Lindsay Clancy's Lawyer Says D.A. Was 'Crushed' After Mistrial: 'He Doesn’t Have a Case'

Lindsay Clancy's attorney Kevin Reddington spoke to reporters outside the courthouse Friday afternoon, September 4, saying the district attorney is upset with how the case turned out.

"Obviously this is not a time for gloating, bragging, expressing victory. It's a very sad case," Reddington said. "[Tim] Cruz knows that he was crushed. He doesn't have a case. He doesn't have to stand here and say that he's advocating on behalf of the victims and then look down to see what their names are."

"I am representing a woman that is a fantastic, wonderful individual. This woman is so brave, so awesome. Every day she came into this courthouse stood tall, no pun intended. The poor thing is in wheelchair as we all know for the rest of her life and sat there through seven weeks of the trial where nobody had anything bad to say about her except for the two prosecutors and apparently Tim Cruz," Reddington added.

As OK! previously reported, Clancy, a Massachusetts mom, was charged with murdering her three children — Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months — in January 2023. She does not dispute killing them.

At the heart of the trial was whether Clancy was criminally responsible for the killings. Her attorneys argued she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and should be found not guilty by reason of insanity, while prosecutors maintained that she planned the killings and understood her actions.

The jury ultimately failed to reach a unanimous verdict after roughly 40 hours of deliberations over seven days. Court notes revealed an 11–1 split, though the defense’s claim that the majority favored Clancy was never confirmed through an official verdict. Her attorney also unsuccessfully argued that the lone holdout juror was not properly following the judge’s instructions and should be removed.

Judge William Sullivan ultimately declared a mistrial, meaning Clancy was neither convicted nor acquitted. She remains charged with murder and is being held at a psychiatric hospital as the case moves forward. Prosecutors could choose to retry her before a new jury, while a plea agreement remains another possible outcome.

Clancy's ex-husband, Patrick Clancy, was the first person to testify in her trial.

On Friday, he released a statement through his attorney, David Meier, saying he's upset over the situation.

"Patrick Clancy is grateful to the Court and to the jurors for their hard work, their commitment, and their perseverance. The loss of Patrick's children is something from which he will never recover and from which there will never be closure. The prospect of reliving this tragedy through another trial is extraordinarily painful — for Patrick, for his family, and for all us."

Patrick found his kids the night they were killed. They later divorced, and he remarried.