Peter Elikann

“Normally, the reputation of the Plymouth County DA's office is that they don't like to do deals as much as other district attorney's offices do, that they will push a case to trial even if it's not their strongest case,”

Peter Elikann · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-12

Elikann told Fox News Digital that the Plymouth County DA's office is known for its reluctance to negotiate.

“It would make sense that as a win-win situation that the DA's office puts their head together with the defense counsel and they try to work out some sort of compromise that they can both live with,”

Peter Elikann · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-12

Elikann suggested the DA's office and defense counsel try to work out a compromise both sides can live with.

“Different juries can differ. But that might be an indication that it's going to be really rough to get 12 people to find her guilty of first-degree murder. Therefore, it would be something that they would mull over. Why have another trial if the likelihood of getting a conviction would be considered so minimal by a lot of people?”

Peter Elikann · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-12

Elikann said DA Cruz likely realizes securing a murder conviction at retrial would be an uphill battle.

“unlikely that you'll ever get 12 jurors to agree that she committed first-degree murder.”

Peter Elikann · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-12

Elikann said it has become conventional wisdom that getting 12 jurors to agree on first-degree murder is unlikely.

“This very well could be an exception.”

Peter Elikann · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-12

Elikann said Clancy's case could be an exception to the Plymouth County DA's office reputation of rarely cutting deals.