{"id":2654679,"date":"2026-09-04T14:11:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T18:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-do-you-want-me-to-do-get-a-brass-band-judge-tells-off-lindsay-clancys-attorney-as-juror-drama-turns-heated\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T14:16:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T18:16:13","slug":"what-do-you-want-me-to-do-get-a-brass-band-judge-tells-off-lindsay-clancys-attorney-as-juror-drama-turns-heated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-do-you-want-me-to-do-get-a-brass-band-judge-tells-off-lindsay-clancys-attorney-as-juror-drama-turns-heated\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;What Do You Want Me to Do, Get a Brass Band?&#8217;: Judge Tells Off Lindsay Clancy&#8217;s Attorney as Juror Drama Turns Heated"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">44<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhat-do-you-want-me-to-do-get-a-brass-band-judge-tells-off-lindsay-clancys-attorney-as-juror-drama-turns-heated%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2654679&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the intense courtroom proceedings in the case of Lindsay Clancy, a Massachusetts woman accused of murdering her three children. Clancy&#8217;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 &#8220;proof beyond a reasonable doubt,&#8221; 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/12-disqualifying-errors-in-hays-biblical-case-on-homosexuality\/\" title=\"12 Disqualifying Errors In Hays&#039; &#039;Biblical&#039; ... On Homosexuality\">garnered meaningful media attention<\/a>, with social media comments criticizing perceived bias and courtroom conduct. Clancy&#8217;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.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sparks flew Friday morning in the ongoing case of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts woman on trial for allegedly murdering her children.<\/p>\n<p>In addressing the court, Clancy attorney Kevin Reddington implicitly accused Judge\u00a0William Sullivan of failing to be forceful enough in explaining to the currently deadlocked jurors their duties in making a decision.<\/p>\n<p>And Sullivan\u2019s patience appeared to wear thin.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">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 \u201cforceful\u201d instruction on proof beyond a reasonable doubt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat do you want me to do? Get a brass band?!\u201d\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yuwhbx0yJL\">pic.twitter.com\/yuwhbx0yJL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FoxNews\/status\/2095867758260998155?\">September 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to reports, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/clancy-verdict-deadlocked-11-1-defense-pushes-holdout-removed-heated-exchange-judge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">jury is split 11-1<\/a>, with the holdout appearing to lean toward convicting Clancy.<\/p>\n<p>Before the jury was brought into the courtroom Friday morning, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/us\/articles\/lindsay-clancy-trial-jurors-resume-133835014.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC News<\/a>, Reddington claimed to Sullivan that the juror in question is not applying the law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis person will not apply reasonable doubt to the evidence,\u201d Sullivan declared, according to ABC News.<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan, however, said the situation does not indicate that \u201cthis is a person who refuses to follow the law,\u201d ABC News reported.<\/p>\n<p>He said he would remind jurors again that they must follow the law regardless of their personal feelings \u2014 but that wasn\u2019t good enough for Reddington.<\/p>\n<p>He asked Sullivan to \u201cre-instruct\u201d the jury \u201cforcefully\u201d on the meaning of the term \u201cproof beyond a reasonable doubt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I did that yesterday, didn\u2019t I?\u201d Sullivan responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou did it yesterday. You did it soft. You didn\u2019t do it forcefully,\u201d Reddington answered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat do you want me to do, get a brass band?\u201d Sullivan shot back, his voice rising. \u201cThe fact that I, perhaps, perhaps, give it my full inflection\u2026 I\u2019m sorry about that but I\u2019m not an actor.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The defense attorney wants to be the judge. We have crossed the rubicon in trials \u2026 only social media now can decide. And criminals rejoice.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ray Schwartz (@RaySchwartz11) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RaySchwartz11\/status\/2095880808406143200?\">September 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Who running this trial, the defense attorney or the judge?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jenie (@JenSala83687286) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JenSala83687286\/status\/2095873007671750962?\">September 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Clancy killed her three children in January 2023 after sending her husband out of the family home in Duxbury, Massachusetts, to run errands.<\/p>\n<p>Her defense claims that she acted under the influence of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lindsay-clancy-blamed-male-voice-ordering-kill-children-court-testimony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">postpartum psychosis<\/a> and is not responsible for the acts.<\/p>\n<p>The jury is on its seventh day of deliberations.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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