Defense attorney Kevin Reddington immediately filed an emergency appeal, asking the higher court for relief. The appeal was denied, and a new hearing has been scheduled for September 29, where Reddington is expected to request that Judge Sullivan declare Clancy not guilty – a step allowed under Massachusetts law but used only in rare circumstances.

Clancy, 36, faces three counts of first‑degree murder for the 2023 killings of her children – five‑year‑old Cora, three‑year‑old Dawson, and eight‑month‑old Callan – in Duxbury, Massachusetts. Her lawyers do not dispute the deaths, but they argue she was not criminally responsible because she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and bipolar disorder at the time.

The case illustrates how the legal system can respond when a jury is stuck and the defendant relies on a mental‑illness defense. It also shows that, under state law, a judge can sometimes replace a hung jury by entering a not‑guilty verdict, a possibility that could shape future high‑profile trials.