PLYMOUTH, Mass. — A day after a judge declared a mistrial in Lindsay Clancy’s triple-murder trial, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz still has not said whether prosecutors will put the case before a second jury. Judge William Sullivan has set a status hearing for Sept. 29, 2026, where the next steps — including a possible defense bid for a directed finding of not guilty — are expected to come into focus.

Clancy, 36, remains charged with murder in the January 2023 killings of her children Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; and Callan, 8 months, and continues to be held at Tewksbury State Hospital, NBC Boston and the Associated Press reported. She has not denied the killings; her attorney, Kevin Reddington, argued postpartum psychosis and overmedication left her without criminal responsibility. Prosecutors said she knew what she was doing.

Sullivan declared the mistrial Friday after jurors reported they could not reach a unanimous verdict on the seventh day of deliberations. An emergency defense bid to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to stop the mistrial and further probe a disputed holdout juror was denied, forcing the mistrial order to stand — coverage Insanity Developing has already published from Friday’s courtroom drama.

Cruz told reporters there would not be an immediate retrial decision and that public opinion would not drive it. “This was and has always been about getting justice for those three little babies,” he said, according to NBC Boston. He also said the case “was about Lindsay Clancy and what she did … the cruel and calculated killing of three innocents,” the AP reported.

Reddington has argued a single juror blocked what he believes was a near-acquittal. Outside court he said other jurors were “robbed by one man, for whatever his agenda was,” per NBC Boston and AP accounts. He has said he intends to seek a directed not-guilty finding and has not ruled out talking about options once Cruz decides; Guardian reporting also notes a Sept. 29 status conference where a new trial date could be set if prosecutors proceed.

David Meier, who represents Clancy’s former husband Patrick Clancy in related civil matters, said in a statement that “the prospect of reliving this tragedy through another trial is extraordinarily painful — for Patrick, for his family, and for all of us,” according to the AP. Sullivan has indicated that if there is a second trial, calendars for lawyers, witnesses, and court staff would need to be coordinated, with interest in moving relatively promptly.

For now, the hung jury leaves the criminal case open: charges stand, Clancy remains in custody at Tewksbury, and Cruz’s office holds the decision that will determine whether America’s most-watched maternal-mental-health murder trial runs again.

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