Judge denies defence request to declare Lindsay Clancy not guilty

The judge in Lindsay Clancy's murder case refused to declare her not guilty due to a lack of evidence, according to the Boston (AP) report. The court denied a defense motion that claimed there wasn't enough proof to prove Clancy's responsibility for killing her three children. During Clancy's initial trial, which ended on September 4 with a hung jury, her defense argued that she was not criminally responsible due to a rare mental condition known as postpartum psychosis.

However, in a recent hearing, her attorney Kevin Reddington argued that prosecutors had not provided any evidence to support their claim, calling it "laughable." Prosecutors, however, contended that there was ample evidence to support their case, dismissing Reddington's claims. Judge William Sullivan ruled that he had to analyze the evidence in the most favorable light for the prosecution, and that it was up to the jury to decide whether to believe the defense's expert witnesses who testified that Clancy was not responsible due to mental illness.

The judge found that there was sufficient physical and circumstantial evidence to support the charge of murder, permitting a rational trier of fact to find Clancy guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.