Cardano Founder Talks About the Lindsay Clancy Trial. “She Should Be Dead”
Charles Hoskinson turned on his camera and said nothing about Cardano (ADA). No token, no roadmap, no price call. Instead, the founder argued that a Massachusetts mother should be put to death.
He recorded it while the jury was still out, and three days later that trial collapsed. The next development is expected later this month.
The Case America Is Still Arguing About
Lindsay Clancy, 36, admits she strangled her three children at home in Duxbury in 2023. The youngest was eight months old. Her lawyers never disputed the killings.
Instead, they argued postpartum psychosis, a rare and severe illness that can follow childbirth, left her not criminally responsible.
Jurors deliberated seven days and split 11 to 1. On September 4, Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial. Her lawyer said a single juror stood between her and acquittal. The court never confirmed which way the other 11 leaned.
A judge in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial declared a mistrial Friday after jurors failed to reach a verdict in a case that sharply divided many Americans over whether the Massachusetts woman should be criminally responsible for killing her three young children. pic.twitter.com/E8Fz8vDfEP
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 4, 2026
The case ran through the summer on national television and TikTok. It has not faded.
Hoskinson Picks a Side
He does not accept the illness as an excuse. He wants to know where personal accountability now ends.
“She should be dead,” he said.
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Then he asked his audience to change his mind. Nobody has yet. He also claimed the father is being blamed. Patrick Clancy has instead asked the public to forgive his wife.
A Founder Talking Past His Own Market
Hoskinson rarely goes a week without defending Cardano or addressing matters of crypto and technology. He recently blamed a nation-state for a major AI outage and promised Cardano would win outright with help from Ethereum developers.
That is exactly why this video traveled. There was nothing in it to trade on, so it reached people who have never held a token.
Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz still has not said whether he will try Clancy again. She is back in court on September 29.
"You strangle three children to death, I don't now how that's anything short then of premeditated malice of forethought first-degree murder."
— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 6, 2026
What's next for Lindsay Clancy after her murder trial ends in a mistrial?
Criminal defense attorney Joshua Ritter breaks down the… pic.twitter.com/ZrYDEQLdO2
For now, the loudest voice in Cardano is spending it somewhere else entirely.