PLYMOUTH, Mass. — Plymouth Superior Court Judge William Sullivan has indefinitely extended an order impounding the identities of jurors who served in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial, citing juror safety and intense public attention after the mistrial, Boston 25 News reported.

In an order dated Sept. 14, 2026, Sullivan said the case has drawn significant and divisive attention across Massachusetts and beyond, noting the trial was livestreamed and remains the subject of daily social-media commentary. He acknowledged that juror names are generally public records but found good cause to keep them sealed, citing social-media activity and incidents during and after the trial — including the arrest of a person accused of secretly recording jurors as they left the courthouse — and noting that jurors’ personal information had been identified and shared without permission, Boston 25 reported.

Sullivan wrote that at least one juror asked that the impoundment continue indefinitely and that there remains a “real and present” risk of harm to jurors and to the integrity of their service. Releasing the full juror list could cause “immediate and irreparable injury,” he concluded, ordering the seal to remain until further notice. The order does not bar individual jurors from identifying themselves or speaking about their service if they choose, Boston 25 reported. Fox News likewise reported Sullivan’s finding of a “real and present” risk of harm and his conclusion that releasing the list risked immediate and irreparable injury.

Clancy, 36, faces three counts of first-degree murder in the January 2023 strangling deaths of her children — Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; and Callan, 8 months — at the family’s Duxbury home. Sullivan declared a mistrial on Sept. 4 after the panel deadlocked 11-1, Fox reported. Some jurors have spoken publicly since; most deliberating and alternate jurors have stayed anonymous, according to the order. Paula Devlin, 65 — one of the 11 who favored a not-criminally-responsible finding — denied bias allegations in an interview with Fox News Digital.

Clancy is due back in court Sept. 29 for a status hearing. The Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office has not decided whether to retry the case, Fox reported; prior coverage has identified District Attorney Tim Cruz as the office’s decision-maker on a retrial.

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