Judge denies Lindsay Clancy’s long-shot bid for a not-guilty finding in children’s deaths

October 1, 2026 / 4:15 PM EDT / CBS Boston

Judge William Sullivan denied a request from Lindsay Clancy's attorney to find her not guilty of murder in the 2023 deaths of her three children following her mistrial last month.

In a ruling Thursday, the judge said that evidence introduced by prosecutors was "sufficient" to justify sending the case to a jury.

Kevin Reddington, Clancy's attorney, had made the motion, known as a motion for a required finding of not guilty, numerous times throughout trial – including at the close of the prosecutors' case and the close of the defense's case. Each time it was denied, but as is custom, he renewed the motion following the declaration of a mistrial due to a hung jury.

In his argument, Reddington alleged that prosecutors had not presented enough evidence to prove that Lindsay Clancy was the person responsible for killing her kids, an argument that was shocking to many listening after Clancy's defense team didn't contest that she committed the act over the course of the trial. Reddington argued that an insufficient police investigation meant there wasn't enough evidence to say Clancy was the one who strangled her kids.

The judge disagreed…

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