A judge has rejected a defense request to dismiss the murder charges against Lindsay Clancy in the deaths of her three children.
On Oct. 1, Judge William Sullivan denied a motion from Clancy’s attorneys, who argued that prosecutors had not presented enough evidence to establish that she was responsible for the killings, according to the Associated Press.
The ruling followed a Sept. 29 hearing, when Clancy and her lawyer, Kevin Reddington, appeared in court for the first time since a jury failed to reach a verdict in her initial trial. The defense maintained that the prosecution had not produced evidence proving Clancy’s guilt.
During the hearing, which was streamed by Court TV, Reddington urged the judge to reconsider the evidence. “I ask the court to hearken back to the evidence that was presented and ask yourself, where’s the evidence that she did this?” he said.
Reddington also argued, according to CBS News, that “there’s no evidence that she admitted she did this.”
Prosecutors dismissed the defense position as “laughable,” saying the case included a “voluminous” body of evidence indicating that Clancy killed her children.
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In rejecting the motion, Sullivan concluded that the prosecution’s evidence was sufficient for the case to be considered by a jury.
“There was evidence introduced, both physical and circumstantial, that would permit a rational trier of fact to find beyond a reasonable doubt the elements of the charge of murder,” Sullivan wrote, per the AP.
Clancy faces murder charges in connection with the January 2023 deaths of her three children with Patrick Clancy: 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan. The children were killed at the family’s home in Duxbury, Massachusetts.
At her first trial, Clancy’s defense did not contest that she caused the children’s deaths. Instead, attorneys argued that she should not be held criminally responsible because she was experiencing postpartum psychosis.
The trial ended in a mistrial on Sept. 4 after jurors could not reach a unanimous verdict. Eleven of the 12 jurors reportedly voted to find Clancy not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility.
Prosecutors have yet to say whether they will pursue a second trial in the case.
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