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Lindsay Clancy judge declares a mistrial after the state’s top court denies defense’s appeal
The judge ended the deadlocked triple-murder trial after the state’s highest court rejected a defense bid to stop the mistrial.
- On Friday, Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial in Lindsay Clancy's murder case after the 12-person jury reported being hopelessly deadlocked following seven days of deliberations.
- The trial examined whether Clancy was criminally responsible for the 2023 strangulation deaths of her three children—Cora, Dawson, and Callan Clancy—after defense attorneys argued she suffered from undiagnosed postpartum psychosis.
- Plymouth County Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Sprague argued Clancy deliberately planned the murders, while defense attorney Kevin Reddington blamed "the damn medicine and the lousy medical care that she got."
- Before the mistrial was finalized, the Supreme Judicial Court denied an emergency appeal from defense associate Dana Goldblatt seeking to remove a holdout juror, leaving the mistrial declaration in place.
- Prosecutors may now seek a retrial, a path taken in the recent high-profile case of Karen Read, though the district attorney has not yet announced a formal decision regarding Clancy's future.
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Lindsay Clancy judge declares a mistrial after the state’s top court denies defense’s appeal
A judge on Massachusetts’ top court on Friday denied a last minute attempt by Lindsay Clancy’s lawyers to prevent the judge who had presided over her triple-murder trial from declaring a mistrial.
·New York, United States
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Leaning Left4Leaning Right4Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution34% Left, 33% Center, 33% Right
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- 34% of the sources lean Left, 33% of the sources are Center, 33% of the sources lean Right
34% Left
L 34%
C 33%
R 33%
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