Overview
- Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial after jurors twice reported an 11–1 split and could not reach a unanimous verdict following roughly 36 to 40 hours of deliberation, which ended on Sept. 4.
- Defense attorney Kevin Reddington filed a motion asking the judge to find Lindsay Clancy not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility and argued prosecutors failed to prove she understood the wrongfulness of her actions.
- Several jurors have spoken publicly saying the panel was effectively 11 to 1 in favor of finding Clancy not criminally responsible and that one juror refused to change his vote despite reporting doubt.
- Jurors identified the lone holdout as the only Black juror on the panel and later reporting about that juror’s past alleged domestic‑violence incidents and a restraining order has intensified media and political attention on juror privacy and treatment.
- Clancy remains in state psychiatric custody, prosecutors have not announced whether they will retry the case, and a Sept. 29 court hearing is scheduled to decide the defense motion and next steps including possible retrial or plea talks.