Jurors were unable to reach a unanimous verdict and Clancy’s trial ended in a mistrial

NEED TO KNOW

• A legal expert tells PEOPLE he believes prosecutors will retry Lindsay Clancy’s case after her trial ended in a mistrial
• Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial after jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict
• Clancy killed her three children in September 2023, but her defense argued she was not criminally responsible

Lindsay Clancy’s closely followed murder trial ended in a mistrial, with jurors unable to reach a unanimous verdict.

The mistrial means the trial is over, but the prosecution still has the opportunity to retry the case.

Neama Rahmani, a former federal prosecutor, tells PEOPLE he expects prosecutors to pursue the retrial.

“She will be prosecuted,” Rahmani told PEOPLE on Friday.

Days before the mistrial was declared, Rahmani told PEOPLE, “It is almost 100% certain that the prosecution will retry the case” in the event of a mistrial.

He added, “There are three dead children, and the political pressure on the prosecution to retry the case will be overwhelming. Not refiling the case is how district attorneys get voted out of office. I’m not saying that charging decisions are always made for political reasons, but when you deal with elected officials, public sentiment matters.”

“Not prosecuting means that Lindsay Clancy goes free,” he continued. “This is not insanity where she would spend time in a psychiatric facility. She would be a free woman.”

However, Rahmani believes it’s highly unlikely Clancy would be convicted, considering 11 jurors appeared to favor finding her not guilty, while one juror apparently disagreed.

Previously, Clancy’s attorney, Kevin Reddington, said he expected prosecutors to retry Clancy’s case, though he suggested they could pursue lesser charges rather than first-degree murder.

Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial after jurors sent a third note saying they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict.

The jury deliberated over the course of nearly a week.

Charged with first-degree murder, Clancy pleaded not guilty by lack of criminal responsibility, with her attorney arguing his client was in a state of psychosis and suffering from overmedication when she killed her three children — Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and 8-month-old Callan.

The children were fatally strangled with exercise bands in their Duxbury, Mass., home in January 2023. After strangling the children, Clancy jumped out of a second-story window in an apparent suicide attempt.

Prosecutors argued Clancy deliberately killed the children and further, that she was not in a state of psychosis at the time.

During deliberations, the jury also considered lesser charges of second-degree murder and manslaughter.

Reddington, Clancy’s attorney, said in his closing arguments that his client was failed by medical providers despite seeking help for postpartum mental health issues.

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Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Sprague, on the other hand, claimed Clancy was depressed and suicidal, but not in a state of psychosis.

“Those kids were her protective factor,” Sprague said. “Those kids were keeping her from ending her misery. So she had to remove the protective factor.”

The weeks-long trial featured testimony from dozens of witnesses, including law enforcement officers, medical providers, medical experts and Clancy’s ex-husband, Patrick Clancy.

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