Scathing remarks from attorney defending Lindsay Clancy accused of strangling three kids after deadlocked mistrial

A Massachusetts mother accused of killing her three young children faces an uncertain legal future after a judge declared a mistrial, according to court proceedings.

Lindsay Clancy, 36, sat in a wheelchair throughout the proceedings after surviving an intentional fall that left her paralyzed from the waist down.

A criminal trial against the mother had gotten underway in July on three counts of murder.

The panel spent six days and more than 30 hours attempting to reach a unanimous verdict, court records show.

Deliberations ended deadlocked at 11-1 when a single male juror split from the rest of the panel.

On Friday, September 4, the presiding judge officially declared a mistrial in the case.

Defense attorney Kevin Reddington spoke to reporters immediately following the mistrial declaration outside the courthouse.

“Well, obviously this is not a time for gloating or bragging, expressing victory. It’s a very sad case,” Reddington told reporters.

The defense attorney took aim directly at Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz while addressing members of the media.

“[Plymouth County District Attorney] Cruz knows that he was crushed, that he doesn’t have a case, he doesn’t have to stand here and say that he’s advocating on behalf of the victims and then look down to see what their names are,” Reddington said.

Clancy stood accused of fatally strangling her three young children inside their home, prosecutors said.

The victims were identified as Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months.

In January 2023, the mother admitted to fatally strangling the three children before leaping from a second-story window, according to records.

The fall broke her spine, leaving the defendant permanently paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair.

Reddington described the defendant as a brave person who endured a grueling seven-week courtroom proceeding.

“I’m representing a woman who is a fantastic, wonderful individual. This woman is so brave; so awesome. Every day she came into this court house, stood tall — no pun intended, the poor thing is in a wheelchair as we all know for the rest of her life — sat there through seven weeks of a trial where nobody had anything bad to say about her except for the two prosecutors and apparently Tim Cruz,” Reddington said.

During the seven-week trial, the defense team argued that Clancy suffered from postpartum psychosis and bipolar disorder.

The medical conditions left the mother unable to tell right from wrong at the time of the killings, her attorneys argued.

The defense insisted she should not be held criminally responsible for the deaths of her young children.

Reddington maintained that his client continues to mourn the loss of the three youngsters.

“It’s not right what she had to go through, because she grieves the loss of those three children, Cora, Dawson and Callan, because I know their names. I don’t have to look down on a piece of paper and find out what their names are,” Reddington said.

The lawyer stated that his client wanted her children honored throughout the legal battle.

“Every time somebody had something to say about those young kids, Lindsay would smile and say, ‘I’m glad.’ She wants them to be remembered,” Reddington said.

Under Massachusetts law, the murder charges carried the possibility of life in prison without parole.

Had the panel returned a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity, the defendant would likely have been sent to a secure state mental health facility.

Following the mistrial ruling, Reddington offered thanks to eleven members of the panel while criticizing the holdout.

“They know that they were robbed … he stole seven weeks of the life of these other jurors who were so attentive … so wonderful … you could see how defeated they were sitting there,” Reddington said of the lone juror.

The attorney expressed frustration with the single juror who refused to join the majority.

“I have a funny feeling they would have gone on for another week. So I hope that guy can sleep at night,” Reddington said.

The attorney told reporters that Clancy and her parents were “not good” in the immediate aftermath of the deadlock.

“Lindsay is very very very strong, she is a very very intelligent young woman, very emotionally invested and just a classic example of a tragic … her life is a tragedy,” Reddington said.

Another court hearing in the unresolved murder case has been scheduled for September 29.