Kevin Reddington threw papers, raised his voice, and clashed with the judge in the Lindsay Clancy trial after the court declined to remove a juror at his request. On Friday, he pleaded with the judge not to declare a mistrial, keeping the defense fight centered on whether the case could still reach a unanimous verdict.
Reddington had already made himself part of the courtroom scene by holding Clancy's hand, rubbing her shoulder, and gently escorting her across the courtroom in her wheelchair. He referred to her as "this young lady" and told the jury, "This is a prosecution that has ripped the soul out of this girl."
Kevin Reddington and the juror fight
The dispute came after the judge declined to remove a juror at Reddington's request. He said the lone holdout was not applying the law correctly and was blocking the unanimous verdict required in the case. That left the defense pressing for a mistrial while the court kept the trial alive.
The result matters inside the courtroom because a mistrial would stop the case without a verdict and force a new path for the prosecution and defense. Reddington's request put the judge in the position of deciding whether the juror issue rose high enough to end the trial or whether deliberations should continue.
Therese Rogers and 1989
Reddington's courtroom style has drawn attention before. In 1989, he won freedom for Therese Rogers and used an insanity defense in that case. During that trial, he threw a pair of ninja stars across the courtroom to show how lethal they were.
He argued that Rogers had suffered years of abuse from her boyfriend and developed Battered Woman Syndrome. later described that successful insanity argument as the first of its kind.
Friday in the Lindsay Clancy
In 2007, Reddington used a similar abuse-based argument in another case involving a woman accused of killing her husband with one gunshot to the chest. Rosemary Scapicchio said the woman had been abused so strongly that a grand jury failed to return an indictment.
By around 2011, he was defending Catherine Greig, who later received a plea deal after harboring one of the FBI's then-Ten Most Wanted fugitives for years. That history helps explain why his conduct in the Lindsay Clancy trial drew notice as he fought to shape the defense around a mother he portrayed as needing help, not a calculated killer.
The unresolved point now is the judge's ruling after Reddington asked not to declare a mistrial. The courtroom argument left that decision at the center of the trial's next step.
