Lindsay Clancy’s Lawyer Makes Plea on ‘GMA’ for Trump to Pardon His Client

Warning: This post contains discussions of murder. 

Lindsay Clancy’s defense lawyer Kevin Reddington appeared on Good Morning America on Tuesday (September 8) and made a shocking plea to President Donald Trump.

The outspoken attorney addressed Trump directly, asking him to grant his client a presidential pardon. “Mr. President, I would hope that you would consider this young lady – the type of person she is and what she’s been through – and consider a pardon,” he said, per the New York Post.

Reddington went on to say he hoped Trump would weigh in, since the president “felt compelled to speak out about this case.”

What Reddington didn’t mention is that the president’s comments didn’t appear particularly favorable to Clancy. “It’s a horrible tragedy,” Trump told reporters last week. “Look, she did a horrible, horrible thing. Can’t be worse. But you’ll find out what the price to pay is. There’ll be a price. It’s going to be [a] mental institution or jail or something.”

Clancy’s triple-murder trial ended in a mistrial on Friday (September 4) after the jury remained deadlocked after approximately 38 hours of deliberation across seven days. Clancy stood accused of strangling her three young children to death in January 2023. Her defense argued that she was legally insane at the time due to postpartum psychosis.

Reddington stated that 11 jurors were in favor of an acquittal, but one single male juror voted for a conviction. “I would defend that individual’s right to be a holdout forever; that’s part of our judicial system. I respect that and I would certainly defend his right to do that,” he said on GMA.

The lawyer said his frustration came due to a note from the jury forelady that said the holdout “had doubt but would not apply reasonable doubt” to his vote. “That I objected to,” Reddington added.

He also responded to critics who said Clancy is blaming the killing of her children on mental illness as a form of rationalization.

“These people don’t understand what she went through. They didn’t see her text messages, her journal, the letter she sent her mother in October, ‘I’m sick, something is wrong,'” Reddington stated. “She reached out to everybody who would listen to her and said, ‘I am not well,’ and was ignored.”

If you or someone you know needs help with mental health, contact the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741741, or contact the National Alliance on Mental Illness at 1-800-950-NAMI (6264). If you or a loved one are in immediate danger, call 911.

If you or anyone you know is having suicidal thoughts, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or dial 988. If you or a loved one are in immediate danger, call 911.