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A judge ruled Monday that he will determine later this month whether Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts woman accused of murder in the killings of her three children in 2023, will face a retrial on three murder counts.
The defense and the prosecution argued several proposed motions Monday, including the defense\u2019s motion to drop charges against Clancy. At the end of the nearly three-hour hearing, the judge scheduled a status hearing for Nov. 16, at which he will decide on the motions.
Clancy\u2019s defense team argued that she can\u2019t be retried on double jeopardy grounds, meaning a defendant can\u2019t be prosecuted twice for the same crime, in a bid to have the charges dismissed.
In court, defense attorney Martin Weinberg argued that the prosecution must prove it met the manifest necessity standard to warrant a mistrial and, in turn, a retrial.
But Weinberg said the defense team believes there first should have been a voir dire, or questioning, of the holdout juror, \u201cwhich could have established further that the reasons were personal, rather than simply because of the internal chemistry of jury deliberations.\u201d
That questioning, Weinberg argued, could have led to the juror\u2019s being discharged, allowing deliberations to continue with another juror, \u201cand that\u2019s the viable alternative that we claim countered the manifest necessity that the rule requires for double jeopardy,\u201d he said in court.
In response, Plymouth County Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Sprague said the court must determine whether manifest necessity was met based on what happened in court and what the court knew at the time, not on information revealed in the media after the trial.
\u201cYour decision to declare it in this trial should be assessed based on what happened here in this courtroom,\u201d Sprague told the judge. \u201cIn cases where a mistrial had already been declared, it is clear from the record that this juror did not refuse to deliberate; he refused to agree.\u201d
In a motion Thursday, the prosecution asked the judge to reject Clancy\u2019s motion<\/a> to dismiss charges, arguing it has a right to seek justice for her three slain children, even though the first trial ended in a mistrial in September.
A retrial date will be set Nov. 16 if the judge does not dismiss Clancy\u2019s charges. In court Monday, he suggested it could start in March.
Clancy\u2019s defense attorney, Kevin Reddington<\/a>, indicated in the last week of the trial that he was ready to start a retrial as soon as possible. Days after the judge declared a mistrial in the state case, he also asked President Donald Trump to pardon his client<\/a>. Presidents can pardon only federal offenses.
At Monday\u2019s hearing, the defense also argued for reduced charges as an alternative to dropping charges altogether, which could pave the way for a bench trial instead of a second jury trial.
In addition to the motion to dismiss or reduce charges, the defense sought to preserve juror records and to investigate the lone holdout juror, who other jurors have said was the sole roadblock to a unanimous decision.
Prosecutors, meanwhile, filed a motion Monday that bars lawyers and law enforcement officials involved in the case from speaking to the media.
Clancy is accused of murder in the strangling deaths of her three children \u2014 Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months old \u2014 with exercise bands on the evening of Jan. 24, 2023, before she threw herself out of her bedroom window in a suicide attempt that left her paralyzed and in a wheelchair.
During her trial, Reddington argued that Clancy was experiencing postpartum psychosis<\/a> and was compelled to act on auditory hallucinations when she carried out the killings.
Prosecutors, however, have said she was aware of her actions and planned the murders ahead of time. She was not actually in psychosis when she killed the children, they said.
It remains unclear whether both sides will argue the same fact patterns if there is a retrial.
The jury deadlocked three times, forcing Judge William Sullivan to declare a mistrial, despite Reddington\u2019s best efforts to attempt a last-minute emergency stay. Supreme Judicial Court Associate Justice Dalila Argaez Wendlandt later denied it.
The foreperson reported one holdout, who was said not to have followed the law of \u201cbeyond a reasonable doubt.\u201d
Jurors have since spoken out<\/a>, with several pointing to one juror who they said wouldn\u2019t uphold the reasonable-doubt standard and was the only one of 12 jurors who wanted to convict Clancy. They said he wouldn\u2019t engage in discussions and failed to provide evidence to support his reasoning.
The lone juror, Michael P. Desronvil, has said he has felt harassed<\/a> since the end of the trial and insisted that he \u201cdidn\u2019t have any doubts.\u201d
The trial captivated the nation<\/a> as online sleuths peddled conspiracy theories that Clancy wasn\u2019t the one who killed the children \u2014 rather, that her then-husband, Patrick Clancy, carried out the murders and framed her for it.
In a statement following the first trial, Patrick Clancy\u2019s lawyers slammed true-crime creators pushing the theories and said they were waging a \u201ccampaign of misinformation\u201d that was \u201cpublishing what they know to be outright falsehoods that Patrick was somehow involved in the death of his young children and other vile claims.\u201d
The lawyers added that \u201cevery appropriate measure will be pursued to hold them accountable, including legally\u201d and that \u201claw enforcement has been notified.\u201d
Patrick Clancy testified for the prosecution in the first trial, detailing the horrors<\/a> he found at his home when he returned from running errands the night of the murders. He has also filed a civil suit against Clancy\u2019s doctors, alleging that misdiagnoses and several prescription medications worsened her condition.
Reddington told NBC News that Clancy rejects those conspiracy theories<\/a> about her ex-husband.
\u201cShe knows and it\u2019s readily apparent that Patrick has been set upon and his life has been turned upside down into a nightmare that he doesn\u2019t deserve. Period. Full stop,\u201d Reddington said in September.
He added that after the trial, Clancy \u201cwas not very good\u201d and remained \u201csuicidal.\u201d
\u201cShe\u2019s strong. She has incredible family support,\u201d he said. \u201cBut she is suicidal. I mean, she\u2019s on 24\/7, one-on-one suicide watch. I worry about her every day.\u201d
Rebecca Cohen is a breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.
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