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  ❤️ Donate Monday, September 7, 2026 🕶️ Sunny with a high near 78. Good Morning Boston, It was likely impossible not to hear the news Friday that a Plymouth County judge declared a mistrial in the case of Lindsay Clancy, a Duxbury mother who was charged with strangling her three children in 2023. The high-profile case has received international attention, bringing conversations about maternal mental health to the forefront . After seven days of deliberations and a last-ditch appeal to the Supreme Judicial Court, jurors were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether Clancy should be held criminally responsible for the deaths of 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan. Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz says his office will make a decision on a retrial "soon," WBUR's Deborah Becker reports. Deb has been covering this harrowing case since 2023. She shares what it's been like inside the courtroom in the first episode of a special WBU...

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