PLYMOUTH, Mass. — Lindsay Clancy is back in Plymouth Superior Court Tuesday for the first time since a mistrial. This is a status and motions hearing, not a verdict.
Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial on September 4 after jurors could not reach a unanimous decision on first-degree murder charges in the 2023 deaths of her three children in Duxbury. Jurors who spoke afterward described an 11–1 split, with most favoring not guilty by reason of insanity. She is still charged. Nobody should treat a hung jury as an acquittal.
Her lawyers, including Kevin Reddington and Martin Weinberg, want the case thrown out. One motion argues double jeopardy: that the judge had options other than a mistrial after the foreperson reported a juror was not applying the court’s reasonable-doubt instructions. They also want an inquiry into that holdout juror’s questionnaire, statements to the judge, and whether a phone was used during deliberations.
Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz has not said in public whether his office will retry her on first-degree murder, seek a lesser charge, or walk away. After the mistrial he said the goal was justice for the three children. Tuesday is when that choice can come into the open. If prosecutors do not retry, the dismissal motions matter less.
What Patriots should watch is the process, not rumor. A judge either hears the motions or the DA states a charging decision. Until one of those happens on the record, the story is simple: first hearing since the mistrial, defense asking to end the case, prosecution silent on a retry, and no verdict.
