Live Updates: Jury will decide whether Lindsay Clancy is guilty of murder
A Massachusetts jury begins deliberations in the case of Lindsay Clancy, a mother accused of killing her three young children.
Massachusetts Supreme Court denies Clancy's emergency request; officially a mistrial.
Prosecutors and the media are now being brought BACK into the courtroom for the Lindsay Clancy trial to resume
Massachusetts Supreme Court grants a hearing for Lindsay Clancy's defense.
The court is in recess for lunch and will return at 2 pm.
Judge agrees to hold off on declaring a mistrial for 1 hour to allow Remington to file an emergency stay.
The judge has given the defense one hour to petition the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to remove the lone juror holding out against acquittal.
Judge Sullivan officially declared a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder case after a hung jury.
Prosecutors recommended a mistrial; Judge Sullivan agrees.
Question from Jury: "It's with a heavy heart that we cannot come to a unanimous decision, and we will not be able to."
The courtroom was cleared, then reopened in stages — DA Cruz was brought in first, followed by defense attorney Reddington, with the media reseated shortly after. Both sides are now present, and the packed room is waiting on Judge Sullivan. Unlike earlier pauses, there's no sign this is a jury note.
Jurors began deliberating around 9:24 a.m. in a packed courtroom. Judge Sullivan instructed the jury to weigh all evidence, follow the law, and disregard any personal opinions on the case or its participants. The prosecution and defense clashed over jury instructions.
The jury returned at 4:08pm and were told by Judge Sullivan they were dismissed for the day until 9am tomorrow.
The media is now lining up to go back inside the courtroom.
Reddington is objecting to the court's ruling. He wants the juror who is refusing to listen to the judge removed.
The judge in the Lindsay Clancy case is admonishing jurors who are refusing to follow his instructions. It sounds like there is a dispute among the jurors. He is not declaring a mistrial. "First off, I want to remind you that you are required to follow my instructions on the law as I gave them to you."
The clerk marks off each juror on a document as they're sworn in and questioned by Judge Sullivan.
Jurors are being sworn in individually and questioned by Judge Sullivan as Clancy, Reddington, and prosecutors remain at the bench.
They just wheeled Lindsay Clancy to the sidebar.
Reddington places documents on the bench, returns to the defense table as prosecutors confer; now speaking with Clancy.
Reddington is mad now. Pointing at Lindsay and looking back at the Judge
The jury has notified Judge Sullivan that they have a note.
The jury is back to resume deliberations for the 6th day.
Judge Sullivan dismisses the jury after 30 hours of deliberations without a verdict. Jurors will return tomorrow at 9 a.m. to resume deliberations.
After 28 hours of deliberations, the Jury once again says they are deadlocked.
The judge reads them the Tuey-Rodriguez charge, sending them back to deliberate.
The jury tells Judge Sullivan again that they cannot reach a unanimous verdict.
The jury has another question. The courtroom is filling up now.
The 5th day of deliberations begin; jurors were not smiling.
Judge Sullivan dismisses the jury after 23 hours of deliberations without a verdict. Jurors will return tomorrow at 9 a.m. to resume deliberations.
The jury says they want to leave by 3:30 pm ET, 10 minutes from now.
22 and a half hours of deliberations with no verdict, and only an hour left before being dismissed for the day.
The judge asks the jury to continue deliberations.
Judge Sullivan says the jury cannot reach a unanimous verdict.
The jury sent a note to Judge Sullivan, an hour after deliberations began today
Jurors don’t look as dressed up as they were yesterday, and nobody was wearing pink.
Judge Sullivan tells jurors to “stay the course” as they enter day four of deliberations today
Judge Sullivan excuses the jury for the day. Jurors will return tomorrow at 9 a.m. to resume deliberations.
The courtroom is now filling up, and the jury is expected to go home for the day after 17 hours of deliberation with no verdict.
The Lindsay Clancy jury has been deliberating for 16 and a half hours now, and we've heard nothing from them today.
1:40 pm ET: Lindsay Clancy's defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, says he has no idea how much longer the jury will deliberate, but he'll accept whatever they decide.
The jury is pausing deliberations for lunch and should return at 2:00 pm ET.
The courtroom is packed with 50+ press and a few dozen from the public for day 3 of deliberations.
10:00 am ET: Lindsay Clancy's defense attorney said that he was feeling "nervous".
"I'm never confident," Kevin Reddington told reporters after jurors were dismissed Friday, saying he had "no idea" what they would do. "They worked hard. It's been a long trial, and I have faith in the jury system."
Asked how Clancy was holding up, he said she was "nervous, scared, beat down as usual."
Clancy attorney Kevin Reddington is grabbing coffee and taking questions from the press after 13 hours of deliberations. No verdict yet.
Several jurors showed up dressed up today: a man who usually dresses casual is in a dress shirt, another is wearing a tie, a third got a haircut, and one woman is in a long dress.
Kevin Reddington confirms the judge did allow the jury to see the pills and the knife they requested.
Judge Sullivan has excused the jury for the day. Jurors will return Monday at 9 a.m. to resume deliberations.
The media is now lined up to go back inside the courtroom after 10 hours of deliberation.
9 and a half hours in, with no decisions from the jury and no updates in the trial since the lunch break.
Officers outside the courthouse told members of the media they cannot film in the employee parking lot behind the building, where jurors also park.
The court officers have confirmed that the court is in recess until 2:00 p.m.
The jury deciding Lindsay Clancy's fate has now been deliberating for over six hours.
Since beginning yesterday afternoon, the jury has only sent out a single question, requesting to see the knife Clancy used to harm herself and the pill bottles she was prescribed.
During closing arguments on Thursday, Reddington held up a bag of empty pill bottles that he said he found in Clancy’s nightstand.
He argued it shows the police did not thoroughly investigate and questioned why police did not seize it for evidence.
“I was able to grab this,” he told the jury. “Why wouldn’t the police have grabbed this? You can see they’re all empty. You can see when they were prescribed. You can see what they are. You can see what she took.”
Kevin Reddington walked out of the courtroom and told a few journalists that the jury had asked to see: two bags of pill bottles and the knife. These were the pills found in the kitchen and also found in the bedroom drawer.
A female juror was seen repeatedly wiping her eyes during the closing argument of prosecutor Jennifer Sprague.
The woman who sat in the first jury seat and wore glasses wiped her nose and her eyes several times during the somber remarks by Sprague, who accused Clancy of coldly and cruelly strangling her children.
We began following this story on August 28, 2026. Updates above are most recent first.
