Lindsay Clancy’s Lawyer Says the Jury Is 11-1 to Acquit and One Juror “Refuses To Listen To The Law.”

04 Sep 2026, 14:31 by Sari Moon · Thought Catalog

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Updated 3 hours ago, September 4, 2026

One holdout stands between Lindsay Clancy and an acquittal after six days of deliberations. Her lawyer says he doesn’t want a mistrial because he “kicked the s–t out of their case,” and the judge will question that juror in court Friday morning.

Eleven jurors appear ready to acquit Lindsay Clancy, and the one who isn’t has been singled out by the jury foreperson as someone who “refuses to listen to the law,” her attorney said.

Lindsay Clancy turns to observe the jury box as Judge William Sullivan polls jurors at the start of deliberations day three in Plymouth Superior Court, August 31, 2026. Photo by Greg Derr / The Patriot Ledger / Pool via REUTERS.

Kevin Reddington told reporters outside Plymouth Superior Court on Thursday, Sept. 3, that a single juror was holding up the verdict. “There’s a person who has doubt but will not listen to the judge’s instruction,” he said. “I don’t want a mistrial. Why would I want a mistrial? I kicked the s–t out of their case.”

Defense attorney Kevin Reddington appears in Plymouth Superior Court during the sixth day of jury deliberations in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial on Sept. 3, 2026. Photo by USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect.

Clancy doesn’t deny killing her three children, Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and 8-month-old Callan, by strangling them in their Duxbury, Massachusetts, home in January 2023 before jumping from a second-story window. Reddington argues she was in a state of psychosis and suffering from overmedication after seeking help for postpartum mental health issues, making her not criminally responsible for first-degree murder.

Defense attorney Kevin Reddington addresses reporters outside Plymouth Superior Court on September 1, 2026, after another day ended without a verdict in the Lindsay Clancy trial. Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP via Getty Images.

Prosecutors say she knew what she was doing. Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Sprague argued Clancy was depressed and “didn’t want to try anymore.” “Those kids were her protective factor,” Sprague said. “Those kids were keeping her from ending her misery. So she had to remove the protective factor.”

The jury had twice told Judge William Sullivan it was deadlocked before Wednesday, when he issued a Tuey-Rodriguez instruction, a so-called dynamite charge meant to push an entrenched jury toward a verdict. The juror in question has been identified, and Sullivan will hold an inquiry when court resumes Friday at 9 a.m.

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