PLYMOUTH, Mass. — Lindsay Clancy ‘s lawyer argued Tuesday that there wasn’t enough evidence to prove she killed her three children, a striking turn after a lengthy trial that focused more on her mental state than on whether she took their lives.
“This entire case is based on speculation,” attorney Kevin Reddington said during the first hearing since Clancy’s initial trial ended Sept. 4 with a deadlocked jury. They were split 11 to 1 in her favor.
During the trial, Reddington didn’t dispute that Clancy killed the children at the family’s home in 2023. Instead, the defense sought to persuade the jury that the 36-year-old former labor and delivery nurse was not criminally responsible because of mental disease, a rare condition called postpartum psychosis. Clancy’s lawyer now says there’s not enough evidence to prove she did it. But on Tuesday, Reddington sought to persuade Judge William Sullivan – the same judge who presided over the first trial – to acquit Clancy.
There is, Reddington contended, not enough evidence “that this woman killed those children.” He pointed to matters ranging from her condition when she was found, badly injured and bleeding in the yard outside her home, to her lack of memory of what happened when she woke up in a hospital. At the first trial, her now ex-husband and first responders testified that they arrived at the house and discovered she had tried to kill herself right after killing the children.
Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer now questions whether she killed her 3 children
