US President Donald Trump has declined to intervene in the case of Lindsay Clancy, a Massachusetts woman accused of killing her three young children.
Clancy, 36, is facing three counts of first-degree murder over the January 2023 deaths of her children, Cora, five, Dawson, three, and eight-month-old Callan.
Trump spoke about the case on Sunday when asked whether he would pardon Clancy after her lawyer appealed to him to intervene.
“It’s a very sad situation. There is no winner there. There is no win no matter what you do. Three children are dead,” Trump said.
He noted that the case was a state matter and therefore outside his federal pardon powers.
Clancy’s lawyer, Kevin Reddington, had appealed to Trump last week to pardon his client, while acknowledging that the President could not pardon someone convicted of a state offence.
Trump described Reddington as a good lawyer and said the matter should be resolved at the state level.
“He’s a good attorney. I’ve heard from other people he’s a very good attorney. I hope they can work it out. That’s something they have to work out … There is no win there,” he said.
Clancy’s defence has argued that she suffered from postpartum psychosis, a severe psychiatric condition that can cause a person to lose contact with reality after childbirth.
Following the deaths of her children, Clancy attempted suicide and suffered injuries that left her paralysed.
Her first trial ended in a mistrial earlier this month after jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict following a week of deliberations.
The jury was reportedly divided 11-1, with 11 jurors favouring an acquittal on the grounds that Clancy was not criminally responsible for the killings.
