The future of Lindsay Clancy's murder case remains uncertain following a mistrial declared on Friday, September 4, after jurors were unable to reach a unanimous verdict. The jury was reportedly deadlocked 11-1, leading to the mistrial.

Lindsay Clancy, 36, faced three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of her children—Cora, Dawson, and Callan, all under age 6—who were found strangled in their Duxbury, Massachusetts, home in January 2023.

Peter Elikann, a veteran Boston defense attorney with experience opposing the Plymouth County District Attorney's Office, told Fox News Digital that while the office is known for rarely offering plea deals, Clancy's case could be an exception. "Normally, the reputation of the Plymouth County DA's office is that they don't like to do deals as much as other district attorney's offices do, that they will push a case to trial even if it's not their strongest case," Elikann said. "This very well could be an exception."

Elikann suggested that the 11-1 deadlock indicates it might be challenging for prosecutors to secure a first-degree murder conviction in a retrial. "It would make sense that as a win-win situation that the DA's office puts their head together with the defense counsel and they try to work out some sort of compromise that they can both live with," he added. "Why have another trial if the likelihood of getting a conviction would be considered so minimal by a lot of people?"

Nick Dargie, one of the jurors, told ABC News that the holdout juror had difficulty articulating the evidence or testimony that supported their stance. "There wasn't a single piece of evidence or witness testimony that he used to prove why he was thinking the way he was, which is why we ultimately sent in that note."

Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz stated after the mistrial that no decisions have been made regarding a potential retrial. "I'm going to be meeting with our team, and we will address this case further at the appropriate time and in the context of an official court proceeding," Cruz said.

Clancy's attorney, Kevin Reddington, expressed hope for a resolution. "I hope, however, after sitting through this trial and seeing the evidence that was presented from the government as well as from the defense, that he would revisit that issue and hopefully would be able to work something out that would be acceptable to both sides," Reddington said in a "Good Morning America" interview.

Reddington filed a motion on Wednesday seeking a finding of not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility on each charge. He requested that the motion be heard at a hearing scheduled for September 29.

Retired Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Jack Lu told Fox News Digital that while he believes a plea deal would be a "good idea" and in the public's "interest," he is skeptical that prosecutors would agree. "I predict that the prosecutor's office will approach this the same way, at least as the charges are concerned, as they did for trial number one, seeking a conviction of first-degree murder," Lu said. "There is some possibility that they'll reduce the charges, and that would, that could happen, but I wouldn't be predicting that."

Clancy is scheduled to return to court on September 29 for a status hearing where further details regarding the case's progression may be disclosed.