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Lindsay Clancy loses bid to dismiss murder charges, retrial looms
Reuters • • nation
Key Points:
- A Massachusetts judge ruled that Lindsay Clancy can be retried on murder charges for killing her three children in 2023, stating a retrial does not violate the constitutional protection against double jeopardy.
- The judge found there was "manifest necessity" for a mistrial due to a deadlocked jury, rejecting defense claims that the mistrial was premature and that a holdout juror should have been questioned.
- Clancy's defense argues she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and should be found not guilty by reason of insanity, which would lead to psychiatric commitment rather than prison.
- The retrial is tentatively scheduled for March next year, with a hearing set for November 16 to discuss the trial date, and the defense plans to appeal the judge’s decision.
- At the initial trial, it was undisputed that Clancy strangled her three young children and then attempted suicide, leaving her paralyzed.
