Judge declares mistrial in closely-watched Lindsay Clancy triple-murder case

Lindsay Clancy and her attorney, Kevin Reddington, watching as a mistrial was declared on Friday.

A Massachusetts judge declared a mistrial on Friday in the Lindsay Clancy triple-murder case after the jury remained deadlocked after seven days and nearly 40 hours of deliberations.

Judge William Sullivan said the jury, made up of nine women and three men, was hopelessly deadlocked and he had no choice but to declare a mistrial. Before he formally called the mistrial, he allowed Kevin Reddington, Clancy's lead defense attorney, to file an emergency appeal on his ruling. Clancy was seen putting her head on the table, and her supporters were reportedly seen crying in the courtroom bathroom.

The jury was split 11-1, and a day before the case ended in a mistrial, Reddington attempted to have the one holdout juror booted from the jury. The judge denied the request. On Friday, when Judge Sullivan stated he was ready to declare a mistrial, Reddington made one final attempt to have the juror removed, citing federal law. Sullivan again denied the appeal. 

Sullivan called the jury back to the courtroom to make his call official, but before he did he praised the jury for sitting on a case that dragged on for six weeks, and thanked jurors on behalf of the state of Massachusetts. “At this point I'm going to declare that the jury is deadlocked and I'm going to declare a mistrial," Sullivan said.

According to CNN reporter Jane Casarez, women jurors expressed anger as Sullivan declared the mistrial. One of the women shook her head "no" as she listened to the judge's ruling. "Another female juror [was] clenching her hands into fists as she was sitting on that chair," the reporters said. "One female juror would not even open her eyes."

Clancy, 36, admitted to strangling her three young children -- Cora, 5, Dawson, 2, and Callan, 8 months -- in January 2023. She then threw herself out a window in a suicide attempt that left her paralyzed from the waist down and confined to a wheelchair.

The trial has been a major flashpoint between men and women in the U.S., and globally. Even President Trump weighed in Friday as the mistrial decision loomed.

"Look, she did a horrible, horrible thing. Can't be worse. But you'll find out what the price to pay," Trump said to reporters in the Oval Office. "It's going to be mental institution or jail or something. But I guess they're going to go through another trial. It's too bad."

State prosecutors argued Clancy premeditated the killings and was aware of what she was doing. The defense argued she was in the throes of postpartum psychosis and had no control over her actions, meaning she shouldn't be held criminally liable. Legal experts say the case could be tried again, or prosecutors could pursue a plea deal with Clancy. They could also drop the charges against Clancy, which doesn't seem likely.

Clancy was told to report back to court on September 29 at which time a new trial date will be set.

Outside the courthouse after the mistrial was declared, Reddington, Clancy's lawyer, addressed reporters and tore into the lone holdout juror, accusing the man, who has not been identified of having an "agenda" and saying he "robbed" his fellow jurors of their time and Clancy of an acquittal.

Watch a clip below as Reddington blasts the holdout juror.