Claims extracted
15
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
7%
1 of 15 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
65/100
CBS News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
30
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Judge William Sullivan denied a request from Lindsay Clancy's attorney to find her not guilty of murder in the 2023 deaths of her three children following her mistrial last month.
asserted
her → deny → mistrial
In a ruling Thursday, the judge said that evidence introduced by prosecutors was "sufficient" to justify sending the case to a jury.
asserted
evidence → say → jury
Kevin Reddington, Clancy's attorney, had made the motion, known as a motion for a required finding of not guilty, numerous times throughout trial – including at the close of the prosecutors' case and the close of the defense's case.
asserted
Reddington → make → case
Each time it was denied, but as is custom, he renewed the motion following the
due to a hung jury.
asserted
he → deny → jury
In his argument, Reddington alleged that prosecutors
to prove that Lindsay Clancy was the person responsible for killing her kids, an argument that was shocking to many listening after Clancy's defense team didn't contest that she committed the act over the course of the trial.
asserted
she → allege → trial
Reddington argued that an insufficient police investigation meant there wasn't enough evidence to say Clancy was the one who strangled her kids.
asserted
who → argue → kids
The judge disagreed with this argument, noting in his order that Lindsay Clancy was the only person home at the time the children were killed, which was confirmed via GPS data and surveillance footage showing her then-husband and the children's father,
, out of the house.
asserted
which → disagree → house
Reddington also argued that prosecutors failed to prove that Clancy could appreciate the wrongfulness of her actions or that she was not suffering from a mental illness at the time the kids were killed.
uncertain
kids → argue → time
The judge said in his ruling that this was for a jury to decide, based on competing evidence from different psychological experts who testified.
asserted
who → say → experts
"The Court finds that the evidence, when viewed in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth and with the reasonable inferences permitted to be drawn, was sufficient to have satisfied any rational trier of fact beyond a reasonable doubt as to the essential element of the defendant's criminal responsibility," Judge Sullivan wrote.
asserted
Sullivan → find → responsibility
This is known as a Rule 25 motion and requires the judge to consider the case in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts when evaluating the evidence.
asserted
This → know → evidence
Legal experts have said the motion was an
to begin with.
asserted
motion → say → ?
Reddington has filed another motion asking the court to investigate
for his conduct during deliberations.
asserted
Reddington → file → deliberations
The defense team has also asked the court to dismiss the case on double jeopardy grounds ahead of a potential retrial.
asserted
team → ask → retrial
The next hearing date is set for Nov. 2.
asserted
date → set → Nov.
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