Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer asks judge to find her not guilty after mistrial
Kevin Reddington says prosecution did not offer evidence that client’s killing of her children constituted murder
TL;DR
- Kevin Reddington, Lindsay Clancy's lawyer, requested Judge William Sullivan to find her not guilty following a mistrial.
- The jury deliberated for seven days in Plymouth, Massachusetts, before a mistrial was declared due to deadlock.
- Reddington argued that the prosecution failed to present evidence proving Clancy committed murder, citing her severe mental illness at the time.
- He stated that the evidence at most showed Clancy retained the ability to perform familiar tasks, not that she could appreciate the wrongfulness of her actions.
- Clancy admitted to strangling her three children in Duxbury, a Boston suburb, on January 24, 2023.
- Reddington's trial defense aimed to establish Clancy was not guilty by reason of insanity, due to postpartum psychosis.
- The motion claims 11 jurors were prepared to find Clancy not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility, but one juror prevented a verdict.
- A hearing on the motion is scheduled for September 29.