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The Lindsay Clancy Triple-Murder Case Has Ended in a Mistrial

The Lindsay Clancy Triple-Murder Case Has Ended in a Mistrial

Published by Sam Flores

The shocking triple-murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, which ignited a media circus both in and outside of its Massachusetts courtroom, has been declared a mistrial. The jury remained hopelessly deadlocked as to whether the 36-year-old was guilty of first-degree murder, more than three years after she admitted to strangling her three young children. She previously pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder, and Clancy’s legal team argued that the former labor and delivery nurse could not be held criminally responsible for the killings because she suffered from severe undiagnosed postpartum psychosis at the time. Following a third day of deadlock, in which jurors said they were unable to reach consensus on a verdict, the trial ended without resolution. “I’m going to declare a mistrial at this point,” Judge Kevin Sullivan told the court on Friday morning, as reported by NBC News. Like the high-profile Karen Read case before it, which also took place in a Massachusetts courtroom and initially ended in a mistrial, Clancy’s case could be retried in a court of law. …

The Meaning of the Lindsay Clancy Mistrial

The Meaning of the Lindsay Clancy Mistrial

Published by Daniella Wilson

During the five weeks of her murder trial, Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother accused of murdering her three young children in 2023, spoke barely a word. She has been on display for the entirety of her livestreamed trial, sitting in her wheelchair beside her lawyer at the defense table. At one point, when the prosecution walked the jury through the children’s autopsy reports, she hunched over, racked with sobs, crying out, “I can’t do this!” But mostly, Clancy has remained silent and wide-eyed, her gaze wandering around the courtroom as though searching for something. The judge in the case has just declared a mistrial because the jury has been unable to reach a unanimous verdict. But the viewing public, in the absence of Clancy’s own explanation of her experiences leading up to and after the killings, has projected its own ideas onto the case and rendered its own verdict. Some people have interpreted Clancy’s trial as a referendum on women’s postpartum mental health. Others have developed elaborate conspiracy theories maintaining that Clancy’s ex-husband, Patrick, is …

Clancy case ends in mistrial : NPR

Clancy case ends in mistrial : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

Kevin Reddington, defense attorney for Lindsay Clancy, reacts after the judge declared a mistrial at the conclusion of Clancy’s murder trial at the Plymouth County Superior Court in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on September 4, 2026. Greg Derr/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Greg Derr/POOL/AFP via Getty Images The judge has declared a mistrial in the case of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts woman charged with murdering her three young children in 2023. This came after the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court denied the request of Clancy’s defense attorney for an emergency appeal Friday. After deliberating for six days, the jury told the judge they could not reach a verdict because one juror did not agree with the 11 others. The judge said the jury’s note read, as WBUR reported, “It is with a heavy heart that we report we are unable to come to a unanimous decision, and we will not be able to.” Read WBUR’s coverage of this case here. Clancy, 36, was charged with strangling 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan, in the …

Harvey Weinstein’s third New York trial ends in mistrial : NPR

Harvey Weinstein’s third New York trial ends in mistrial : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan criminal court on May 14, 2026. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images Editor’s note: This story includes descriptions of allegations of sexual assault and rape. Harvey Weinstein’s latest sex crimes trial ended with a hung jury Friday, on the third day of deliberations. It was the second time in a year a jury was unable to reach a verdict on the same charge. Accusations against the former Hollywood mogul came to define the #MeToo movement, and he was first convicted of assaulting Jessica Mann in 2020. The former aspiring actress testified Weinstein raped her at a DoubleTree hotel in Manhattan in 2013. But that verdict, along with another charge, was later overturned. In a second New York trial last summer, Weinstein was found guilty on one count of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and not guilty on another. But a third charge, of raping Mann, ended in a mistrial after the jury foreperson declined to return to deliberations, citing concerns for his safety. …

Vatican appeals court declares mistrial in the ‘trial of the century’ against a cardinal

Vatican appeals court declares mistrial in the ‘trial of the century’ against a cardinal

Published by Sam Flores

ROME (AP) — The Vatican appeals tribunal declared a mistrial Tuesday in the Holy See’s big “trial of the century,” a stunning blow to both Pope Francis’ legacy and Vatican prosecutors who had put a cardinal and several other people on trial over alleged financial crimes. In a 16-page ruling, the appeals court ruled that Francis and Vatican prosecutors both made procedural errors that nullified the original indictment against Cardinal Angelo Becciu and the others and required a new trial. The court set a June 22 as the date for the new trial to begin. Defense lawyers said such a ruling was enormously significant if not historic, since it amounted to a Vatican court declaring that an act of the pope had no effect. The ruling was a win for the defense and a huge setback to Vatican prosecutors, who have been scrambling to salvage their case. The prosecution and 2023 convictions against Becciu and others had been held up by the Vatican and late pope as evidence of his willingness to crack down on financial misconduct in …

Elon Musk moves for mistrial in Twitter fraud case because everyone hates him

Elon Musk moves for mistrial in Twitter fraud case because everyone hates him

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Elon Musk’s legal team filed a motion for mistrial in the ongoing Twitter securities fraud class action lawsuit in San Francisco, arguing that the plaintiffs’ lawyers and the judge have created an environment where Musk cannot get a fair trial. The 20-page filing, submitted on March 7, explicitly cites “the animosity in the community toward Mr. Musk apparent during jury selection.” The motion comes just days after Musk took the stand in the Pampena v. Musk trial, where shareholders accuse him of deliberately tanking Twitter’s stock price through misleading tweets about bot accounts before completing his $44 billion acquisition in 2022. What the motion actually argues To be clear, this is not a motion to dismiss the case outright. It is a motion for a mistrial — meaning Musk’s lawyers are asking the court to throw out the current trial and start over with a new jury. Musk’s legal team at Quinn Emanuel, led by Alex Spiro, lists five separate grounds for mistrial in the filing: Advertisement – scroll for more content First, the defense …