Lindsay Clancy Was ‘Robbed’ by Holdout Juror, Attorney Kevin Reddington Says After Mistrial

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• Lindsay Clancy's attorney Kevin Reddington slammed a juror he claimed was the lone holdout against acquitting his client

• Reddington said Clancy was "robbed" by the juror

• Clancy's murder trial ended in a mistrial after the jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict

Lindsay Clancy's attorney had strong words for the juror who he says "robbed" his client, saying that 11 other jurors, whom he praised, had voted to acquit.

After Clancy's murder trial ended in a mistrial , attorney Kevin Reddington told reporters that a male juror had been the lone holdout against acquittal.

"[Clancy] was robbed by this man," Reddington said, further adding he hopes the juror can "sleep at night."

Reddington further said that the 11 other jurors were also "robbed" by the holdout.

"They know they were robbed by one man, for whatever his agenda was, who stole seven weeks of the life of these other jurors that were so attentive, so beautiful, so wonderful," he claimed.

Clancy is charged with first-degree murder in the January 2023 deaths of her three children — Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and 8-month-old Callan. The three were strangled to death in their Duxbury, Mass., home by their mother, who then attempted suicide by jumping out of a second-story window.

Clancy does not deny killing the children but pleaded not guilty by lack of criminal responsibility, claiming that she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and overmedication.

Jurors deliberated for about a week before the mistrial was declared Friday, Sept. 4, by Judge William Sullivan. In a note to the judge, the jury said it was with a "heavy heart" that they could not reach a unanimous verdict.

Friday's note was preceded by a note from the jury foreperson the previous day, which claimed one juror was not following the judge's instructions.

Reddington had sought to get the holdout removed from the jury, but Sullivan refused, saying there was no indication the juror had not been following the law.

The jury considered charges of manslaughter and second-degree murder, in addition to first-degree murder.

Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz said he has not yet decided if his office will retry the case following the mistrial ruling.

During his post-trial press conference, Reddington, who declared he had won the case, said a retrial would be a mistake for prosecutors.

"If I was [Cruz], I would probably say I don't think I want to do a retrial because he's going to lose," Reddington said.

Clancy's polarizing trial garnered intense nationwide scrutiny, driving debate about postpartum mental health issues while also serving as fodder for conspiracy theorists.

Prosecutors have argued Clancy was not in a state of psychosis when she strangled the children, which they argued she did deliberately.

Reddington called his client's life a "tragedy" and said his "heart breaks" for her.

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Following his mistrial ruling, Sullivan scheduled a follow-up court date for Sept. 29.

Clancy, who was paralyzed in her suicide attempt and is now in a wheelchair, will remain in custody at Tewksbury Hospital.

If Clancy is acquitted for lack of criminal responsibility, she likely would not go free immediately. Instead, she would face a potentially indefinite stay in a secure mental health facility.

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