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Judge’s ruling could clear the way for Lindsay Clancy to be tried again in the deaths of her 3 kids
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A judge has denied a motion to dismiss the murder case against Lindsay Clancy, potentially clearing the way for her to be retried next year in the deaths of her three young children. Clancy’s lawyers moved to dismiss the charges on double jeopardy grounds, arguing that the judge should have removed …
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A Massachusetts judge denied Lindsay Clancy’s bid to dismiss the murder charges, ruling that retrying her after the jury deadlocked would not violate double-jeopardy protections. The judge also rejected requests to question or investigate the holdout juror; prosecutors may now seek a new trial.
Judge William Sullivan and Lindsay Clancy in Plymouth Superior Court on the morning of Friday, Sept. 4, 2026, when Sullivan said he intended to declare a mistrial.
Clancy, who was tried in September in a trial that resulted in a hung jury, was charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the January 2023 deaths of her three children, ages 5, 3 and 8 months, inside the family’s home in Duxbury, Massachusetts.
Massachusetts judge rejects bid by Clancy’s attorneys to have the case against her dismissed A Massachusetts judge cleared the way on Monday for Lindsay Clancy to be tried again on murder charges for killing her three young children at her home in 2023, saying a retrial would not unconstitutionally…
A Massachusetts judge Monday shot down two of Lindsay Clancy’s’ big legal gambits, including refusing to dismiss her murder case because of a controversial holdout juror who caused a mistrial. Judge William Sullivan’s rulings likely mean Clancy will face a second murder trial for strangling her thre…
A judge has denied a motion to dismiss charges against Lindsay Clancy in the deaths of her three young children. Clancy’s defense team moved to dismiss the charges on double jeopardy grounds, based on an unusual argument that the judge should have removed the one juror who favored conviction, then a…
A judge has denied a motion to dismiss the murder case against Lindsay Clancy, potentially clearing the way for her to be retried next year in the deaths of her three young children. Clancy’s lawyers moved to dismiss the charges on double jeopardy grounds, arguing that the judge should have removed …
“The Court’s primary concern must be protecting the fairness of the proceedings and avoiding the possibility of a coerced verdict," Judge William F. Sullivan wrote.
By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — A judge in Massachusetts denied Lindsay Clancy’s motion to dismiss her murder case, clearing the way for her to face a second trial for allegedly killing her three children.
By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — A judge in Massachusetts denied Lindsay Clancy’s motion to dismiss her murder charges, clearing the way for her to face a second trial for allegedly killing her three children.
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (Court TV) — A Massachusetts judge dealt Lindsay Clancy and her legal team a blow on Monday, denying Clancy’s motions to dismiss and to question the holdout juror in her case. After deliberating for more than 24 hours over four days, a panel of 12 jurors was unable to reach a unanimo…
A judge on Monday denied a motion to dismiss the murder case against Lindsay Clancy, potentially clearing the way for her to be retried next year in the deaths of her three young children.
Clancy's defense team had asked the court to end the case based on an unusual argument that the judge shouldn't have declared a mistrial in September when jurors were unable to reach a unanimous verdict.
