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    "parsed_content": "Lindsay Clancy TrialThe Trial, ExplainedWhat\u2019s NextPatrick Clancy InterviewHoldout JurorScrutiny of JuryAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTSupported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTLindsay Clancy Moves Toward Murder Retrial as Judge Sets Key Hearing DateProsecutors have not said explicitly that they plan to retry Ms. Clancy in the killing of her three young children, but a judge said he wants to set a trial date soon. Listen \u00b7 6:21 min Share full articleLindsay Clancy returned to a Massachusetts courtroom on Tuesday as her lawyers asked a judge to dismiss the murder charges against her.Credit...Pool photo by Greg DerrBy Nicholas Bogel-BurroughsReporting from Plymouth, Mass. Sept. 29, 2026See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra m\u00e1s de nuestra cobertura en los resultados de b\u00fasqueda. Add The New York Times on GoogleAgrega The New York Times en Google The judge in the murder case against Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother charged with killing her three children, indicated on Tuesday that he wants to set a date soon for a possible retrial. The judge, William Sullivan, scheduled a hearing for Nov. 2 to discuss a trial date as well as several key motions related to her first trial, which ended earlier this month in a deadlocked jury. But Ms. Clancy\u2019s lawyers have asked Judge Sullivan to toss the case altogether, or to step in and find her not guilty, and have also asked for an investigation into the lone juror who had wanted to convict her.Tuesday\u2019s hearing in Plymouth, Mass., was the first time Ms. Clancy had returned to court since the judge declared a mistrial, and she appeared to listen intently as she sat in a wheelchair at her defense table, occasionally speaking with her lawyer, Kevin Reddington.Judge Sullivan heard arguments on two motions from Ms. Clancy\u2019s lawyers but issued no rulings, saying that he would do so at a later date.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTAs part of the request for the judge to issue a finding that Ms. Clancy is not guilty, Mr. Reddington offered a new theory of the case, arguing that prosecutors had not presented enough evidence even to show that Ms. Clancy had killed her three children.\u201cWhere\u2019s the evidence that she did this?\u201d he asked twice, criticizing the police investigation and saying that the whole case was \u201cbased on speculation.\u201dAt trial, Mr. Reddington did not dispute that Ms. Clancy killed her children, who ranged in age from 8 months to 5 years old, in January 2023 before trying to kill herself. But he argued that her postpartum mental illness was so severe that she should not be held criminally responsible, the equivalent of an insanity plea.Shanan Buckingham, a prosecutor, said her team had presented a wealth of evidence showing Ms. Clancy was the killer, and she called Mr. Reddington\u2019s new argument \u201claughable.\u201d She also noted that prosecutors agreed that Ms. Clancy was suffering from mental illness, but that they believe she still knew what she was doing was wrong.Prosecutors in Plymouth County have not said explicitly whether they plan to retry Ms. Clancy, 36, who remains in custody at a psychiatric hospital. AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTThe case has drawn global interest from people including true crime followers, conspiracy theorists and politicians \u2014 President Trump among them. And Ms. Clancy\u2019s supporters, wearing pink in solidarity, packed a back row of the courtroom on Tuesday. After the hearing, one took time to tell Mr. Reddington that he looked handsome, while another was chastised by an officer for taking a selfie with the lawyer inside the courthouse.Several of the recent motions filed by prosecutors and lawyers for Ms. Clancy will be addressed in the Nov. 2 hearing. They include the request to investigate the juror who wanted to convict, Ms. Clancy\u2019s motion to dismiss the case entirely and a proposed gag order from prosecutors that would limit what lawyers involved in the case can say publicly. The 11-1 deadlock at her trial this month was an anticlimactic end to the high-profile case. The trial highlighted the mental health struggles that mothers can face after giving birth and underscored the high burden of proof that prosecutors in Massachusetts have when defendants argue that they were not in their right mind.The widespread scrutiny of the case has led to several post-trial disclosures, most notably around the single juror who sought to convict Ms. Clancy. The holdout juror, identified by his lawyers as Michael Desronvil, 48, was vilified by some of Ms. Clancy\u2019s sympathizers and celebrated by others who thought she should be found guilty. He said in a recent statement that he \u201cdidn\u2019t have any doubts\u201d about Ms. Clancy\u2019s guilt.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTOne of his lawyers, Heather O\u2019Connor, said outside the courthouse on Tuesday that she opposed efforts by prosecutors to further inquire into Mr. Desronvil, including their request to access records from his cellphone, presumably to see if he was using it during jury deliberations. Ms. O\u2019Connor also said that Mr. Desronvil had told her he was honest when he filled out a jury questionnaire that asked if he had ever been arrested or charged with a crime. Mr. Desronvil was charged with a misdemeanor in 2021, after his wife at the time told the police that he had grabbed her by the throat and thrown her against a dresser. The charge was later dismissed, and it did not prevent him from serving on a jury. (He has not addressed the charge publicly.)On Monday night, Mr. Desronvil said in a video statement to Fox News that he was grateful for those who have prayed for and supported him, and that he wanted to \u201creel everything back\u201d and put the focus on the \u201cthree angels\u201d who were killed.Ms. Clancy\u2019s lawyers have argued that Judge Sullivan should dismiss the case altogether because he did not investigate the holdout juror further before declaring a mistrial. On Jan. 24, 2023, Ms. Clancy strangled her children with exercise bands while her husband at the time, Patrick Clancy, was out of the house, the authorities have said. Mr. Clancy returned to the home to find the children mortally wounded and his wife on the ground outside, having cut herself and jumped from a second-story window in an apparent suicide attempt that left her partially paralyzed.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTTwice in the month preceding the killings, Ms. Clancy told her husband that she had thoughts of harming the children and was worried that something could happen to them. But she also told him she did not have plans to hurt them, Mr. Clancy testified at trial. Earlier in January 2023, she admitted herself to a psychiatric hospital and stayed for five days. Ms. Clancy was severely depressed and prescribed many medications, according to testimony and court documents. At trial, prosecutors had the burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that, although Ms. Clancy was ill, she still had the capacity to understand that her conduct was wrong.Madaleine Rubin contributed reporting.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT",
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