Judge denies Lindsay Clancy’s motion to dismiss charges in the deaths of her 3 children

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A judge denied Lindsay Clancy’s motion to dismiss charges in the deaths of her three children, leaving the case potentially headed for a retrial next year. Her defense argued that the earlier mistrial should not have been declared after jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict.

A judge on Monday denied a motion to dismiss charges against Lindsay Clancy in the deaths of her three young children, potentially clearing the way for a retrial in the case next year. Clancy’s defence team had asked the court to end the case based on an unusual argument that the judge should not 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...