A South Carolina Republican is calling for Lindsay Clancy to be publicly executed as the killer mom faces a retrial.Congresswoman Nancy Mace slammed the Massachusetts woman on Monday after a judge declared a mistrial in her case earlier this month. She told TMZ: 'Her children are dead, she should be dead too' Clancy, 36, had admitted to strangling her children with exercise bands before attempting suicide at the family's Duxbury home in January 2023. Her defense attorney Kevin Reddington argued in court that she was overmedicated at the time, while suffering from postpartum depression and therefore the cocktail of drugs she was prescribed brought on a psychosis where she lost touch with reality. However, the jury, composed of nine women and three men, failed to reach a unanimous conclusion after nearly six weeks, with just one juror remaining unconvinced. According to the jurors, the lone holdout acknowledged having reasonable doubt but nevertheless refused to agree to the insanity verdict that would see Clancy remain in a state run mental health facility indefinitely.Mace showed little sympathy for the insanity plea. 'She should get the death penalty. It should be public, it should be a public execution,' she said, adding that she 'deserves nothing less'.'It could be by firearm, it could be electric chair, I don’t really care,' the firebrand lawmaker added. Congresswoman Nancy Mace slammed the Massachusetts woman on Monday after a judge declared a mistrial in her case earlier this month Clancy's three children were found strangled to death at their home in Duxbury, Massachusetts on January 24, 2023 Clancy has not denied that she killed her three children, but argued she should be found not guilty by reason of insanity as she was suffering from postpartum psychosis at the timeMace later stated its potential as a deterrent, saying it would serve as a 'warning to women everywhere that you don’t kill your kids.'Reddington is now asking the judge William Sullivan to end the case rather than allow prosecutors to put his client through the ordeal of another trial. On Thursday, Reddington filed a routine defense motion asking the judge to enter a finding of not guilty by lack of criminal responsibility, alleging prosecutors did not present sufficient evidence to prove Clancy is criminally responsible for her actions. Sullivan denied two similar motions during the course of the trial. Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz has not yet said whether he will retry the case.Cruz stated on Friday that his office remains focused on Clancy’s children: Cora, five, Dawson, three, and Callan, eight months.He spoke to reporters after the judge declared a mistrial, stating: 'We’re here at this courthouse today because those children are not.' He added that one of a prosecutor’s most important functions was to 'speak for the victims who are no longer here.'A court hearing on the case is scheduled for September 29 at Plymouth Superior Court, where both parties are expected to address the latest motion and next steps in the case. Clancy will be held at a psychiatric facility until the hearing. After the mistrial Clancy’s attorney appealed to President Trump for a pardon, despite the fact that the charges were brought under Massachusetts state lawClancy’s attorney, Kevin Reddington, has asked President Trump for a pardon, despite the president not actually having the authority to do so, as Clancy is facing state, and not federal, charges.The president told reporters: 'Look, Clancy 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.'He added: 'It’s going to be a mental institution or jail or something, but I guess they’re going to go through another trial. It’s too bad.'The Daily Mail has reached out to both Mace and Reddington for comment.
Republican Nancy Mace calls for killer mom Lindsay Clancy to be publicly EXECUTED as a 'warning to women'
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