Claims extracted
21
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
19%
4 of 21 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
67/100
ABC News (AU)'s corrections and
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Outlets on this story
9
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
In short:
A US judge has denied a motion to dismiss the murder case against Lindsay Clancy.
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judge → deny → Clancy
Ms Clancy's defence team argued the judge should not have declared a mistrial in September after jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict.
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jurors → argue → verdict
The denial means prosecutors could retry Lindsay Clancy for the deaths of her three young children.
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prosecutors → mean → children
A US judge has denied a motion to dismiss the murder case against Lindsay Clancy, potentially clearing the way for her to be retried next year in the deaths of her three young children.
Ms Clancy's defence team had asked the court to end the case based on an unusual argument that the judge shouldn't have declared a mistrial in September when jurors were unable to reach a unanimous verdict.
They argued that the judge should have removed the one juror who favoured conviction, then allowed jury deliberations to continue.
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deliberations → deny → conviction
But Judge William Sullivan disagreed, saying he saw no other option than to declare a mistrial.
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he → disagree → mistrial
"Because the court concludes that there was manifest necessity for a mistrial based on the jury's deadlock, a retrial on the murder indictments does not violate Clancy's right not to be placed in double jeopardy," Mr Sullivan wrote.
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Sullivan → conclude → jeopardy
A spokesperson for Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz declined to comment.
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spokesperson → decline → Cruz
Ms Clancy has never denied that she killed her three young children in 2023, but her lawyer has argued that Ms Clancy had postpartum psychosis and was unable to control her behaviour.
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Clancy → deny → behaviour
Prosecutors have acknowledged that Ms Clancy had mental health problems, but they said she acted deliberately and understood her actions were wrong.
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actions → acknowledge → problems
Prosecutors said they intend to retry Ms Clancy, but they haven't settled on whether they will pursue the same charges or opt for a reduced charge that might be more palatable for the jury.
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that → say → jury
In the motion to dismiss, one of Ms Clancy's lawyers, Martin Weinberg, argued that the judge should have thoroughly interrogated jurors after the foreperson sent two notes saying the one juror who favoured conviction wasn't following the court's instructions on reasonable doubt.
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who → dismiss → doubt
Mr Sullivan said that type of questioning was barred by law.
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type → say → law
"Because the secrecy of jury deliberations is a bedrock of our judicial system, any inquiry into the jury's deliberative process would improperly intrude into the jury's function," Mr Sullivan wrote.
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Sullivan → intrude → function
The judge also said he didn't believe the jury foreperson's claim that the holdout juror — identified in court papers by the pseudonym Juror Doe — wasn't following the law.
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juror → say → law
"In context, the notes appear to express the foreperson's belief that Juror Doe must be refusing to follow the law because Juror Doe would not agree with the majority's view of the case," Mr Sullivan wrote.
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Sullivan → appear → case
"Given that the jury unquestionably had reached an impasse, the court did not and does not view the foreperson's notes as reliable evidence of Juror Doe's inability or refusal to deliberate or follow the law."
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court → give → law
Mr Sullivan also denied prosecutors' request for a gag order while the case remains pending, to avoid influencing a future jury.
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case → deny → jury
Ms Clancy's attorney Kevin Reddington gave interviews during the trial, while prosecutors generally didn't speak to reporters.
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prosecutors → give → reporters
Her lawyers argued the gag order would amount to an unconstitutional restraint on speech.
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order → argue → speech
Sullivan also denied a defence motion to preserve certain records related to the first trial that potentially could have been used to further investigate the conduct of the juror who wanted to convict Ms Clancy.
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who → deny → Clancy
"In the court's view, Clancy is not entitled to any of the materials sought in this motion," Mr Sullivan wrote.
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Sullivan → entitle → motion
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