Two Mothers, Two Very Different Trials
Defense lawyers say a retrial would violate her double jeopardy and impartial-jury rights after jurors deadlocked and one held out for conviction.
- On Monday, defense attorney Kevin Reddington filed a motion to dismiss murder charges against Lindsay Clancy, arguing the trial judge failed to investigate claims that a holdout juror disregarded instructions.
- Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial on Sept. 4 after jurors deadlocked, with 11 of 12 members favoring a not guilty verdict by reason of insanity for Clancy's 2023 killings of her three children.
- Reddington argues a retrial violates double jeopardy rights, claiming the court was required to ascertain whether the holdout's conduct violated Clancy's right to an impartial jury before the mistrial.
- Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz has not yet stated if prosecutors will retry the case, while Judge Sullivan scheduled the next hearing for Sept. 29.
- A recent Supreme Judicial Court ruling overturning Latarsha Sanders' 2022 conviction illustrates how Massachusetts courts weigh maternal mental illness, drawing public attention to the intersection of race and justice.
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When the jury couldn't reach a unanimous verdict on whether Lindsay Clancy was guilty or innocent by reason of insanity a few days ago after weeks of trial, it wasn't just a failed trial, but a pretty good illustration of the problem we have with understanding actions that seem incomprehensible. Horrible actions evoke an unease in people that is most easily resolved by quickly categorizing the person who committed them.
Two mothers, two very different trials
A Massachusetts high court ruling is drawing attention to how courts handle severe mental illness in cases where mothers kill their children — and to jury composition after a jury with 11 White members and one Black member deadlocked earlier this month in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy. In August, the Supreme Judicial Court […]
Lindsay Clancy Asks Judge to Dismiss Murder Charges, Deny 2nd Trial
Attorneys for Lindsay Clancy asked a judge Monday to dismiss three first-degree murder charges and bar a second trial, arguing that retrying her after a hung jury would violate double jeopardy protections. Clancy is charged in the January 24, 2023, deaths of her three children — 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan — who she strangled with exercise bands in the family’s Duxbury home. She then slashed her wrists and jumped fr…
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NBC ConnecticutLindsay Clancy files to dismiss charges as attorney speaks on ex-husband's interview
Lindsay Clancy's lawyer has filed a new motion to dismiss the murder charges against her and reacted to Clancy's ex-husband's interview on "60 Minutes"
The decision the 12 jurors were asked to make was not about whether she killed her children, as Clancy's defense has accepted that she committed the murders herself. It was about whether the 36-year-old could be held criminally responsible for the children's deaths.
On September 4, 2026, Judge William Sullivan of the Court of Plymouth (Massachusetts) declared the jury "deadlocked" (blocked) and declared the trial null and void, for lack of unanimity among the 12 jurors on the guilt of Lindsay Clancy, 36 years old, who declared himself not guilty of the death of his three children, Cora five years old, Dawson three years old and Callan, eight months. This highly publicized case in the United States, calls us…
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