Overview
- The judge declared a mistrial Friday after a 12-person jury, after roughly 36–40 hours of deliberations across seven days, reported it could not reach a unanimous verdict.
- Defense lawyers said one holdout juror refused to apply the court’s reasonable-doubt instruction and filed an emergency petition to keep deliberations going.
- A single justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court denied the defense request, prompting the judge to formally end deliberations and declare the mistrial.
- Clancy has admitted killing her three children but contends she was in severe postpartum psychosis and lacked the legal capacity to be criminally responsible, while prosecutors say evidence showed planning and awareness.
- Prosecutors have not announced whether they will retry the case and a Sept. 29 status hearing is scheduled to address next steps; the trial has also intensified national attention on postpartum psychosis and gaps in maternal mental-health care.