Judge defers ruling in Lindsay Clancy case, sets Nov. 2 hearing

A Massachusetts judge on Tuesday deferred a decision on Lindsay Clancy’s request for a not-guilty finding, leaving her case unresolved after a September 4 mistrial, and scheduled another hearing for November 2. Judge William Sullivan did not set a date for a possible retrial. Clancy’s defense and prosecutors offered sharply different accounts of the evidence during the hearing. Defense attorney Kevin Reddington argued that prosecutors had not presented enough reliable evidence to prove Clancy killed her three children, Cora, Dawson and Callan, in 2023. He challenged aspects of the police investigation and physical evidence, and questioned whether Clancy had admitted to the killings. The defense’s motion seeks a required finding of not guilty, rather than another trial. The argument marked a change in emphasis from the trial, where the defense focused on whether Clancy was criminally responsible because of postpartum psychosis. Prosecutors argued at trial that she understood her actions. The jury did not reach a verdict, and Sullivan declared a mistrial on September 4.