Healey Won’t Commit to Lindsay Clancy Pardon Without Conviction

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Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey declined to say whether she would seek a pardon for Lindsay Clancy, noting she cannot recommend clemency without an existing conviction after Clancy’s first-degree murder trial ended in a mistrial; Clancy’s attorney publicly urged a pardon from President Trump, but Healey’s clemency authority covers only state convictions, not federal ones.
- Healey declines to say if she would seek to pardon Lindsay Clancy. ‘I don’t have authority.’ The Boston Globe
- Lindsay Clancy’s attorney expresses willingness to work out a plea deal CNN
- Lindsay Clancy's attorney Kevin Reddington asks Trump for pardon after mistrial ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- Lawyer asks Trump to pardon Lindsay Clancy after mistrial in Massachusetts murder case Reuters
- Lindsay Clancy's lawyer knows President Trump can't pardon her. Here's why Kevin Reddington asked. CBS News
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