Clancy Lawyer Seeks to Block Retrial After 7-Week Deadlock, Pushes Treatment Over Prison
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 10
Clancy Lawyer Seeks to Block Retrial After 7-Week Deadlock, Pushes Treatment Over Prison
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 10
Summary
Kevin Reddington said he will first argue later this month that retrying Lindsay Clancy would violate double-jeopardy protections because the mistrial was declared over the defense's objection.
If that fails, he wants prosecutors to reduce the case to second-degree murder so Clancy can waive a jury, seek a bench trial and pursue probation with mandatory psychiatric treatment in a secure facility.
Prosecutors have not said whether they will retry Clancy, who pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2023 deaths of her three children after a Norfolk Superior Court jury deadlocked last month.
Reddington also defended his criticism of the lone holdout juror, while partially walking back earlier attacks on District Attorney Tim Cruz and renewing his call for President Donald Trump to urge against a new trial.