Claims extracted
21
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
24%
5 of 21 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
64/100
Toronto Star's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
30
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Lindsay Clancy is set to return to court Tuesday for a hearing that could help decide whether she will face a second trial in the killings of her three children.
uncertain
she → set → children
It will be Clancy’s first return to the courthouse since her first trial ended Sept. 4 with a deadlocked jury.
asserted
trial → end → jury
A judge declared a mistrial with the jury split 11 to 1 in favor of acquitting Clancy of murder charges.
asserted
jury → declare → charges
Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse, never disputed that she killed the children, but her attorney said she had a rare condition called postpartum psychosis and was delusional and not responsible for her actions.
asserted
she → dispute → actions
Prosecutors acknowledged that Clancy had mental health problems that included months of treatment and a stay in a psychiatric hospital, but argued that she knew what she was doing when she strangled the children then tried to kill herself in 2023.
asserted
she → acknowledge → 2023
This story includes discussion of suicide.
asserted
story → include → suicide
If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988.
asserted
suicide → know → 988
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Clancy’s attorneys have filed several motions that could be addressed Tuesday.
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that → file → motions
They have asked the judge to take the unusual step of dismissing the criminal case, rather than putting on a new trial.
asserted
They → ask → trial
Among other things, they have argued that the judge should have ousted the one juror who favored a murder conviction after the jury foreperson complained he was refusing to listen to the law on reasonable doubt.
asserted
he → argue → doubt
The defense has also asked the judge to investigate the juror’s truthfulness on a questionnaire that prospective jurors filled out before the trial began, his truthfulness when jurors were questioned by the judge a day before the trial ended and also whether he broke court rules by using a cellphone during deliberations.
asserted
he → ask → deliberations
Tuesday’s hearing could also reveal whether prosecutors will move to put Clancy on trial for a second time.
uncertain
prosecutors → reveal → time
Prosecutors can choose to retry her on first-degree murder charges or seek to try her only on lesser charges, including second-degree murder or manslaughter, or drop the case entirely.
asserted
Prosecutors → choose → case
After the mistrial was declared, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz told reporters his goal was always “getting justice for those three little babies.”
asserted
goal → declare → babies
Prosecutors said Clancy acted deliberately when she strangled 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan Clancy with exercise bands.
asserted
she → say → bands
They said she contrived to get her husband out of the house on Jan. 24, 2023, by sending him to pick up medicine for one of their children and dinner for the family.
asserted
she → say → family
The livestreamed trial generated intense public interest and drew attention to maternal mental health after childbirth.
Clancy’s lawyer said she should not be held criminally responsible because of her postpartum psychosis, a rare mental illness linked to the stress, sleep deprivation and hormonal changes that follow childbirth.
asserted
that → livestreame → childbirth
Clancy remains charged with murder and is expected to stay at a psychiatric hospital until her case is resolved.
asserted
case → charge → hospital
She is paralyzed from the waist down since jumping from a second-story window after strangling her children.
asserted
She → paralyze → children
Clancy could have been sentenced to life in prison if convicted of murder.
uncertain
Clancy → sentence → murder
If acquitted, the judge could have ordered her confined to a mental health facility.
uncertain
her → acquit → facility
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