Nancy Mace wants Lindsay Clancy publicly executed: ‘She deserves nothing less’

Published September 15, 2026 10:10am ET | Updated September 15, 2026 10:11am ET



Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) said she wants to see Lindsay Clancy, the woman who went on trial for fatally strangling her three young children, publicly executed as a “warning to women everywhere.”

The congresswoman called for the death penalty after Clancy’s court proceedings resulted in a mistrial earlier this month due to one sole juror who blocked the defendant from being acquitted.

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