Overview
- A mistrial was declared Friday, Sept. 4, after a 12‑person jury deliberated about seven days and reported an 11‑1 split that left the panel unable to reach a unanimous verdict.
- Three jurors who spoke to reporters said the lone holdout juror admitted having reasonable doubt but refused to vote that Clancy was not criminally responsible, a stance jurors say forced the impasse.
- The trial turned on whether Clancy, who has acknowledged strangling her three children in January 2023, lacked the legal capacity due to postpartum psychosis to know right from wrong or conform her conduct to the law.
- Defense attorney Kevin Reddington has filed a rare post‑trial motion asking the judge to enter a not‑criminally‑responsible finding and has publicly appealed to President Trump for a pardon despite pardons applying only to federal cases.
- Prosecutors have not decided whether to retry, offer a plea, or pursue other options and will address next steps at a Sept. 29 status hearing while Clancy remains in court‑ordered psychiatric custody at Tewksbury Hospital.