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Lawyers representing Lindsay Clancy have also asked a judge to find her not guilty, saying insufficient evidence was presented at her murder trial, which ended in a mistrial this month.
Clancy’s attorneys say a mistrial shouldn’t have been declared and a retrial would result in double jeopardy Lindsay Clancy returned to court on Tuesday, as her lawyers sought to head off a retrial by having a judge find the Massachusetts woman not guilty of murder for the killing of her three young children in 2023. Judge William Sullivan in Plymouth, Massachusetts, took up the issue after declaring a mistrial o…
NYTimes – US Lawyers representing Lindsay Clancy have also asked a judge to find her not guilty, saying insufficient evidence was presented at her murder trial, which ended in a mistrial this month.
Lindsay Clancy remains under indictment after her first-degree murder trial ended in a mistrial, and a Massachusetts judge is now weighing her defense's motion to dismiss the charges. Prosecutors have said they plan to retry her, with the judge indicating he is leaning toward a March retrial date.
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Prosecutors announced plans to retry Lindsay Clancy, with the judge leaning toward a March retrial, while her defense argued at a September hearing that there was no direct evidence and a retrial would violate double jeopardy.
NYTimes – US Lawyers representing Lindsay Clancy have also asked a judge to find her not guilty, saying insufficient evidence was presented at her murder trial, which ended in a mistrial this month.
A judge in Massachusetts will consider several motions, including one to dismiss the triple-murder case against Lindsay Clancy, after a mistrial was declared over a deadlocked jury.
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