Judge clears way for Lindsay Clancy to be retried on murder charges
The Guardian · · g2640194
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 subject her to a double prosecution for the same crime. Judge William Sullivan in Plymouth rejected a bid by Clancy’s attorneys to have the case against her dismissed. The judge on 4 September declared a mistrial after the jury reported that a holdout juror was preventing it from reaching a unanimous verdict. Continue reading...