Judge Judy Weighs In On Lindsay Clancy Murder Case And Gives Major Warning

Judge Judy Sheindlin weighed in Thursday on the closely watched Lindsay Clancy murder case following its mistrial, warning there could be a “danger” in prosecutors deciding not to retry the Massachusetts mother accused of killing her three young children.

The 83-year-old judge and television personality was asked by TMZ whether Clancy should face another trial after jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict earlier this month.

“I think there’s a danger in that, in not retrying,” Sheindlin responded.

Sheindlin, who launched the popular syndicated show “Judge Judy,” which aired for 25 seasons, was also asked about her view on the outcome of the trial after the jury’s deliberations ended in a reported 11-1 split in favor of finding Clancy not criminally responsible.

“I can’t give you a two-minute answer on that,” Sheindlin said.

She was then asked whether she believed Clancy should have been found guilty.

“There’s no question, my dear, that she killed her children,” Sheindlin said. “The only question is, is there an excuse for it? Make up your own mind on that one.”

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Judge Judy thinks there could be real danger in letting Lindsay Clancy's case end with a mistrial. pic.twitter.com/iYjMN25OVk

— TMZ (@TMZ) September 17, 2026

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Dr. Phil McGraw on Saturday weighed in on the Lindsay Clancy trial, one day after the judge declared a mistrial when the jurors were unable to reach a unanimous verdict in the killings of her three children.

The defense team of the mother who admitted to strangling her three children to death in 2023 claims the 36-year-old was suffering from postpartum psychosis and wasn’t in control of her actions when she killed her children.

McGraw told Fox News anchor Aishah Hasnie on “Fox News Live” Saturday that Clancy’s children — Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; and Callan, 8 months — “are the real folks we need to give our attention to here. Three innocent children did lose their lives, and you can never explain these situations away simply.”

He said it also concerns him when mental illness gets depicted in the courtroom, it becomes “kind of a political, ideological football that’s used to try to skew something or is kind of debunked by another side rather than looking at what actually took place.”

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"Everybody is treating the criminal as the victim, and the victims have become somewhat invisible."

That was the DA after the Lindsay Clancy trial.

Here's my prediction for what happens next… pic.twitter.com/GXFIpsgmRH

— Dr. Phil (@DrPhil) September 17, 2026

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