A high-profile Massachusetts triple murder case against accused Lindsay Clancy, a mother charged with killing her three young children, has ended in a mistrial after the 12-person jury remained deadlocked in deliberations. Now, Clancy’s lead defense attorney has outlined his next steps, pushing for both a presidential pardon and a negotiated resolution with prosecution that could avoid a second high-stakes trial.
In an exclusive interview with ABC’s *Good Morning America* on Tuesday, defense lawyer Kevin Reddington revealed that the jury’s deadlock stemmed from just one holdout juror who refused to shift from a belief in Clancy’s guilt, despite acknowledging lingering uncertainty about the case. To secure a guilty verdict, the panel was required to find beyond a reasonable doubt that Clancy intentionally killed her children — Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months — and that she was not suffering from a severe psychotic break at the time of the killings in 2022.
Following the mistrial, Reddington issued a public appeal to former President Donald Trump, urging him to grant a pardon to 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 in the interview.
Beyond the push for a presidential pardon, Reddington said he remains hopeful that the Plymouth County District Attorney’s office, which is leading the prosecution, will agree to negotiate a mutually acceptable resolution to the case rather than proceeding with a new trial. “I hope the district attorney… would be able to work something out that would be acceptable to both sides,” he added.
The deadlock capped a weeks-long trial that concluded with days of closed-door deliberations. Case judge repeatedly urged the divided jury to work through their disagreements and reach a unified verdict, but their split on Clancy’s liability ultimately proved insurmountable. During deliberations, jurors weighed a full spectrum of possible outcomes, ranging from a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity to manslaughter and first-degree murder.
As of Tuesday, the BBC has confirmed it has reached out to the Plymouth County District Attorney’s office for comment on the mistrial and Reddington’s proposal for a negotiated deal, with no official response released publicly to date.