Clancy Court Appearance
Lindsay Clancy returns to court for a status conference following her recent mistrial.
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Lindsay Clancy is scheduled to return to court September 29 for a status conference after her triple-murder trial ended in a mistrial on September 4, when jurors could not reach a unanimous verdict. Her defense is seeking to block a second trial, arguing that the judge improperly declared a mistrial without sufficiently investigating complaints about a holdout juror; attorneys have also sought information about that juror and a finding of not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility. Clancy admitted killing her three children in January 2023 but argued she was suffering from postpartum psychosis. Prosecutors have not said whether they will retry the case.
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At trial, prosecutors argued that Clancy acted with premeditation, while the defense maintained that postpartum psychosis left her not criminally responsible.
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Juror Nick Dargie said he believed another trial conducted the same way would likely end in an insanity acquittal: “nine times out of ten,” he said, a jury would find Clancy not guilty by reason of insanity.
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If prosecutors pursue a retrial, the court is expected to discuss its schedule at the status conference.
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The mistrial followed seven days of jury deliberations, during which the panel reported an irreconcilable deadlock involving one holdout juror.
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