Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
11%
2 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
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no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
69/100
Fox News's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
1
Crime & Law
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
Judge Judy Sheindlin weighed in Thursday on the closely watched Lindsay Clancy murder case following its mistrial, warning there could be a "danger" in prosecutors deciding not to retry the Massachusetts mother accused of killing her three young children.
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prosecutors → weigh → children
The 83-year-old judge and television personality was asked by TMZ whether Clancy should face another trial after jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict earlier this month.
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jurors → ask → verdict
"I think there's a danger in that, in not retrying," Sheindlin responded.
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Sheindlin → think → that
Sheindlin, who launched the popular syndicated show "Judge Judy," which aired for 25 seasons, was also asked about her view on the outcome of the trial after the jury's deliberations ended in a reported 11-1 split in favor of finding Clancy not criminally responsible.
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Clancy → launch → favor
"I can't give you a two minute answer on that," Sheindlin said.
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Sheindlin → give → that
She was then asked whether she believed Clancy should have been found guilty.
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Clancy → ask → ?
"There's no question, my dear, that she killed her children," Sheindlin said.
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Sheindlin → be → children
TMZ also asked Sheindlin about Rep. Nancy Mace's public call for Clancy to be publicly executed.
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Clancy → ask → call
"I think it's ridiculous," Sheindlin responded.
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Sheindlin → think → ?
Clancy's defense does not dispute that the 36-year-old former delivery room nurse strangled her three children with exercise bands in January 2023.
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nurse → dispute → January
Her defense has argued that she was not criminally responsible because of mental illness or defect.
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she → argue → illness
Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial Sept. 4 after seven days of deliberations when jurors said they could not reach a unanimous verdict.
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they → declare → verdict
Several jurors later said 11 members of the panel favored finding Clancy not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility, while one favored conviction.
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one → say → conviction
Immediately after the mistrial was declared, Clancy's longtime defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, signaled that he would fight another attempt to put her on trial.
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he → declare → trial
The defense has indicated it plans to argue that the circumstances surrounding the mistrial should bar a second trial.
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circumstances → indicate → trial
However, in a recent interview with Fox News' Bryan Llenas, Reddington said that if prosecutors reduced the top charge to second-degree murder, he would opt for a bench trial — one without a jury — in the hope that she would receive probation.
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she → say → probation
Clancy remains in custody at Tewksbury Hospital and is due back in court Sept. 29.
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Clancy → remain → court
Fox News Digital's Michael Ruiz and Stepheny Price contributed to this report.
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Ruiz → contribute → report
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