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Lindsay Clancy could be set to make a large amount of money following her trial for allegedly killing her three children.
As previously reported, the 36-year-old is facing a retrial after being accused of killing her three young children in January 2023, following a mistrial in her murder case.
Clancy admitted strangling her children, Cora, five, Dawson, three, and 18-month-old Callan, with exercise bands before jumping out of a window in an attempt to end her own life, but denies the deaths amounted to murder.
A jury of nine women and three men was unable to reach a verdict on whether she was guilty of murder or manslaughter, leading Judge William Sullivan to declare a mistrial at Plymouth Superior Court.
With worldwide interest generated by the case, Clancy could be set to make big money if she chooses to speak out about her story at a later date.
The former nurse could potentially land lucrative deals to release a book or documentary about her life, as there is no specific “Son of Sam” law in Massachusetts that could potentially stop her from profiting from the interest in the case, per the US Sun.
A Son of Sam law is a statute designed to prevent criminals from profiting from interviews, books, or movies about their lives.
It was named after David Berkowitz, a serial killer known as the "Son of Sam" who terrorized New York City in the late 1970s and was first passed in New York in 1977 after reports showed Berkowitz might earn large sums of money for his life story.
The law requires any profits earned from discussing the crime to go into a special fund used to pay victims of the crime, rather than going to the perpetrator.
Clancy, who was left paralyzed and needing a wheelchair after jumping from a second-floor window at the home, has not denied being responsible for the deaths of her three children, but her defense has argued that she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and could not appreciate the wrongfulness of her actions.
Prosecutors, however, alleged that while she was struggling with her mental health she still knew right from wrong, and had shown a level of premeditation by sending her husband, Patrick Clancy, out on errands while she took their children's lives.
The heartbreaking case, and the subsequent debate over postpartum mental illness and the handling of such by the criminal justice system, has generated interest not only in the US but worldwide.
As Clancy did not take the stand during the trial, her side of the story in her own words could end up attracting big money offers.
The jury in the trail failed to agree and it was deemed a mistrial, meaning the original murder charges currently remain pending, with the case due back before Plymouth Superior Court on September 29.
Clancy's attorney, Kevin Reddington, has now filed a motion asking Judge William Sullivan to acquit her, arguing that a second trial should be barred on double jeopardy grounds.
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