An attorney for Lindsay Clancy, the 36-year-old Massachusetts mother who admitted to killing her three children, said he hopes President Donald Trump would consider a pardon for his client after the high-profile murder case ended in a mistrial last week.
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“Mr. President, 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,” Kevin Reddington said Tuesday on “Good Morning America.”
Trump had described the case as a “horrible tragedy” when asked about the trial Friday. “It’s a terrible situation. Look, she did a horrible, horrible, thing. Can’t be worse,” he said.
Reddington also said he hoped he would “be able to work something out that would be acceptable to both sides,” after a mistrial was declared on Friday. Prosecutors have not said whether they will seek another trial.
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Clancy’s case captured the public’s attention and became a cultural touch point, putting postpartum mental health issues in the spotlight. She had said she killed her three children by strangling them at home in 2023, and the jury was asked to decide whether she should be held legally responsible for her actions. Reddington had argued that she was suffering from postpartum psychosis at the time, which prosecutors disputed.
The jury was dismissed after failing to reach a unanimous decision after deliberations hit nearly 40 hours following a trial that stretched more than six weeks.
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