‘What Do You Want Me to Do, Get a Brass Band?’: Judge Tells Off Lindsay Clancy’s Attorney as Juror Drama Turns Heated
The article discusses the intense courtroom proceedings in the case of Lindsay Clancy, a Massachusetts woman accused of murdering her three children. Clancy’s defense suggests she was under postpartum psychosis at the time, claiming she was not responsible for her actions. Tensions escalated during the trial as her defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, urged Judge william Sullivan to give the jury clearer instructions on the standard of “proof beyond a reasonable doubt,” accusing the judge of being too soft in his explanations. The judge responded defensively, emphasizing he had already provided instructions.The jury is reportedly deadlocked 11-1 in favor of conviction, with one juror suspected of being overly resistant to applying the law. The case has garnered meaningful media attention, with social media comments criticizing perceived bias and courtroom conduct. Clancy’s actions took place in January 2023 after she sent her husband out of the house; her defense maintains she was influenced by postpartum psychosis, and the jury has been deliberating for seven days.
Sparks flew Friday morning in the ongoing case of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts woman on trial for allegedly murdering her children.
In addressing the court, Clancy attorney Kevin Reddington implicitly accused Judge William Sullivan of failing to be forceful enough in explaining to the currently deadlocked jurors their duties in making a decision.
And Sullivan’s patience appeared to wear thin.
BREAKING: Tensions erupt in the courtroom for the Lindsay Clancy murder case as defense attorney Kevin Reddington presses Judge William Sullivan to give jurors a more “forceful” instruction on proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
“What do you want me to do? Get a brass band?!”… pic.twitter.com/yuwhbx0yJL
— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 4, 2026
According to reports, the jury is split 11-1, with the holdout appearing to lean toward convicting Clancy.
Before the jury was brought into the courtroom Friday morning, according to ABC News, Reddington claimed to Sullivan that the juror in question is not applying the law.
“This person will not apply reasonable doubt to the evidence,” Sullivan declared, according to ABC News.
Sullivan, however, said the situation does not indicate that “this is a person who refuses to follow the law,” ABC News reported.
He said he would remind jurors again that they must follow the law regardless of their personal feelings — but that wasn’t good enough for Reddington.
He asked Sullivan to “re-instruct” the jury “forcefully” on the meaning of the term “proof beyond a reasonable doubt.”
“I think I did that yesterday, didn’t I?” Sullivan responded.
“You did it yesterday. You did it soft. You didn’t do it forcefully,” Reddington answered.
“What do you want me to do, get a brass band?” Sullivan shot back, his voice rising. “The fact that I, perhaps, perhaps, give it my full inflection… I’m sorry about that but I’m not an actor.”
The defense attorney wants to be the judge. We have crossed the rubicon in trials … only social media now can decide. And criminals rejoice.
— Ray Schwartz (@RaySchwartz11) September 4, 2026
Who running this trial, the defense attorney or the judge?
— Jenie (@JenSala83687286) September 4, 2026
Clancy killed her three children in January 2023 after sending her husband out of the family home in Duxbury, Massachusetts, to run errands.
Her defense claims that she acted under the influence of postpartum psychosis and is not responsible for the acts.
The jury is on its seventh day of deliberations.
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