Juror who blocked Lindsay Clancy verdict disputes fellow jurors' claims: report
- Michael P. Desronvil, the lone holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial, said he “didn’t have any doubts” about her guilt and believed prosecutors proved she planned the killings.
- Desronvil’s account disputes fellow jurors’ claims that he acknowledged reasonable doubt but refused to accept Clancy’s insanity defense.
- The jury deadlocked 11-1, leading Judge William Sullivan to declare a mistrial on September 4 after seven days of deliberations.
- Prosecutors have not decided whether to retry Clancy, and the case is scheduled to return to court on September 29.
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"I didn't have any doubts. As I tried to explain different possible theories during deliberation, I kept getting cut off as if I had doubts based on the evidence present," Desronvil told NewsNation.
Eleven jurors wanted to acquit Lindsay Clancy of triple murder. One didn't. For that, he has been hated – and praised. "I had no doubts," says Michael Desronvil in his first public comment.
Law professor: Lone holdout in Lindsay Clancy trial is ‘getting negative attention he deserves’
She also claims the 11-1 jury decision mirrors public opinion An adjunct professor at the private New England Law | Boston recently opined that the lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial “is getting the negative attention he deserves.” Writing in the Boston Herald, Wendy Murphy — “an impact litigator whose work […]
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