The jury split eleven to one. The trial ended in a mistrial. And instead of closure, the Lindsay Clancy case broke into three simultaneous legal fights.
The first: DA Timothy Cruz deciding whether to retry a case where eleven jurors reportedly sided with the defense. Judge Sullivan scheduled a September 29 status conference and indicated he wants to retry in the fall.
The second: Two civil lawsuits — one from Patrick Clancy, one from Lindsay — against the same medical providers. The complaints allege nine psychiatric medications, eight in a three-week window, telehealth-only care from a psychiatrist who never met her patient, and no coordinated treatment plan. With the criminal case stalled, the civil track is the only active proceeding examining the medical timeline.
The third: The legal maneuvering for a potential second trial. Reddington wants the next jury sequestered. A 56-year-old woman was arrested for filming jurors during deliberations. The prosecution characterized Clancy’s injuries as insincere and may have lost eleven jurors doing it.
Clancy had pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of her children Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months. The defense argued postpartum psychosis and overmedication. Prosecutors alleged deliberate action.
Criminal defense trial attorney Bob Motta of Defense Diaries examines all three battles in one extended conversation — what the deadlock signals, what the lawsuits allege, and whether the prosecution can survive a second trial after an eleven-to-one rejection.
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