Lindsay Clancy's Mistrial Proved THIS About How We Handle Maternal Mental Illness

Lindsay Clancy's Mistrial Proved THIS About How We Handle Maternal Mental Illness

Published: September 17, 2026

Duration: 1:10:00

The Lindsay Clancy murder trial ended with an 11-to-1 split, a mistrial, and a system that reportedly had no tools to prevent the outcome. One holdout juror allegedly admitted reasonable doubt and refused to apply the court's instructions. Seven weeks of testimony, over 80 witnesses, and 38 hours of deliberation were erased on September 4.

Defense attorney Bob Motta joins the show to analyze the full scope of what the mistrial exposed. He starts with the jury room — what jurors have publicly described about the holdout's conduct, why the defense's emergency appeal to the Massachusetts SJC was denied, and what th...