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 from a second-story window and is now paralyzed.

Neither side disputed that she killed the children. Prosecutors said the killings were premeditated and that Clancy knew they were wrong. Her lawyers said she was suffering from postpartum psychosis, had sought help, and was not criminally responsible.

A seven-week trial ended September 4 when Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial.

The jury of nine women and three men deliberated about 38 hours over seven days and deadlocked 11-1. Eleven jurors were prepared to find Clancy not criminally responsible by reason of mental illness or defect. One juror was not. ---More...