Attorney Kevin Reddington has renewed his push to secure a not guilty by reason of insanity ruling for his client, Lindsay Clancy, filing a motion Thursday that asks a judge to decide the case directly rather than send it back to a jury, according to reporting from The Daily Wire.
The motion comes after Clancy’s six-week trial in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, ended in a mistrial on Friday. Jurors deadlocked 11-1, with the overwhelming majority favoring acquittal by reason of insanity. Clancy had admitted to strangling her three children β Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; and Callan, 8 months β inside the family’s Duxbury home in January 2023.
A Judge, Not a Jury
In the filing, Reddington argues that prosecutors failed to prove Clancy knew her actions were wrong at the time of the killings or that she could conform her conduct to the law. He contends that no rational jury could find otherwise, given what he describes as the Commonwealth’s own evidence establishing that she suffered from a mental disease or defect.
The motion suggests the mistrial resulted from a single irrational actor among the jurors, and that a bench ruling β a decision made by a judge alone β would spare the parties the ordeal of a retrial.
Reddington also pointed to public statements several jurors have made since the trial concluded. He argued those comments could be treated as an “unannounced verdict,” which would make a second trial on the same charges a violation of double jeopardy protections. The filing was first reported by reporter Kristina Rex.
This is the third time Reddington has made such a request. He filed similar motions twice during the trial itself, and Judge William Sullivan denied both.
A Pattern of Long-Shot Maneuvers
The renewed motion fits a broader strategy Reddington has described in recent interviews: keeping the case away from a second jury at nearly any cost. He has told multiple outlets that if the double jeopardy argument fails, he will urge Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz to reduce the charges to second-degree murder. That reduction, he said, would open the door to a trial before a judge rather than a jury.
Reddington told Fox News that he wants Cruz to “fashion something where Lindsay gets the mental, physical help that she needs rather than criminal prosecution,” adding that he would “not ever, ever in a million years” allow his client to be sent to Framingham State Prison.
The attorney has also continued to direct anger at the lone juror who voted against acquittal. In his view, that juror’s refusal to side with the majority amounted to a failure to follow the law.
“I was angry because of his refusal to follow the law,” Reddington said. “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.”
What Happens Next
It remains unclear how quickly Sullivan will rule on the renewed motion, or whether the double jeopardy argument will gain any traction. Legal experts have long viewed such post-mistrial motions as steep climbs, particularly when a judge has already rejected the same request twice.
The case has drawn national attention since the January 2023 killings, with the defense framing Clancy’s actions as the product of severe postpartum mental illness and prosecutors maintaining that she bore criminal responsibility. The 11-1 split on the jury underscored how sharply the evidence divided those who sat through the full trial.
For now, Clancy’s fate rests on whether a judge accepts Reddington’s argument that the jury’s near-unanimous preference for acquittal should effectively end the case β or whether the state will press forward toward a retrial.
Source: www.dailywire.com β https://www.dailywire.com/news/lindsay-clancy-lawyer-has-one-more-hail-mary-up-his-sleeve