Holdout Juror Defends 11-1 Clancy Vote as Prosecutors Weigh Retrial
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 18
Holdout Juror Defends 11-1 Clancy Vote as Prosecutors Weigh Retrial
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 18
Summary
Michael P. Desronvil, the lone juror who blocked an insanity acquittal for Lindsay Clancy, said he never doubted prosecutors had proved she knew what she was doing.
His statement directly challenges fellow jurors' accounts that he voiced reasonable doubt during deliberations but still refused to join the other 11 jurors.
The 11-1 deadlock led Judge William Sullivan to declare a mistrial after Clancy admitted killing her 3 children but argued severe mental illness made her not criminally responsible.
Plymouth County prosecutors are now deciding whether to retry the case, with Clancy due back in court Sept. 29 and legal analysts saying a plea deal still appears unlikely.