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Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer asks judge to find her not guilty after mistrial
The Guardian • • nation
Key Points:
- Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer has asked the judge to declare her not guilty of murder by reason of insanity, arguing prosecutors failed to prove she knew killing her three children was wrong despite her mental illness.
- The request came six days after a jury deadlocked in Clancy’s trial, with one juror preventing a unanimous verdict after seven days of deliberation, leading to a mistrial.
- Defense attorney Kevin Reddington contends that even the prosecution’s experts agreed Clancy suffered from serious mental illness, and no rational jury could find beyond a reasonable doubt that she lacked a mental disease or defense.
- Clancy admitted to strangling her three children in January 2023 and attempted suicide afterward, with her defense claiming she was experiencing postpartum psychosis at the time of the killings.
- The judge is scheduled to hear arguments on the defense’s motion on September 29, while prosecutors have not yet decided whether to retry the case.
