South Carolina congresswoman Nancy Mace has called for Lindsay Clancy to be publicly executed, saying the Massachusetts mother accused of killing her three children “should be dead too”.
Mace made the remarks while discussing Clancy’s case and her lawyer’s efforts to have the proceedings resolved without another trial.
“Her children are dead, she should be dead too,” Mace said, arguing that Clancy should face the ultimate punishment.
Clancy’s murder trial ended in a mistrial earlier this month after jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict. Her defence has argued that she was suffering from severe postpartum psychosis when she strangled her three children in 2023.
Her attorney, Kevin Reddington, has appealed to President Donald Trump for a pardon. Trump has said the case is a state matter and therefore outside his federal pardon powers.
Mace also criticised Reddington’s attempt to seek clemency for his client, using an offensive slur to describe the lawyer’s efforts.
The mistrial followed one juror’s refusal to join the other 11 in finding Clancy not criminally responsible. Prosecutors have not announced whether they will pursue a second trial.
