Kevin Reddington appeared on ‘Good Morning America’ after his client’s trial ended with a hung jury
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- Lindsay Clancy’s attorney, Kevin Reddington, appeared on Good Morning America and explained why he was upset at the lone holdout juror
- Reddington said a note from the jury claimed the holdout wasn’t applying reasonable doubt
- “That’s not right and that’s why I was upset,” Reddington said
Lindsay Clancy’s attorney explained why he was upset at the juror he claimed was the reason the jury could not reach a unanimous verdict in his client’s murder trial.
Clancy’s closely watched murder trial ended when Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial, after the jury said it was deadlocked and unable to reach a verdict. The foreperson had previously sent a note to the judge that appeared to indicate that the jury was split 11-1.
Kevin Reddington appeared on Good Morning America on Tuesday, Sept. 8 and explained why he was frustrated with the holdout juror.
“What I was upset about was after that lengthy trial and the work that everyone put into this case including these jurors that spent literally almost two months away from their home, their job, their family where a gentleman had an opinion … but that according to the note from the forelady that he had doubt but he would not apply the law of reasonable doubt as presented by the judge,” Reddington told George Stephanopoulos. “That’s not right and that’s why I was upset.”
Reddington clarified that he respected the juror’s right to hold out.
“That’s part of our judicial system, and I respect that,” Reddington said. “And I would certainly defend his right to do that.”
Reddington’s comments Tuesday were more toned-down than the comments he made Friday, the day the mistrial was declared.
Addressing reporters Friday, Reddington blasted the juror, saying he had “robbed” Clancy.
“They know they were robbed by one man, for whatever his agenda was, who stole seven weeks of the life of these other jurors that were so attentive, so beautiful, so wonderful,” Reddington said Friday.
Though the jury deliberations have not been made public, Reddington claimed the 11 other jurors had voted to acquit Clancy.
After the note was sent by the foreperson, Reddington had asked that the holdout be removed from the jury, though Sullivan declined.
Clancy is charged with murder in the deaths of her three children — Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and 8-month-old Callan. She pleaded not guilty by lack of criminal responsibility.
Essentially mounting an insanity defense, Reddington has argued Clancy was suffering from postpartum psychosis and overmedication when she used exercise bands to strangle the children and then jumped out of a second-story window in an apparent suicide attempt.
Prosecutors claim she was not in a state of psychosis when she killed the children and that her actions were deliberate.
Though Clancy was charged with first-degree murder, the jury was also allowed to consider second-degree murder and manslaughter charges.
With the mistrial ruling, prosecutors now have the option to retry the case but have not yet indicated if they plan to do so.
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On Good Morning America, Reddington seemed to signal that he was open to discussing a potential plea deal after saying Friday that he had “crushed” the prosecution.
“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 [the district attorney] would revisit that issue and hopefully would be able to work something out that would be acceptable to both sides,” Reddington said Monday.
If another trial ultimately proceeds, Sullivan said Friday he hoped it would begin sometime in the fall. The parties are due back in court Sept. 29.
For now, Clancy, who is paralyzed and in a wheelchair, will remain in custody at Tewksbury Hospital.
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