Judge denies defense motion to declare Lindsay Clancy not guilty of murder

Request for Clancy, 36, to be acquitted turned down nearly a month after first trial ended with deadlocked jury

The judge in the Lindsay Clancy murder case on Thursday refused to declare her not guilty, turning down a defense motion that had argued there was not enough evidence to prove she was responsible for killing her three children.

On Tuesday, Clancy's attorney Kevin Reddington tried to persuade Judge William Sullivan that prosecutors had not offered any proof that Clancy had killed her three children. Prosecutors argued there was plenty of evidence, calling Reddington's claim laughable".