Lindsay Clancy's lawyer reveals post-mistrial strategy as retrial looms

Kevin Reddington is laying out an aggressive, multi-pronged strategy to keep Lindsay Clancy from facing another jury — and, ultimately, from going to prison — as prosecutors weigh whether to retry the Massachusetts mother after last month's mistrial.In his first interview with Fox News since the jury deadlocked after seven weeks of testimony, Clancy's attorney detailed his plans to challenge any retrial in court, push prosecutors to reduce the charges, seek a bench trial instead of a jury trial and argue for psychiatric treatment rather than incarceration.A Norfolk Superior Court jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict last month, prompting Judge William Sullivan to declare a mistrial. Clancy has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to charges stemming from the 2023 deaths of her three children.Prosecutors have not yet announced whether they will retry the case.LINDSAY CLANCY JUROR WHO BACKED THE DEFENSE ALSO PUBLICLY CHEERED KAREN READ'S ACQUITTALKevin J.

Reddington addresses the media outside of Plymouth Superior Court, Plymouth, Mass., on Thursday, September 3, 2026.(David McGlynn for Fox News Digital)Reddington said his first priority is arguing later this month that a retrial would violate Clancy's constitutional protection against double jeopardy because the mistrial was declared over the defense's objection.

If that effort fails, he said he hopes Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz will reduce the charges to second-degree murder, so Clancy could waive her right to a jury trial and instead have her case decided by a judge."I would like to see Tim reduce it to a second degree...and fashion something where Lindsay gets the mental, physical help that she needs rather than criminal prosecution, because I would not ever, ever in a million years have that woman go to Framingham State Prison," Reddington said.He said he would seek a sentence centered on probation and mandatory psychiatric treatment in a secure facility rather than incarceratio...