Prosecutors Seek Retrial of Lindsay Clancy After Hung Jury; Charges and Date Undecided

Prosecutors in Massachusetts said Monday they want Lindsay Clancy to stand trial again for the deaths of her three young children, after her first trial ended in a hung jury about two months ago. Clancy is accused in the deaths of Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, at their home in Duxbury, Massachusetts. WBZ-TV reported that it is not yet clear what charges she would face at a retrial. Defense attorney Kevin Reddington acknowledged during the first trial that Clancy killed the children. The jury deadlocked 11-1, with 11 jurors favoring acquittal and one voting to convict. A judge is now considering a possible retrial date in March, as Clancy returned to court.

The Blaze, a right-leaning outlet, leads with the prosecutors' wish for a second trial and frames the story around an open question, which charges Clancy would face. It names the three children and their ages, cites WBZ-TV, and notes that Reddington conceded in the first trial that she killed them. Its excerpt does not mention the jury split. Straight Arrow News, an independent outlet, leads with the court's scheduling and the jury result, giving the 11-1 count in favor of acquittal and the possible March retrial. It does not, in the excerpt, mention the children's names or the unresolved charges. Both outlets agree that prosecutors want a retrial and that the first trial ended without a verdict. They differ in emphasis: one centers the killings and the charging uncertainty, the other the jury's lopsided deadlock and timing. Left-leaning outlets had not reported this story at the time of writing, while the right-leaning and independent outlets had.