Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer appeals after judge in murder case declares mistrial

Sarah Hooper | Live News Reporter Published September 4, 2026 4:38pm Updated September 4, 2026 4:43pm Lindsay Clancy had been on trial for the murders of her three children (Picture: Reuters) Lindsay Clancy’s trial over the murder of her three children has collapsed after the jury was unable to come to a decision. The Massachusetts mother, 36, is on trial for the murders of her three children: Cora, five, Dawson, three, and Callan, eight, in January 2023. Clancy does not deny killing her children by strangling them with an exercise band in the basement of their home, but her defence claimed she was in a state of postpartum psychosis when the crimes took place, and therefore was not criminally responsible for her actions. The prosecution says that, while there was no doubt Clancy was suffer