Reddington plans motion to reconsider Clancy mistrial later this month

Trump lacks authority to pardon Clancy on state charges

The lawyer for Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts woman accused of murdering her three children, said Tuesday he hoped to reach an agreement with prosecutors after the case ended in a mistrial on Friday. Kevin Reddington, speaking in an interview with ABC’s Good Morning America, also appealed to President Donald Trump to pardon Clancy.

“I would hope that you would consider this young lady, the type of person she is, what she’s been through, and consider a pardon,” Reddington said. Clancy faces state charges, which Trump does not have the authority to pardon; that power lies with Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey.

Reddington said he hoped District Attorney Tim Cruz “would be able to work something out that would be acceptable to both sides.” He called Cruz, the district attorney for Plymouth County, a “hard-charging prosecutor” and said, “I’m willing to listen to Tim.”

Reddington also said he intends to file a motion essentially requesting that the mistrial be reconsidered. That could come up at a hearing later this month.

The jury’s deadlock came after weeks of trial, days of deliberations, and multiple requests by the judge urging both sides to work toward an agreement. Jurors were weighing options that ranged from not guilty by reason of insanity to manslaughter and first-degree murder. To find Clancy guilty, jurors needed to be convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that she intentionally killed her children — Cora, Dawson and Callan — and was not experiencing a psychotic break.

Reddington said the 12-member jury appeared to nearly reach a consensus, except for a single holdout who, he said, “would not apply the law of reasonable doubt” as instructed by the judge. “That’s not right,” he said.

Throughout the trial, prosecutors called dozens of witnesses, including several doctors, seeking to prove Clancy had made a calculated decision to murder her children in the basement of the family’s Massachusetts home in January 2023.

Clancy does not deny killing the three but says there was no premeditation and she was experiencing psychosis at the time. For her to be convicted of first-degree murder, a jury would have to believe she planned the killings. Reddington called experts and witnesses to support the argument that Clancy experienced postpartum psychosis after the birth of her last child months earlier and that she had repeatedly sought medical attention. Postpartum psychosis is a rare condition and medical emergency in which patients can exhibit mania, depression or a mixture of both.

One of the major points of contention was defense testimony that Clancy believed she heard voices telling her to kill her three children on the day they died. Prosecution experts cast doubt on the claim, with one saying it was unusual for Clancy to have heard voices only on the day of the killings.