Clancy pleaded not guilty to three murder charges for the deaths of her three children.
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Clancy's lawyer asks Trump to pardon her for a 'horrible, horrible' act jury hasn't convicted her of.
“One juror holds the line, they call it a mistrial instead of a not-guilty, and by Tuesday her lawyer's already got the president's people on the phone asking for a pardon she hasn't even been convicted to need. That's the whole move: skip the verdict, go straight to the ask, and let the confession ride along for free because eleven jurors already believed it and one wasn't enough to stop the story from moving. Try that sequence without a defense attorney who books national TV and see how far your paperwork gets.”
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Following the mistrial, prosecutors have the option of retrying the case, making a plea deal or dropping the charges.
Patrick Clancy's lawyer threatened legal action against those who claim he had a role in his children's death. The statement came after a Massachusetts judge declared a mistrial in his ex-wife Lindsay Clancy's murder trial. Shanelle Kaul has the latest.
‘She did a horrible, horrible thing.’
A Massachusetts judge declared a mistrial in Lindsay Clancy's grueling six-week long trial after the jury said they were hopelessly deadlocked.
Kevin Reddington also said he hoped to arrange an agreement with prosecutors that would be “acceptable to both sides.”
Kevin Reddington, Lindsay Clancy’s defense attorney, spoke out for the first time since her state murder trial ended in a mistrial, calling on President Trump to pardon his client. NBC News' Danny Cevallos explains the legal limits of the request.
Lindsay Clancy’s attorney spoke out for the first time Tuesday since her state murder trial ended in a mistrial, including calling on President Donald Trump to pardon his client.
Lindsay Clancy’s attorney urged President Donald Trump on Tuesday to give her a pardon before her murder case could head for another trial. Clancy is a Massachusetts woman who admitted to strangling her three young children in 2023 but argued she should not be criminally responsible due to claims she was in a state of […]
· Trump offers first comments on Lindsay Clancy case from the morgue, 4 Sep 2026
· Trump weighs in on Lindsay Clancy murder trial dubbed 'kangaroo court' by GOP leaders from the morgue, 5 Sep 2026
· Lindsay Clancy judge to declare mistrial — but grants lawyer Hail Mary bid to appeal from the morgue, 4 Sep 2026
· Lindsay Clancy murder trial officially ends in mistrial after lawyer’s Hail Mary appeal denied from the morgue, 4 Sep 2026
· Mistrial in Lindsay Clancy's murder trial from the morgue, 4 Sep 2026
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