Clancy retrial hearing
True crime · Heat 1.0 / 10 · 5 shows · 1h 56m airtime
Lindsay Clancy returned to Plymouth County Superior Court on September 29, 2026, for the first hearing after her trial ended in a mistrial. Kevin Reddington invoked Massachusetts Rule 25 against a retrial, arguing no evidence shows Clancy killed her children and seeking a not guilty finding by lack of criminal responsibility with civil commitment to Tewksbury Hospital, a motion resting on Commonwealth v. Latimer. The judge took the motions under advisement, then denied the Rule 25(b) motion and found there would have been enough evidence to convict. ADA Shannon Buckingham said Clancy's DNA was found on the ends of the exercise bands. The defense's impoundment motion, seeking juror notes and sidebar recordings, was tabled to November 2, the next status…
How 5 podcasts covered it
- Surviving the Survivor, 2026-09-29 (16:47 to 20:10)
Explains the renewed Rule 25 motion
Explains the renewed Rule 25 motion for a required finding of not guilty for lack of criminal responsibility, noting the Commonwealth's own experts conceded significant mental health issues and that Reddington seeks civil commitment to Tewksbury Hospital rather than release.
New angle: Reddington's renewed Rule 25 motion asks for a not guilty finding for lack of criminal responsibility and civil commitment to Tewksbury Hospital. - Morning Wire, 2026-09-30 (14:27 to 17:35)
Reports the Rule 25 argument
Reports from the first post-mistrial hearing: Reddington reverses the defense's own account and argues Rule 25 against a retrial, the fight over the holdout juror's notes is undecided, and juror Michael Desrinville tells Fox News to focus on the three victims.
New angle: Reddington now says there is no evidence Lindsay Clancy killed her children, invoking Massachusetts Rule 25 against a retrial. - Surviving the Survivor, 2026-10-01 (36:00 to 42:26)
Airs Reddington's Latimer argument
Airs Reddington's courtroom argument that no evidence shows Clancy committed the acts, citing the lack of investigation, deficient DNA and fingerprinting, and the uncut screen, then has Margaret McLean tie the motion to Commonwealth v. Latimer, the 1979 sufficiency standard.
New angle: Reddington's Rule 25 motion rests on Commonwealth v. Latimer, a 1979 case. - Surviving the Survivor, 2026-10-01 (42:39 to 44:16)
Adds the prosecutor's DNA rebuttal
Goes to the prosecutor's side of the September 29 hearing: ADA Shannon Buckingham called the defense argument laughable and pointed to Lindsay Clancy's DNA on the ends of the exercise bands, with Commonwealth experts opining she knew her actions were wrong.
New angle: ADA Shannon Buckingham said Lindsay Clancy's DNA was found on the ends of the exercise bands. - Surviving the Survivor, 2026-10-01 (48:14 to 55:53)
Calls both motions long shots
A retired judge walks through the Rule 25 and double jeopardy motions, calling both long shots and stressing that circumstantial evidence carries the same weight as direct evidence. He flags the holdout juror's questionnaire as the more interesting avenue, but the segment stays inside the arguments already on the record. - Surviving the Survivor, 2026-10-01 (56:11 to 58:07)
Walks through the Rule 25 standard
McLean walks through the Rule 25(b) standard and Latimer, then floats a theory that the prosecutor's 'mortal sin' comment and the holdout juror's Catholic faith may have shaped his vote. A retelling of the hearing's law with a speculative aside. - Surviving the Survivor, 2026-10-01 (1:08:13 to 1:09:54)
Takes up the impoundment fight
Takes up the impounded records fight from the September 29 hearing: the defense asked for limited relief from impoundment, and Judge Sullivan tabled it to November 2. Reddington wants juror notes and sidebar recordings public; the Boston Globe is seeking the same. Blitzman doubts access will be granted.
New angle: The defense's impoundment motion, seeking juror notes and sidebar recordings, was tabled to November 2. - Dateline NBC, 2026-10-01 (26:21 to 28:53)
Reports the judge's rulings on the motions
Covers the September 29 status hearing: Reddington's Rule 25 motion, the double jeopardy motion and the call to investigate the holdout juror. Adds the judge's disposition - motions taken under advisement, next status conference November 2, trial date to be discussed.
New angle: The judge took the motions under advisement and set the next status conference for November 2. - Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski, 2026-10-01 (0:56 to 22:09)
Walks the September 29 hearing end to end
Walks the September 29 hearing end to end: Reddington's Rule 25(b)(2) argument that the prosecution never proved Lindsay killed her children, Buckingham's stipulation rebuttal, the insanity defense's concession structure, Weinberg's double jeopardy motion, the gag motion and the holdout juror fight. A thorough retelling that stays inside the week's coverage. - Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-10-01 (1:13 to 2:55)
Plays Reddington's no-evidence courtroom clip
Plays the courtroom clip of Reddington arguing there is no evidence Clancy killed her children and contrasts it with the old postpartum-psychosis defense. A retelling of the September 29 hearing's central about-face, with a reporter confirming the Rule 25 framing already on the record. - Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-10-01 (2:51 to 3:58)
Recaps the Rule 25 motion filing
Penny Commit recaps the Rule 25 motion filed at the September 29 hearing - insufficient evidence, a reversal of the prior defense - and the panel re-argues the insanity defense and Clancy's hospital statements. No new facts beyond the hearing coverage. - Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-10-01 (10:21 to 12:44)
Argues forensics undercut the timeline
Kolsrud argues the prosecution's timeline rests on Patrick Clancy's account and is undercut by forensics: Lindsay Clancy's body temperature was 82 degrees on arrival and the fingerprint and blood evidence is nearly nonexistent and unusable.
New angle: Lindsay Clancy's body temperature was 82 degrees when she entered the hospital. - Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-10-01 (12:49 to 14:44)
Presses the Rule 25 third-party reading
Plays Reddington's charging-conference remarks twice and presses the point that the defense never conceded guilt, leaving third-party culpability open - a reading of the Rule 25 posture that the earlier coverage of the hearing did not put on the record.
New angle: Massachusetts law enforcement never investigated whether someone else was involved in the homicides. - Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-10-01 (14:44 to 18:23)
Debates Reddington's insanity reversal
Debates Reddington's reversal - insanity at trial, no evidence of the killing now - and replays the hospital voicemail where Clancy first said she heard a voice. Argument and retelling; it stays inside the hearing coverage. - Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski, 2026-10-02 (42:07 to 59:59)
Explains the denied Rule 25(b) motion
Explains the denied Rule 25(b) motion as a routine appellate-preservation step, not a claim that Patrick Clancy did it, and pushes back on the online misreading. Then moves to the holdout juror and worries about jurors treating service as a payday. Retells the week's record. - Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski, 2026-10-03 (47:44 to 51:09)
Recaps the Rule 25 motion and the response
Recaps the Rule 25(b)(2) motion and the prosecution's response: Reddington's insufficiency argument, Buckingham's laughable line and the trial stipulations, and Sullivan taking it under advisement. It stays inside the hearing coverage already on the record. - Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski, 2026-10-03 (54:14 to 58:42)
Walks through the hearing and the sealed notes fight
Walks through the September 29 hearing: the prosecution's theory that Clancy decided to end her life and take her children with her, then the fight over sealed jury notes, where appellate attorney Martin Weinberg moved to unseal and prosecutor Jennifer Sprague warned of a chilling effect on juror communication.
New angle: Appellate attorney Martin Weinberg moved to unseal the jury notes and sidebar transcripts; prosecutor Jennifer Sprague opposed it as chilling juror communication. - Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski, 2026-10-03 (1:02:08 to 1:04:31)
Reports the aftermath and the charge-reduction talk
Reports the September 29 hearing's aftermath: Sullivan ordered both sides back on November 2 to pick a trial date, Cruz still won't commit to a retrial, and analysts float dropping to second-degree murder or manslaughter so Clancy could waive a jury, since Massachusetts bars a bench trial for first-degree murder.
New angle: Analysts suggest reducing the charges to second-degree murder or manslaughter to allow a bench trial. - Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski, 2026-10-05 (1:50 to 3:19)
Explains the motion as appellate groundwork
Explains the Rule 25(b) motion as a procedural sufficiency challenge meant to preserve appellate grounds, not a claim about who killed the children. It stays inside the hearing coverage, adding no new development. - Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski, 2026-10-05 (2:58 to 6:08)
Reports the judge denying the motion
Picks up the Rule 25(b) motion from the September 29 hearing and reports the outcome: the judge denied it and found the record would have supported a conviction. Reads the motion as groundwork for an appeal and for poisoning the jury pool toward a bench trial.
New angle: The judge denied the Rule 25(b) motion and found there would have been enough evidence to convict Clancy. - Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski, 2026-10-05 (6:18 to 8:43)
Reacts to the Rule 25 motion
Reaction segment on the Rule 25 motion: a defense attorney calls it embarrassing, and the hosts argue the evidence was strong because Clancy was the only one present. Opinion and speculation about Reddington's motives, not a new development in the case. - Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski, 2026-10-05 (8:48 to 10:20)
Speculates on jury pool and bench trial
Speculates that Reddington's motions are meant to poison the jury pool and force a bench trial, then drifts into the hosts' own views on the juror investigation and the insanity defense. Pure opinion and prediction, no new development in the case. - Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski, 2026-10-11 (0:16 to 19:05)
Explains the Rule 25B motion and its denial
Explains the Rule 25B motion as a sufficiency-of-evidence maneuver and an appeal-preservation play, not a claim that Patrick Clancy did it. Retells the denial and the alternative defense theory, and stays inside the record already set by earlier coverage.