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Lindsay Clancy defense returns to court to argue there’s no evidence she killed her children
NBC ^ | 9/29/26 | Rebecca Cohen

Posted on 09/29/2026 10:16:12 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo

Lindsay Clancy and her legal team returned to court on Tuesday, arguing that the state of Massachusetts failed to prove she killed her children — a claim that prosecutors called “laughable.”

This marks the first hearing since Clancy’s triple murder trial ended in a mistrial earlier this month.

The hearing in Plymouth Superior Court, which began just before 10 a.m., included a number of motions filed since the trial concluded.

Judge William Sullivan immediately punted some of those motions to a later date, noting that he, and some parties, were not ready for them to be argued. One of those motions is defense attorney Kevin Reddington’s effort to dismiss Clancy’s case.

Sullivan heard arguments as a part of that motion Tuesday, but pushed his decision on those arguments, as well as those relating to other motions, until Nov. 2.

The judge also declined to set a new trial date, with both Reddington and prosecutors agreeing that with so much still to decide, it could be premature to do so.

Reddington on Tuesday offered arguments on Massachusetts’ Rule 25, which states that if prosecutors do not argue their case effectively, the defendant should be found not guilty.

He first lamented that Clancy had been demonized by politicians “from Donald Trump all the way down.”

And in a new approach that seemed contrary to the defense’s strategy in the trial, Reddington then argued that there is no proof Clancy killed her children, and that the commonwealth did not provide evidence she did so.

Prosecutors, in response, called that allegation “laughable.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: clancy; murder
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1 posted on 09/29/2026 10:16:12 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Mr. Mojo

Ok, so the trial was there for decoration?


2 posted on 09/29/2026 10:18:17 AM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: Mr. Mojo

I thought this was The Babylon Bee. There wasn’t camera evidence? And a confession?

They have to be joking.


3 posted on 09/29/2026 10:18:22 AM PDT by madison10
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To: Mr. Mojo

I thought this was The Babylon Bee. There wasn’t camera evidence? And a confession?

They have to be joking.


4 posted on 09/29/2026 10:18:26 AM PDT by madison10
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To: Mr. Mojo

So the defense at the retrial is basically, “It’s Trumps fault!”


5 posted on 09/29/2026 10:18:54 AM PDT by Fai Mao
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To: Mr. Mojo

No proof?

So her own testimony that she DID kill her children was a lie?


6 posted on 09/29/2026 10:19:46 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Mr. Mojo

Reddington needs to be disbarred. He is as crazy as Clancy is.


7 posted on 09/29/2026 10:21:02 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Mr. Mojo

The court system is a complete abhorrent abomination at this point!
Just a complete joke what lawyers have done to juris prudence!


8 posted on 09/29/2026 10:21:04 AM PDT by bantam
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To: Mr. Mojo

I just watched the Clancy hearing. Here was my main observation.

Reddington is about 76 years old.

His sidekick lawyer looks to be about 85 years old.

The Boston Globe lawyer also looks to be about 85 years old.

So I conclude that Clancy is being represented by three very old leftist lawyers.

And Reddington at the very end of the hearing said he would not be available until June 2027 to have a new trial.

This case will remain in the court of public opinion for a long time.


9 posted on 09/29/2026 10:21:22 AM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: madison10

I also thought it was the Babylon Bee.


10 posted on 09/29/2026 10:26:21 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle1
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To: Fai Mao

That might work in MA.


11 posted on 09/29/2026 10:27:49 AM PDT by sphinx
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To: Mr. Mojo

If the facts are against you, argue the law.
If the law is against you, argue the facts.
If the law and the facts are against you, pound the table and yell like hell.


12 posted on 09/29/2026 10:28:08 AM PDT by alloysteel (Strength to make change happen, humility to accept reality, and wisdom to know the difference.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

they’re saying there are no bodies and she never said she killed them.

How can we convict someone with no bodies?

Or am I wrong and there actually are bodies?

If so then the defense is full of it.


13 posted on 09/29/2026 10:29:56 AM PDT by ChronicMA
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To: Mr. Mojo

Is Kalshi taking bets on her walking. Well, rolling away with no penalty? Or, as the libs might say, ‘she’s suffered enough with the loss of her children and being a para.’ 🤬


14 posted on 09/29/2026 10:34:45 AM PDT by rktman (Patriotism not 'hateriotism' !. Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🇺🇸)
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To: FlipWilson

If that is so, why was this not their first argument? Ehy did they roll with insanity and not, “She didn’t do it?”

Disingenuous. At best.


15 posted on 09/29/2026 10:35:01 AM PDT by Tacrolimus1mg (Do no harm, but take no sh!t.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Juxge Sullivan is the real problem. Be a man, put your foot down, and set a trial date for next Monday. You are being played for a fool, and I’m convinced you are. Enough of this nonsense!


16 posted on 09/29/2026 10:35:34 AM PDT by Fireone (1. Avoid crowds 2.Head on a swivel 3.Be prepared to protect & defend those around you 4.Avoid crowds)
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To: Mr. Mojo

If only the children could get the same justice as American politicians like FDR and Anton Cermak got in 1933. Look up Guiseppe Zangara for details on the 33 days between the act and the execution.


17 posted on 09/29/2026 10:36:05 AM PDT by Bernard (The only Fair Tax is the Tax that taxes you and not me.)
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To: bantam

“The court system is a complete abhorrent abomination at this point!”

I think it’s the entire legal bureaucracy, from those who make the laws down through those who enforce them. And maybe including those who elect those who make the laws.


18 posted on 09/29/2026 10:36:44 AM PDT by KrisKrinkle (c)
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To: Mr. Mojo

BB must be thinkin…”shucks. We missed out on a Great headline!”


19 posted on 09/29/2026 10:40:38 AM PDT by albie
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To: Mr. Mojo

Baloney!


20 posted on 09/29/2026 10:42:43 AM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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