DA Timothy Cruz: Please Do Not Retry Lindsay Clancy
The Issue
Lindsay Clancy’s nearly six-week trial ended in a mistrial Sept. 4 after jurors were unable to reach a unanimous verdict following seven days of deliberations. Her attorney, Kevin Reddington, said 11 of 12 jurors favored acquittal. The jury foreperson also raised concerns that the remaining juror was not applying the court’s instructions on reasonable doubt.
The Commonwealth presented its case over weeks of testimony, calling more than 80 witnesses and introducing more than 300 exhibits. Jurors heard from medical and psychiatric experts, Lindsay’s family, her former husband and others involved in her care. After hearing the case in full, the jury did not convict her.
I followed this trial closely from beginning to end. I listened to weeks of testimony about Lindsay’s mental health after the birth of her third child, the treatment she sought and the conflicting opinions of the medical professionals who evaluated her. I watched the jury spend seven days considering that evidence before ultimately reaching an impasse.
I started this petition because a mistrial permits another prosecution, but it does not require one. The decision whether to retry Lindsay now rests with the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office.
Nothing about this request diminishes the devastating loss of Cora, Dawson and Callan. Their deaths are a tragedy that can never be undone. Nor does this petition ask anyone to disregard the seriousness of this case. It asks what justice requires after the Commonwealth has presented its evidence and a jury has been unable to convict.
Another trial would mean presenting much of the same case to another jury and asking the families, witnesses and others involved to go through the process again. That possibility should be weighed against what happened in the first trial: nearly six weeks of testimony, more than 80 witnesses, more than 300 exhibits, seven days of deliberations and, according to Reddington, 11 jurors who favored acquittal.
We respectfully ask Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz to consider the record of the first trial, exercise his prosecutorial discretion and decline to retry Lindsay Clancy.
We respectfully ask DA Cruz to exercise prosecutorial discretion and decline to retry Lindsay Clancy.
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The Issue
Lindsay Clancy’s nearly six-week trial ended in a mistrial Sept. 4 after jurors were unable to reach a unanimous verdict following seven days of deliberations. Her attorney, Kevin Reddington, said 11 of 12 jurors favored acquittal. The jury foreperson also raised concerns that the remaining juror was not applying the court’s instructions on reasonable doubt.
The Commonwealth presented its case over weeks of testimony, calling more than 80 witnesses and introducing more than 300 exhibits. Jurors heard from medical and psychiatric experts, Lindsay’s family, her former husband and others involved in her care. After hearing the case in full, the jury did not convict her.
I followed this trial closely from beginning to end. I listened to weeks of testimony about Lindsay’s mental health after the birth of her third child, the treatment she sought and the conflicting opinions of the medical professionals who evaluated her. I watched the jury spend seven days considering that evidence before ultimately reaching an impasse.
I started this petition because a mistrial permits another prosecution, but it does not require one. The decision whether to retry Lindsay now rests with the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office.
Nothing about this request diminishes the devastating loss of Cora, Dawson and Callan. Their deaths are a tragedy that can never be undone. Nor does this petition ask anyone to disregard the seriousness of this case. It asks what justice requires after the Commonwealth has presented its evidence and a jury has been unable to convict.
Another trial would mean presenting much of the same case to another jury and asking the families, witnesses and others involved to go through the process again. That possibility should be weighed against what happened in the first trial: nearly six weeks of testimony, more than 80 witnesses, more than 300 exhibits, seven days of deliberations and, according to Reddington, 11 jurors who favored acquittal.
We respectfully ask Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz to consider the record of the first trial, exercise his prosecutorial discretion and decline to retry Lindsay Clancy.
We respectfully ask DA Cruz to exercise prosecutorial discretion and decline to retry Lindsay Clancy.
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Petition created on September 5, 2026