Lindsay Clancy Denied Motion to Find Her Not Guilty After Mistrial

After Lindsay Clancy‘s high-profile murder case ended in a mistrial, the Plymouth Superior Court has now denied a motion that would have found her not guilty in the murder of her three children.

ABC affiliate WCVB reported that the court denied a motion on Thursday, October 1, that would find the mother of three not guilty.

As Globe previously reported, Lindsay’s attorney Kevin Reddington urged Judge William Sullivan to issue a required finding of not guilty, arguing there was “the total and complete lack of evidence to indicate to a rational juror” that Lindsay was guilty.

Lindsay was on trial in Massachusetts after being accused of murdering her three young children: Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, whom she shared with then-husband Patrick Clancy.

On September 4, jurors said they could not reach a unanimous verdict on whether or not Lindsay was criminally responsible in her children’s deaths. Because the jury remained deadlocked, a mistrial was formally declared, meaning that the trial resulted in no verdict.

Reddington said police “just immediately assumed that this woman is guilty” and did not properly investigate. “There’s no evidence that she admitted she did this,” Reddington told the court, according to CBS Boston.

Reddington’s argument marked a notable shift from the defense strategy at Lindsay’s first trial. He had previously maintained that Lindsay killed the kids while suffering from postpartum psychosis and should not be held criminally responsible.

Lindsay, 36 — who is now paralyzed from the waist down following an apparent suicide attempt after allegedly strangling her children — pleaded not guilty to the charges against her.

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