Lindsay Clancy Trial Update: Jury Can’t Come to Verdict, Returns to Deliberation

The Lindsay Clancy trial continues — and on Day 4 of deliberations, the jury announced that it couldn’t come to a verdict.

On Tuesday, September 1, the jurors informed Judge William F. Sullivan that they were unable to reach a unanimous decision, CNN reported. However, the judge sent them back to continue deliberating. NewsNation senior national correspondent Brian Entin reported the same in a series of X updates.

“Lindsay Clancy Jury question: After many hours of deliberation, we are unable to come to unanimous decision,” he wrote on Tuesday morning at 10:16 a.m. ET.

Lindsay Clancy Jury question: After many hours of deliberation, we are unable to come to unanimous decision.

— Brian Entin (@BrianEntin) September 1, 2026

One minute later, Entin added, “Judge is instructing the Lindsay Clancy jury to continue deliberating, despite them saying they cannot come to a decision. They have been sent back to the deliberation room.”

Judge is instructing the Lindsay Clancy jury to continue deliberating, despite them saying they cannot come to a decision. They have been sent back to the deliberation room.

— Brian Entin (@BrianEntin) September 1, 2026

Lindsay, 36, has been charged with three first-degree murder counts in the January 2023 deaths of her three children: Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months. The Duxbury, Massachusetts mother also allegedly cut her wrists and throat and jumped out of a second-story window, paralyzing her from the waist down. Her husband, Patrick Clancy, was the one who found his family members either dead or gravely injured after returning home from running errands.

In late July, the trial officially began at Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Massachusetts, with deliberations kicking off on Thursday, August 27. There are several possible verdicts, including: not guilty, not guilty by reason of insanity, first-degree murder, second-degree murder, and manslaughter.

It is common for a judge to send the jury back for deliberations several times after stating they are unable to come to a unanimous decision. If the jurors still can’t agree, the judge can declare a mistrial. The original charges remain, and the defendant is neither acquitted nor convicted at this point. That then leaves several options, including a retrial, plea bargain, or dismissal.