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PLYMOUTH, Mass. - Lindsay Clancy wouldn't be able to emotionally handle a second trial if the jury can't reach a verdict, her lawyer told reporters Tuesday.

 She had a flat affect, she's sad,  defense attorney Kevin Reddington said about the demeanor of the 36-year-old mother-of-three over the course of deliberations - which are slated to stretch into a fifth day Wednesday.

Reddington said,  No  when asked if Clancy would be able to emotionally handle going through trial again.

4 Lindsay Clancy and her attorney Kevin Reddington in Plymouth Superior Court on Sept. 1, 2026. USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect

4 Reddington speaking to the press after the jury was sent home for the day on Tuesday. Josh Reynolds for The New York Post

The case could potentially end with a hung jury and a retrial after jurors indicated this morning they were deadlocked.

Judge William Sullivan told them to continue deliberations - which reached 23 hours before they asked to go home early Tuesday.

Reddington said the decision-making process, which started Thursday afternoon, still  could be a while. As long as they are willing to keep working. 

4 Clancy's lawyer said she wouldn't be able to emotionally handle a retrial.

As for the prospect of a retrial, Reddington said if Plymouth District Attorney Timothy Cruz - who showed up to court Tuesday afternoon - reduced the charges to second-degree murder, it would allow Clancy to opt for a judge rather than a jury if her case underwent a second trial.

 You should ask Mr. Cruz why he did not reduce the charges to second degree so the matter could be waived by a jury and tried by a judge,  Reddington told reporters.  You should ask Mr. Cruz why we are trying on triple homicide first degree, not me. 

Clancy wants the jury to find her not criminally responsible for the murders based on the claim she was experiencing severe postpartum psychosis and hallucinated a voice telling her to strangle her kids and kill herself.

4 Clancy's parents, Mike and Paula Musgrove, and sister, Allison Ozga, leaving court. Josh Rey

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