A Massachusetts judge has cleared the way for Lindsay Clancy to face a retrial on murder charges. Judge William Sullivan ruled on Monday that a second trial would not unconstitutionally subject her to double prosecution for the same crime.
The decision by Judge Sullivan in Plymouth rejected an attempt by Clancy's legal team to have the case dismissed. A mistrial was previously declared on 4 September after the jury reported that a holdout juror was preventing a unanimous verdict.
Clancy is accused of strangling her three young children – Cora, five; Dawson, three; and Callan, eight months – with exercise bands in January 2023 at their home in Duxbury, a Boston suburb. Her lawyers have argued she was experiencing postpartum psychosis and should be found not guilty by reason of insanity.
A hearing has been scheduled for 16 November to discuss when a second trial could take place, with the judge suggesting it might occur in March.