Deborah Becker is a Host and Reporter at WBUR, Boston's NPR News station. Her reporting focuses on mental health, substance use disorders, and the criminal legal system, highlighting the intersection of health and legal affairs. Deborah has been featured in various prominent outlets, including NPR, WFDD Public Radio, and New England Public Media.
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By: Deborah Becker
Defense attorney Kevin Reddington asked the judge to dismiss a juror, arguing the jury foreperson sent the court a note Thursday indicating the juror admitted doubt but refused to join the other 11 jury members in reaching a not guilty verdict.
By: Deborah Becker
After nearly a week of deliberations and a last-ditch appeal from the defense to the Supreme Judicial Court, the jury of nine women and three men failed to reach a verdict as to whether Lindsay Clancy, 36, should be held criminally responsible for her children's deaths, ending a trial that sparked international discussion about postpartum mental healthcare.
By: Rachel Baye, Carmel Wroth, Deborah Becker
Updated September 4, 2026 at 12:04 PM PDT The judge has declared a mistrial in the case of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts woman charged with murdering her three young children in 2023.
WBUR reporter Deborah Becker has spent many of her days this summer at the Plymouth County courthouse.
By: Rachel Baye, Deborah Becker, Carmel Wroth
The judge in Lindsay Clancy's murder case has declared a mistrial after the jury was unable to agree on a verdict.
By: Deborah Becker
The defense attorney for Lindsay Clancy will be allowed to send an emergency petition to the Supreme Judicial Court before the trial judge declares a mistr
Since his testimony, there has been a tsunami of social media commentary criticizing Patrick Clancy and questioning whether he had some involvement in the deaths of the children.
By: Deborah Becker
Legal experts said potential jurors would have to be carefully questioned before 12 people could be chosen to decide a verdict, and they said the process would likely be complicated by the intense attention and debates surrounding the case.
By: Lisa Mullins, Deborah Becker, Stephanie Brown
WBUR reporter Deborah Becker has covered the Lindsay Clancy case since . Clancy was charged with first-degree murder for killing her three children before attempting to kill herself.
Lindsay Clancy's attorney has formally requested that she be acquitted of killing her three children. Clancy's murder trial ended in a mistrial last week and prosecutors are weighing whether they will retry the case.
