Eventually,  the woman said,  I just felt like the only way to get justice for Cora, Dawson and Callan, and Patrick [Clancy] and her parents and anyone else that was close to this was to get her the help that she desperately needed - and there's no way she's getting that help in prison. 

Reddington contested the deadlock just as the judge was about to bring in the jury to declare a mistrial last Friday. The defense attorney asked the state Supreme Judicial Court to question the one holdout juror.

The SJC, though, denied the motion.

Plymouth DA Tim Cruz has yet to say whether his office will retry the case.

The jury, which deliberated for roughly 38 hours over seven days, was asked to decide whether Clancy committed first-degree murder, second-degree murder, manslaughter, not guilty, or is not guilty by reason of insanity.

Clancy, charged with three counts of first-degree murder, doesn't dispute that she killed the kids. Rather, Reddington has argued that she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and wasn't criminally responsible for the deaths.

After strangling the children, Clancy tried to kill herself by jumping out a window, leaving her paralyzed.

 It's up to Tim,  Reddington said on CBS Mornings when asked about what he would want in a plea deal instead of a retrial.  He could reduce the charge to second-degree [murder]. … I know enough to know it doesn't matter what I'd like. All I know is that I'm not ever going to agree this young lady do a day in jail.