Judge allows retrial in Lindsay Clancy triple murder case after mistrial

A judge ruled that a retrial can proceed in the case of Lindsay Clancy, who is accused of killing her three children, according to The Times-Tribune and News-Herald. Clancy's trial in Plymouth County ended in a mistrial earlier this year due to a deadlocked jury, and she sought to dismiss the murder charges on double jeopardy grounds.

Clancy's attorneys argued that the mistrial should not have been declared because the judge did not individually question the holdout juror, who they claimed was not following the law. However, the judge concluded that the mistrial was necessary due to the jury's deadlock and that a retrial would not violate Clancy's double jeopardy rights.

The judge also denied Clancy's requests to preserve juror records and to investigate the holdout juror, stating that any misconduct by a juror after the mistrial was declared was not relevant to the necessity of the mistrial. The holdout juror has spoken publicly following the mistrial.

Clancy is accused of killing her children, ages five, three, and eight months, in January 2023 before attempting suicide, which left her paralyzed. Her defense attorney contended that she was suffering from postpartum psychosis at the time and could not be held criminally responsible.

The judge acknowledged the difficulty of the case for both the defendant and jurors but affirmed the decision to allow the retrial to move forward.