William F. Sullivan
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Sep 11, 2026
Dana BowlingHOST
Here's what's happening, um, according to our friend Lauren Conlin, who did an amazing job covering this case.
Dana BowlingHOST
Lindsay Clancy's attorney, Kevin Reddington, has filed a renewed motion asking Judge William Sullivan to enter a finding of not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility on all charges rather than the l- allow the case to proceed towards a potential second trial.
Dana BowlingHOST
Reddington says the motion does not rest on the jury's reported 11 to one split.
Dana BowlingHOST
Under Massachusetts Rule 25, he argues that even when the trial evidence is viewed in the light most favora- favorable to prosecutors, the Commonwealth did not present enough evidence for a rational juror to find beyond a reasonable doubt that Clancy was criminally responsible at the time of the killings.
Jim ChapmanHOST
We're going to talk about that.
Jim ChapmanHOST
So Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial this past Friday in the Lindsay Clancy murder case after jurors said they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict in the killing of her three children.
Jim ChapmanHOST
This is after a week of deliberating at the Pliesmouth Superior Court in Pliesmouth, Massachusetts.
Jim ChapmanHOST
Now, the mistrial followed a dramatic dispute over an alleged 11 to 1 divide, with Clancy's defense arguing a lone holdout juror had acknowledged doubt but was refusing to properly apply the court's instruction on reasonable doubt.
Jim ChapmanHOST
We're going to talk about that.
Jim ChapmanHOST
So Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial this past Friday in the Lindsay Clancy murder case after jurors said they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict in the killing of her three children.
Jim ChapmanHOST
This is after a week of deliberating at the Pliesmouth Superior Court in Pliesmouth, Massachusetts.
Jim ChapmanHOST
Now, the mistrial followed a dramatic dispute over an alleged 11 to 1 divide, with Clancy's defense arguing a lone holdout juror had acknowledged doubt but was refusing to properly apply the court's instruction on reasonable doubt.
Joel WaldmanHOST
Well, we all experienced watching this trial play out over 28 days, more than five weeks and seven days of deliberations, of course, with a mistrial declared in the 11th hour and 59th minute on Friday.
Joel WaldmanHOST
I mean, the judge, literally Judge William Sullivan said, look, I'm going to call a mistrial.
Joel WaldmanHOST
And at that moment, Kevin Reddington had one other trick up his sleeve and he appealed to the highest court.
Joel WaldmanHOST
And we all had to sit on the edge of our seats collectively, the world, and wait to see what that judge, what that justice had to say.
KellySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Um, he would not, he would not interact with us, um, and, and tr- try to understand.
KellySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We read to him on numerous occasions the definition of reasonable doubt from Judge Sullivan's-
RonnieSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Mm-hmm
KellySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
... instruction.
Grant StinchfieldHOST
You wanna g- get her hung out to dry, you better get a bunch of MAGA people on your, on your jury because these ladies are not going to convict, uh, guilty.
Grant StinchfieldHOST
All right.
Grant StinchfieldHOST
I, I pulled up Judge William Sullivan's definition of reasonable doubt in the Lindsay Clancy case.
Grant StinchfieldHOST
Would you like to hear it? Um, Judge William Sullivan defined reasonable doubt as the highest burden of proof in the US legal system, the standard prosecutors must meet to secure a criminal conviction.
LoriHOST
Just because they disagree and don't think that your client should get off doesn't mean you get to just throw the juror out.
BonnieHOST
So Judge William Sullivan told the parties Friday afternoon that he'd like to retry the case later in the fall.
BonnieHOST
So when there's a mistrial, you just get a new trial.
BonnieHOST
I think that sometimes a judge can also just say, like, you had a mistrial and we don't want to prosecute again.
BonnieHOST
I'm not sure.
BonnieHOST
By the way, they said that makes me think it's the judge, but it could be the prosecutor.
BonnieHOST
Judge William Sullivan told the parties Friday afternoon he'd like to retry the case later in the fall.
BonnieHOST
That's really not that long from now.
speaker_0HOST
But this outcome might be even worse than having none at all.
speaker_0HOST
Yesterday afternoon, Judge William Sullivan of the Plymouth Superior Court declared a mistrial in this case.
speaker_0HOST
What does a mistrial mean? Simply put, it means the jury couldn't reach a consensus.
speaker_0HOST
In serious criminal cases in the United States, whether it's a guilty or not guilty verdict, all 12 jurors must be in unanimous agreement.
David GuzikHOST
I looked it up.
David GuzikHOST
Massachusetts Judge William Sullivan provided over this trial.
David GuzikHOST
And it seems to me, again, I'm not an expert, but just from my unexpert opinion, it seemed to me that he did a terrible job.
David GuzikHOST
that he didn't instruct the jury as he should have, that he didn't give guidance, that he didn't push back the defense attorneys as he should have.
Jesse WeberHOST
Now, ultimately, they chose not to.
Jesse WeberHOST
This was after a brief Zoom hearing, and trial court judge William Sullivan brought the jurors back in and declared a mistrial.
Jesse WeberHOST
Now it becomes a question if the prosecution is going to retry Lindsay Clancy on what charges, what charge, how they would ultimately try this case.
Jesse WeberHOST
Would it be the same strategy, same theory, witnesses? Right now, Clancy remains in a psychiatric hospital.
Joyce KaufmanHOST
But then, Ms. Carlson recalled, the holdout juror said, "...I'm still not going to say that she's not guilty by reason of insanity." In the first public statements by jurors since the month-long trial, Ms.
Joyce KaufmanHOST
Carlson and two other jurors opened up about the grueling week of deliberations, in which the jury of nine women and three men were deadlocked, prompting Judge William Sullivan to declare a mistrial.
Joyce KaufmanHOST
Ms. Clancy has not denied that she strangled her children, Cora, Dawson, and Callen, at their Massachusetts home in 2023.
Joyce KaufmanHOST
Instead, her trial in Plymouth, Massachusetts, was over whether she should be held criminally responsible for their deaths.
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