Court denies defense attorney's motion to find Lindsay Clancy not guilty in murder of 3 children

Updated: 3:22 PM CDT Oct 1, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ Imani Clement Digital Content Editor

The Plymouth Superior Court in Massachusetts denied a motion Thursday that would have found Lindsay Clancy not guilty in the murder of her three children.



Clancy's defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, argued Tuesday, the first hearing after her mistrial, that the prosecution failed to prove she caused their deaths.




 Where does she say she did this?  Reddington said in court on Tuesday.

 The Court finds that the evidence, when viewed in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth and with the reasonable inferences permitted to be drawn, was sufficient to have satisfied any rational trier of fact beyond a reasonable doubt as to the essential element of the defendant's criminal responsibility,  a court document announcing the motion stated.

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The court stated several reasons why the motion was denied, including the issue of criminal responsibility.

Massachusetts District Judge Jim Barretto responded to Reddington's motion Tuesday.

 I almost don't know what to make of it,  Barretto responded during a live interview with sister station WCVB.  I've heard hundreds, if not thousands, of motions for required finding of not guilty. I never expected this: Attorney Reddington, while arguing that motion, actually asserted that Lindsay Clancy -- or that there was no evidence that -- Lindsay Clancy killed her children. 

Barretto continued,  That was a bedrock fact which he himself virtually conceded throughout the entire trial. 

Video below: Judge reflects on hearing

Clancy, 36, was accused of killing her three children - 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan - at their Duxbury, Massachusetts, home on Jan. 24, 2023. Her defense argued she was not criminally responsible because she was suffering from postpartum psychosis at the time of the killings.

A mistrial was declared Sept. 4 after jurors to

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