A Massachusetts judge refused to acquit Lindsay Clancy of murdering her three children after a hung jury, ruling mental illness alone does not erase criminal responsibility and keeping a possible retrial on the table.
Judge William Sullivan rejected Clancy’s post-mistrial request to be found not guilty, holding that a reasonable juror could still convict her on the murder charges. The ruling came Thursday after her defense argued earlier in the week that prosecutors had failed to prove she killed the children or that she was criminally responsible.
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