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Updated · Turn to 10 · Sep 17
Clancy Juror Says 11-1 Split Drove Mistrial, Opposes Retrial in 3-Child Killings
Updated
Updated · Turn to 10 · Sep 17

Clancy Juror Says 11-1 Split Drove Mistrial, Opposes Retrial in 3-Child Killings

3 articles · Updated · Turn to 10 · Sep 17

Summary

  • Paula Devlin said the Lindsay Clancy jury deadlocked 11-1 after about 40 hours of deliberations, ending the Massachusetts murder trial in a mistrial on Sept. 4.
  • Devlin said jurors found enough doubt in the prosecution's case that some concluded Clancy was in postpartum psychosis and should be found not criminally responsible rather than jailed.
  • Graphic testimony and photos of Cora, Dawson and Callan made deliberations “agonizing,” Devlin said, adding the evidence and Patrick Clancy’s 911 call still haunt her after the trial.
  • Devlin said one juror and relatives faced threats as public attention intensified, and she doubts a new panel could be unbiased if prosecutors seek to retry the 2023 case.

Insights

How did intense public threats and graphic evidence alter the minds of the jurors deciding the fate of a potentially psychotic mother?
Could prosecutors force traumatized witnesses to relive the horror of this case, or will they concede to the near-unanimous jury split?
Why was the single holdout juror, whom the defense tried to remove, allowed to derail an otherwise unanimous insanity verdict?