NOT SORRY.”
A Presidential Pardon Request Has Added A Twist To Lindsay Clancy’s Case
But The Constitution Leaves President Donald Trump Without Authority Over The Massachusetts Charges She Faces. On Tuesday, Defense Attorney Kevin Reddington Appeared On Good Morning America And Asked Trump To Consider Pardoning Clancy. Her Trial Had Ended In A Mistrial Four Days Earlier After Jurors Split 11 To 1 In Favor Of Acquittal.
The Jury Could Not Agree On Whether Postpartum Psychosis Left Clancy Lacking Criminal Responsibility When Her Three Children Died. Because No Unanimous Decision Was Reached, Judge William Sullivan Declared A Mistrial, Leaving The Charges Unresolved. Presidential Clemency Applies Only To Federal Offenses. Clancy’s Case Was Prosecuted Under Massachusetts Law, So Any Pardon Power Would Rest With The State, Not The White House. The Mistrial Produced No Conviction At All.
Representative Nancy Mace Responded On Facebook, After Previously Criticizing Supporters Who Gathered
Outside Plymouth Superior Court Wearing Pink. In A Daily Wire Column, Mace Called Them A “Mob” And Questioned Their Definition Of Compassion. Reddington Has Since Asked The Judge To Acquit Clancy And Prevent Another Trial, With A Hearing Scheduled For September 29. Should Political Figures Weigh In Before The Courts Decide What Happens Next?
