Attorney Kevin Reddington has attempted another Hail Mary in his efforts to get his client, Lindsay Clancy, a “not responsible” verdict in the killings of her three small children.
Reddington filed a renewed motion on Thursday, asking for a judge to rule on the case and declare his client not guilty by reason of insanity.
NEW: Renewed motion for a required finding of NG for Lindsay Clancy, filed by Kevin Reddington in response to juror interviews. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/ll4LTOxw29
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Clancy admitted to strangling her children, Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; and Callan, 8 months, inside the family’s Duxbury, Massachusetts, home in January 2023. Her six-week trial ended in a mistrial Friday after jurors deadlocked 11-1, with the majority favoring acquittal by reason of insanity.
The defense attorney claimed in the new filing that the prosecution had failed to prove Clancy had known at the time of the killings that what she was doing was wrong — and that she had possessed the ability to follow the law.
“No rational jury could find beyond a reasonable doubt that she had no mental disease or defect when the Commonwealth’s own proof established that she did,” the motion states, suggesting that the first trial had ended in a hung jury due to an irrational actor and arguing that a bench ruling would eliminate the need for a retrial.
Referencing a number of statements made since the trial by the jurors, Reddington suggested that they could be considered an “unannounced verdict” — which would make a second trial on the same charges a violation of double jeopardy laws.
Reddington filed similar motions twice during the high-profile trial, and both times Judge William Sullivan denied his request.
The move is just the latest in Reddington’s efforts to avoid another jury trial. In recent interviews, he has told several outlets that he plans to push for a reduction of charges and argue for psychiatric treatment rather than prison for his client.
The attorney told Fox News he first plans to argue that because the defense objected to the mistrial, a retrial would constitute double jeopardy. If that fails, he will push to have Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz consider a reduction in the charges to second-degree murder — in which case Clancy could request a trial before a judge rather than a jury trial.
“I would like to see Tim reduce it to a second degree … and fashion something where Lindsay gets the mental, physical help that she needs rather than criminal prosecution, because I would not ever, ever in a million years have that woman go to Framingham State Prison,” Reddington said.
Reddington continued to attack the lone holdout on the jury, arguing that his failure to agree with the other jurors amounted to a failure to “follow the law.”
“I was angry because of his refusal to follow the law. That’s what I was angry about. That’s why I felt that the other jurors, after their seven-week sacrifice, were robbed. That’s why I felt for Lindsay, because she deserved to have the verdict that she was entitled to,” Reddington insisted.
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