US judge denies defence request to find Lindsay Clancy not guilty after mistrial
The judge says prosecutors presented sufficient evidence for a jury to find her responsible for killing her three young children in 2023.
A Massachusetts judge has denied a request by lawyers representing Lindsay Clancy to declare her not guilty of murder in the deaths of her three young children. Judge William Sullivan said prosecutors presented sufficient evidence for a jury to hold her responsible for the killings, despite her lawyers arguing she was suffering from mental illness at the time.
The judge ruled there was enough physical and circumstantial evidence to find Clancy guilty of strangling her children with exercise bands on January 24, 2023. Clancy's lawyers had argued she should be found not guilty by reason of insanity, claiming she was in the midst of postpartum psychosis when the murders occurred. However, Sullivan determined the prosecution's expert witnesses testified Clancy had the capacity to appreciate the criminality of her actions.
The judge emphasized he did not want the case to linger and suggested a potential retrial date at a hearing on November 2.
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