Prosecutors ask judge to reject Lindsay Clancy defense’s motion to dismiss charges

Prosecutors have asked a judge to reject Lindsay Clancy’s motion to dismiss the charges against her, arguing in a motion that they have the right to seek justice on behalf of her three young children even after a mistrial was declared.

“Because a mistrial was properly declared due to the manifest necessity of a deadlocked jury, the defendant’s motion to dismiss should be denied, and the Commonwealth should be permitted to continue to pursue justice for Cora, Dawson and Callan Clancy,” prosecutors wrote in the motion filed Monday.

Clancy was indicted on three counts of murder and strangulation in the 2023 deaths of her three young children, and her trial took place in a Massachusetts courtroom over the summer. A mistrial was declared in September when the jury told the judge it was deadlocked after seven days of deliberation — with one juror as the holdout.

Clancy is accused of strangling her three children, Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and 8-month-old Callan, in their Duxbury home. Her lawyers argued that she suffered from postpartum psychosis and was not criminally responsible for her actions.

Her defense team moved to dismiss the charges against Clancy on the grounds of double jeopardy — a…

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