Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) is calling for the public execution of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts woman facing a new trial for allegedly murdering her three children.
Mace made the remarks to TMZ on Monday, offering blunt and unsparing language about what she believes should happen to Clancy if convicted.
“Her children are dead, she should be dead too,” Mace told TMZ, framing her position in the starkest possible terms.
She went further, stating, “She should get the death penalty. It should be public, it should be a public execution,” and adding that Clancy “deserves nothing less” than such a punishment.
Mace, an outgoing lawmaker, also said the method of execution was of little concern to her, stating, “It could be by firearm, it could [be the] electric chair, I don’t really care.”
She argued the execution would serve a broader social purpose, saying it would act as a “warning to women everywhere [that] you don’t kill your kids.”
The case reached a significant turning point earlier this month when Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial after the jury told him they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict.
The jury, composed of nine women and three men, deliberated for seven days following five weeks of testimony before informing the judge they were deadlocked.
Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz has not yet announced whether he intends to retry the case, and a court hearing is scheduled for September 29 at Plymouth Superior Court.
Clancy is currently being held at a psychiatric facility ahead of that hearing, leaving her legal future uncertain as both sides assess their next steps.
Her attorney, Kevin Reddington, has asked President Trump for a pardon, despite the president lacking the authority to grant one, since Clancy faces state rather than federal charges.
Trump himself weighed in after Sullivan declared the mistrial on September 4, calling the situation “a horrible tragedy” while speaking to 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,” Trump told reporters.
Mace’s remarks have drawn widespread attention, reigniting public debate over the case and the appropriate boundaries of political commentary on pending criminal proceedings.
