2026-09-08
Lindsay Clancy's lawyer has asked President Trump to pardon her, despite her case being a state indictment. She was charged in connection with the deaths of her three young children.
Both outlets report the same basic development, but the right-leaning Daily Wire provides more detail about the underlying case, including the ages and names of the children, the strangulation allegation, and the fact that a Massachusetts jury deadlocked on her criminal responsibility. The left-leaning CBS News piece is shorter and focuses mainly on the pardon request and its legal oddity (a state case being referred to the president), without detailing the children's identities or the jury outcome.
CBS News frames the story around the unusual legal request itself, noting the oddity that a state case is being brought to a federal authority for a pardon.
Lindsay Clancy's lawyer spoke with CBS News Boston on Tuesday, explaining why he'd asked President Trump to somehow pardon her, as she is still under state indictment for killing her three children. Shanelle Kaul reports.
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