Lindsay Clancy judge says he's leaning toward retrial in March

Prosecutors in Lindsay Clancy’s case say they plan to have her stand trial a second time, with the judge leaning toward a possible March retrial.
Prosecutors in Lindsay Clancy's case said Monday they plan to have her stand trial a second time for the murders of her three children, with the judge leaning toward a possible March retrial. What isn't known yet is what charges Clancy would face.In her first trial, Clancy's attorney admitted she killed 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan in their Duxbury home on Jan. 24, 2023, but she pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder. Defense attorney Kevin Reddington said Clancy was not criminally responsible because she was overmedicated and suffering from postpartum psychosis.Prosecutors said Clancy knew right from wrong and planned to strangle her children. The trial ended with a hung jury on Sept.
4.At a hearing later in September, Reddington then argued that there's "no evidence" Clancy admitted to killing her children. However, in a civil lawsuit, Clancy's lawyers say she admitted to killing them.Will Lindsay Clancy stand trial again? At a hearing in Plymouth Superior Court Monday, prosecutor Jennifer Sprague said for the first time that Clancy will likely stand trial again, though it is not yet known what she would be charged with."This would be a retrial," Sprague said, adding that the prosecution has not yet decided "how that will look."Sprague told Judge William Sullivan she did not want to set a trial date until he ruled
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