS LINDSAY CLANCY WILD CARD THAT COULD TILT POTENTIAL RETRIAL TO THE DEFENSE, RETIRED JUDGE SAYSLyndsay Clancy's defense lawyer, Kevin J.
Reddington, arrives at Plymouth Superior Court, Plymouth, Mass., on Thursday, Sept.3, 2026.
(David McGlynn for Fox News Digital)"Normally, the reputation of the Plymouth County DA's office is that they don't like to do deals as much as other district attorney's offices do, that they will push a case to trial even if it's not their strongest case," Elikann said."This very well could be an exception."Elikann said it has become "conventional wisdom" that it's "unlikely that you'll ever get 12 jurors to agree that she committed first-degree murder."PATRICK CLANCY SPEAKS OUT AFTER HUNG JURY IN LINDSA...