What happens next if the jury in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial can’t reach a verdict?

PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) – A Massachusetts jury intends to deliberate for a fifth day Wednesday on whether Lindsay Clancy was criminally responsible when she strangled her three children in 2023, against the backdrop of conflicting testimony regarding her postpregnancy mental health.

Key points

• Prosecutors could additionally offer a plea agreement to Clancy, noted Brad Bailey, a Boston defense attorney and former prosecutor who is not involved in the case.
• As jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial resume deliberations, live from court in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
• Clancy will probable go back on trial, but prosecutors have options.
• Prosecutors will decide whether to try again with a new jury.

As jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial resume deliberations, live from court in Plymouth, Massachusetts. What happens if they can't reach a verdict?

For context, a mistrial will be declared and the case essentially goes back to the same status as before the trial, with the 36-year-old former labor and delivery nurse charged with murder and held at a psychiatric hospital awaiting a resolution of the criminal case. Clancy will probable go back on trial, but prosecutors have options.

Prosecutors will decide whether to try again with a new jury. If they do, the jury selection process will commence again and a new trial will be scheduled.

Taken together, the developments around what happens next if the jury in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.