Dawn Light, 56, Arrested on Intimidation Charge Outside Clancy Trial as Jury Deliberates for 23 Hours
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Updated · The Patriot Ledger · Sep 2
Dawn Light, 56, Arrested on Intimidation Charge Outside Clancy Trial as Jury Deliberates for 23 Hours
3 articles · Updated · The Patriot Ledger · Sep 2
Summary
Massachusetts State Police arrested Dawn Light, 56, at about 3:40 p.m. outside Plymouth Superior Court on a charge of intimidating a witness, juror or person providing information in a criminal case.
The agency did not confirm the charge was tied to the Lindsay Clancy murder trial, but the arrest came as jurors were being released after deliberating 23 hours and reporting one deadlock.
Judge William Sullivan addressed the courtroom the next morning, saying existing court orders and state statutes protecting jurors, witnesses and attorneys are being enforced.
Massachusetts law does not specifically ban taking photos outside a courthouse, but it does prohibit intimidation tied to criminal proceedings and bars close-up or frontal photography of jurors inside court.
The Clancy trial, which began July 27 and centers on her claim of postpartum psychosis in the deaths of her three children, has drawn intense public attention and conspiracy theories.