Defense attorney Kevin Reddington spoke on "Good Morning America" and said he planned to ask Trump to pardon his client.
"I'd like to say that perhaps Donald Trump, who felt compelled to speak out about this case, may very well ... Mr. President, I would hope that you would consider this young lady, the type of person she is, what she has been through, and consider a pardon," Reddington said.
Clancy is accused of murder in Massachusetts, but does not face federal charges. Trump's power to pardon is strictly limited to federal offenses.
"It's a very sad situation," Trump said. "There is no winner there. There is no win no matter what you do. Three children are dead. So, I don't know. It's actually a state situation, you know, not a federal."
A pardon is also not within the purview of Gov. Maura Healey at this point.
"I don't have the authority to pardon," Healey said Tuesday. "It's in the middle of the court case, so there's no existing conviction."
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The 75-year-old, Brockton-based attorney received national attention for his fiery defense during Clancy's murder trial. She is accused of murder for the strangulation of her three children in 2023 and now faces a potential retrial as soon as this fall.
Retired judge Jim Barretto commented on Reddington's appeal to Trump, saying, "Perhaps he's seeking somehow to leverage the bully pulpit of the presidency itself."
Clancy didn't dispute that she killed the children, but Reddington argued that she should not be found criminally responsible because she was in the throes of postpartum psychosis at the time. Reddington said the jury, which had deliberated for seven days, was ultimately stuck at 11-1, with one juror holding out to convict.
Reddington said he respects the juror's right to be a holdout; however, he believes the juror did not follow the law as it was laid out by Judge William Sullivan.
"(The juror) had agreed, according to the note from the forelady, that he had doubt but he would not apply the law of reasonable doubt as presented by the judge. That is not right," Reddington said.
Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz has not indicated if he plans to retry the case; however, Reddington said he is hopeful they can avoid another trial.
"I hope, however, after sitting through this trial and seeing the evidence that was presented from the government, as well as from the defense, that he would revisit that issue and hopefully would be willing to work something out that would be acceptable to both sides," Reddington said.
Clancy is scheduled to return to court later this month for a status hearing, trial assignment and a hearing on a rule that allows a judge to review a jury's verdict. While a timeline for the case remains unclear, Reddington has previously said that he's "ready to go" as early as next week, if need be.
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