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Despite a last minute motion from Lindsey Clancy's lawyer, the case has ended in a mistrial.

The Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts denied the Clancy's team's emergency motion on Friday afternoon.

Afterward, Judge William Sullivan ruled Clancy's trial over in a mistrial.

Here's that moment.

Members of the jury, uh, at this point, I'm going to declare that the jury is, uh, deadlocked, and I'm gonna declare a mistrial.

The jury deadlocked 11 to one with the majority of jurors supporting acquittal.

Based on feedback the court received from the jury foreman, Clancy's defense team said one holdout ignored the reasonable doubt standard.

Clancy's attorney urged the judge to remove or replace that juror.

I would suggest, Your Honor, that clearly under the, uh, first circuit law, federal law, as well as the argument to the court, uh, Massachusetts law, that we have a juror who has, according to the foreperson, uh, is the only person who is basically holding out, so to speak, and unfortunately, they're not holding out based on a good faith issue with the facts or with the law, but they're holding out as a result that even though they have agreed and expressed doubt, they, uh, are refusing to apply the law as you've given it.

So I would ask again that you conduct a hearing and understand that you're-

All right

... probably gonna deny that.

The judge denied the defense's request, and the mistrial means that Clancy is neither convicted nor acquitted in the murder of her three children.

Clancy remains charged with murder, and it's likely that prosecutors will seek to have her tried again.