Judge Denies Lindsay Clancy Motion to Dismiss Murder Charges

A Massachusetts judge denied Lindsay Clancy’s motion to dismiss the murder charges against her, ruling that retrying her would not violate double-jeopardy protections because the first trial ended in a deadlocked jury and mistrial. Judge William Sullivan also rejected the defense’s requests to investigate or question the holdout juror and prosecutors’ request for a gag order. Clancy is accused of strangling her three young children at their Duxbury home in 2023 and then attempting suicide; she has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, with her lawyers citing postpartum psychosis. The five-week trial ended in September without a unanimous verdict. A hearing is scheduled to discuss timing for a possible retrial, which could take place in March.