After Lindsay Clancy mistrial, what happens next?

September 4, 2026 / 2:29 PM EDT / CBS News

The murder trial of Lindsay Clancy ended in a mistrial on Friday, the seventh day of deliberations, after the 12-person jury said it could not come to a unanimous decision about whether Clancy was criminally responsible for killing her three young children at her Massachusetts home in January 2023.

The outcome came after weeks of emotional testimony and days of anxious waiting as the jury argued behind closed doors and repeatedly reported being deadlocked. A note from the foreperson indicated there was a single holdout. Judge William Sullivan sent them back multiple times to keep trying to reach a verdict.

Finally on Friday, when the jury said it was still deadlocked, Sullivan declared a mistrial.

With a mistrial, the conditions for the defendant go back to what they were pretrial, CBS News Boston reported. That means Clancy will remain in custody and under psychiatric care at Tewksbury State Hospital, where she has been held since 2023.

If Clancy had been found not guilty by reason of insanity, she would have remained at a mental health facility indefinitely. If she had been found criminally responsible for the murders, she would have…

Original source: https://www.cbsnews.com/moneywatch/