A Massachusetts judge has denied the defense’s request to dismiss the murder case against Lindsay Clancy, the U.S. woman accused of killing her three children. The ruling, issued Monday, clears the path for prosecutors to move forward with the case, potentially reducing charges or proceeding to a second trial.
Clancy’s defense team had filed three motions, including one citing double jeopardy, arguing that the earlier mistrial in September—when a 12‑person jury failed to reach a verdict—was premature. They also sought to see records of the lone holdout juror and to question that juror under oath.
Judge William Sullivan, who presided over the August trial, stated that a retrial would not violate the double‑jeopardy clause. He denied the motions to dismiss and to access the juror’s records, and set a hearing for November 16 to discuss scheduling a potential second trial, which he has suggested could begin in March.
Clancy has not denied the killings, but her lawyers maintain she was suffering from severe postpartum psychosis at the time. Prosecutors, however, contend the murders were intentional.
Source: BBC World
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