Clancy Juror Says 11-1 Panel Sought Broader Change for Women in 3-Child Murder Case
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 14
Clancy Juror Says 11-1 Panel Sought Broader Change for Women in 3-Child Murder Case
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 14
Summary
Paula Devlin said 11 jurors wanted to find Lindsay Clancy not criminally responsible and saw the case as a chance to make things "better for other women" and families.
Devlin described the panel before the mistrial as split 8-1-2 — eight favoring non-criminal responsibility, one holdout leaning guilty, and two undecided before the final 11-1 deadlock.
Neama Rahmani, a legal analyst, called that reasoning problematic, saying jurors must decide only whether Clancy was criminally responsible under the facts, not try to shape future cases.
Rahmani said the mistrial is unlikely to be revisited because courts generally cannot probe jury deliberations absent evidence of outside influence such as media or social-media exposure.
The comments add to post-trial scrutiny of the lone holdout, who has not spoken publicly, as a GiveSendGo fundraiser for him topped $115,000.