Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer said he hopes to reach an agreement with prosecutors after the case against the Massachusetts woman ended in a mistrial.
Kevin Reddington made the comments during an interview with ABC’s Good Morning America. He said he hoped Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz would be willing to reach an arrangement acceptable to both sides.
“I’m willing to listen to Tim,” Reddington said, describing Cruz as a “hard-charging prosecutor”. The BBC has contacted the district attorney’s office for comment.
Reddington also said he intended to file a motion seeking reconsideration of the mistrial. The issue could be addressed at a hearing later this month.
The jury failed to reach a verdict after weeks of trial and days of deliberations. Jurors had been considering possible outcomes ranging from not guilty by reason of insanity to manslaughter and first-degree murder.
Reddington said the jury had nearly reached a consensus, but that one juror continued to believe Clancy was guilty despite having doubts. To convict her, jurors would have had to find beyond a reasonable doubt that she intentionally killed her children and was not experiencing a psychotic break.
Clancy is accused of killing her three children — Cora, Dawson and Callan — in the basement of her Massachusetts home in January 2023. She does not deny the killings, but says they were not premeditated and that she was experiencing psychosis at the time.
Her defence presented evidence that she had experienced postpartum psychosis after the birth of her youngest child and had repeatedly sought medical attention. Reddington also called witnesses and experts in support of the argument.
A key dispute during the trial involved defence testimony that Clancy heard voices telling her to kill her children. Prosecution experts questioned that account, with one saying it was unusual that she had heard voices only on the day of the killings.
During the television interview, Reddington also appealed to President Donald Trump to pardon Clancy. However, the case involves Massachusetts state charges, which the president does not have the authority to pardon. That power rests with Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey.