Days after Lindsay Clancy’s complicated triple-murder trial ended with a hung jury, leaving her fate in limbo, her defense attorney expressed an openness to reaching a plea agreement with prosecutors to avert a second trial – but experts say any negotiations would likely be an uphill battle.
In an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, defense attorney Kevin Reddington appeared willing to cooperate with Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz to reach an agreement, though he insisted he would not agree to any deal in which his client would serve jail time.
“I want to hear what Tim has to say,” the defense attorney said Wednesday, a day after telling ABC’s “Good Morning America” he hoped the DA would reconsider his stance after the first trial.
“I hope, however, after sitting through this trial and seeing the evidence that was presented from the government, as well as from the defense, that he would revisit that issue.”
Clancy admitted to fatally strangling her three children but pleaded not guilty to three charges of first-degree murder, arguing she should not be held criminally responsible because she was suffering from postpartum psychosis when she killed them and then attempted suicide. After more than 38 hours of deliberations, the trial ended last week with a hung jury, as one holdout juror prevented the panel from finding her not guilty by lack of criminal responsibility.
