'The View' panel blasts Lindsay Clancy defense attorney 'moving the goalposts' on evidence

This story discusses suicide.If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 800-273-TALK (8255)."The View" co-hosts criticized Lindsay Clancy's defense attorney Kevin Reddington on Wednesday for seemingly "moving the goalposts" by suggesting a lack of evidence that she killed her children.During the show, the women of the ABC daytime talk show discussed Reddington appearing to change strategies after he submitted a motion for a required finding of not guilty on the grounds that the prosecution did not provide sufficient evidence to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt that Clancy killed her three kids."Where’s the evidence that she did this?" Reddington asked Judge William Sullivan in court Tuesday.

"Where is the evidence she did this?"LINDSAY CLANCY'S ATTORNEY ASKS JUDGE TO ACQUIT HER OUTRIGHT, ENDING CASE AND BARRING A RETRIALLindsay Clancy and Kevin Reddington listen to Judge Sullivan ask the jury to continue deliberations during Clancy's murder trial on Thursday, Sept.3, 2026, in Plymouth, Mass.  (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)This marked a significant shift in Reddington's legal argument.

During the trial, Reddington did not dispute that Clancy killed her children, but argued that she was not criminally responsible due to postpartum psychosis."The View" panel was skeptical of this new claim considering Reddington's previous argument already presumed that Clancy had, in fact, killed her children."My jaw was on the floor because the defense’s entire argument hinged on she had postpartum psychosis.She wasn’t responsible by reason of insanity but she — in a psychotic state — did this crime, and now he’s like, ‘We don’t even know if she did it,’" Alyssa Farah Griffin remarked.Co-host Sara Haines suggested Reddington reasonably pointed out holes in the evidence but added that she knows no one who believes there should be no accountability."Now I feel like the lawye...