General · United States
Judge Denies Lindsay Clancy's Motion for Acquittal, Upholding Murder Charges After Mistrial
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Massachusetts Judge William Sullivan has denied Lindsay Clancy's motion for a required finding of not guilty, asserting that sufficient evidence was presented at trial to allow a rational jury to find her guilty of murder. This decision comes weeks after a mistrial was declared in her case on September 4, where a jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict. Clancy's defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, had argued that prosecutors failed to prove his client's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt and questioned her criminal responsibility due to alleged postpartum psychosis. Clancy is accused of strangling her three young children, Cora, Dawson, and Callan, in January 2023.