Defense Seeks Acquittal
Lindsay Clancy defense shifts strategy and asks judge to acquit in children's deaths
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At a hearing Tuesday, Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer made a striking shift from the first trial’s focus on postpartum psychosis, arguing there was insufficient evidence to prove she killed her three children and asking the judge to acquit her. Prosecutors called the argument baseless; Clancy’s defense had previously not disputed that she killed the children, instead arguing she was not criminally responsible because of her mental state. Her September trial ended in a mistrial after jurors deadlocked 11-1, with the lone holdout favoring a guilty verdict. The judge scheduled Nov. 2 hearings on the defense’s motion to dismiss and its request to investigate the holdout juror; prosecutors said they would oppose the dismissal motion. Whether prosecutors will retry Clancy remains unresolved.
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In challenging the evidence, Clancy’s lawyer pointed to what he characterized as gaps involving blood, DNA, timing, and the circumstances of her suicide attempt, which left her paralyzed.
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Former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani said the new argument departed from the defense’s earlier position: at the start of the first trial, Reddington had offered to stipulate that Clancy killed her three children.
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Holdout juror Michael Desronvil said in a video statement that he wanted attention redirected to the children, saying, “the three angels… the ones that can't speak for themselves.” The children were identified as Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months.
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The children’s father, Patrick, returned home after buying his wife supper and found their bodies in the basement, according to the article.
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