Healey Says She Cannot Pardon Lindsay Clancy After 2023 Killings Without a Conviction
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Updated · The Boston Globe · Sep 8
Healey Says She Cannot Pardon Lindsay Clancy After 2023 Killings Without a Conviction
3 articles · Updated · The Boston Globe · Sep 8
Summary
Maura Healey said Tuesday she lacks authority to pardon Lindsay Clancy because last week’s mistrial left no conviction for the 36-year-old Duxbury mother.
Jurors deadlocked on whether Clancy was criminally responsible for killing her three children in 2023, and prosecutors have not said whether they will retry the first-degree murder case or pursue lesser charges.
Kevin Reddington, Clancy’s lawyer, publicly asked President Trump for a pardon, but presidential clemency applies only to federal crimes and Clancy’s case is in Massachusetts state court.
Massachusetts pardons require the governor and Governor’s Council, with applications typically vetted by a Parole Board advisory panel; Healey has issued more than two dozen pardons, including a 2024 blanket marijuana pardon.