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0 of 26 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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In a surprising turn in Lindsay Clancy's first hearing since
, her lawyer, Kevin Reddington, argued that there was no evidence she killed her kids.a renewed motion for a required finding of not guilty, asking the judge to find that the evidence presented at trial was legally insufficient for a rational jury to find Clancy guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Clancy → argue → doubt
Legal experts have told WBZ that the motion itself is a long-shot attempt to avoid a second trial.
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motion → tell → trial
Prosecutors have not explicitly stated plans to retry Clancy.
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Prosecutors → state → Clancy
On Tuesday, Reddington argued that prosecutors hadn't met their burden – that Clancy killed her children beyond a reasonable doubt – at trial.
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Clancy → argue → trial
Where is the evidence that she did this?" Reddington said.
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Reddington → say → this
"This entire case is based on speculation.
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case → base → speculation
Where does she say that she did this?"
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she → say → this
Reddington launched into a list of evidence he said didn't pass muster, including Clancy's body temperature and testimony from her ex-husband, Patrick.
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he → launch → husband
"There's no evidence that she admitted she did this," Reddington said.
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Reddington → be → this
Reddington's argument Tuesday appeared to conflict with arguments he made repeatedly before and during the trial.
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he → appear → trial
In his opening statement in July, Reddington said Clancy "knows what happened to those kids."
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what → say → kids
, Reddington said, "She takes responsibility.
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She → say → responsibility
She, as the kids say, she owns it.
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she → say → it
She's not running away from anything here.
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She → run → anything
Reddington also offered to stipulate – in writing – that Clancy admits to killing her kids, in an April 2026 motion.
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Clancy → offer → motion
In that motion, he had asked the judge to bifurcate the trial or split it in two: one trial for Clancy's guilt and another for her mental state.
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he → ask → state
That request was denied.
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request → deny → ?
Reddington told the judge Tuesday that he was making his required-finding argument in two parts, consistent with his earlier request to bifurcate the trial.
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he → tell → trial
First, he argued prosecutors failed to prove that Clancy committed the killings beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Clancy → argue → doubt
He then argued they also failed to prove that she was criminally responsible for them.
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she → argue → them
"You're put in a conundrum when you have to admit culpability in order to raise a lack of criminal responsibility," he explained to the judge.
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he → put → judge
Still, Reddington's comments surprised prosecutors, too.
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comments → surprise → prosecutors
"Now for the first time the defendant is arguing that there's no evidence that she did this," prosecutor Shanan Buckingham said in response.
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Buckingham → argue → response
"I would suggest to you that the entire record is voluminous as to information supporting the fact that she did this."
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she → suggest → this
When asked outside of court to clarify whether he's claiming Lindsay Clancy did not kill her kids, Reddington told WBZ-TV's Kristina Rex, "Look, I argued that in the trial, I argued it on a motion for a required finding, it's not new rocket science by any means.
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it → ask → means
It's the fact that [prosecutors] cannot prove a probable cause."
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prosecutors → prove → cause
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