Clancy Defense Seeks to Block Retrial

Lindsay Clancy’s defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, has filed a motion seeking to prevent a retrial after jurors deadlocked 11-1 and a judge declared a mistrial. Clancy is accused of strangling her three children—Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months—in their Duxbury, Massachusetts, home in January 2023 before attempting suicide, which left her paralyzed. The motion argues that prosecutors failed to prove Clancy understood her actions were wrong or could control them, citing defense experts who testified that she was experiencing severe postpartum psychosis. Reddington says juror accounts support the defense’s claim that 11 jurors favored a not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity verdict, while one juror held out; prosecutors maintained that Clancy’s illness did not prevent her from knowing the killings were wrong. The defense is expected to argue double jeopardy and lack of criminal responsibility at a Sept. 29 hearing, and Reddington has said he remains open to a plea agreement; prosecutors have not decided whether to pursue a new trial.