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Lindsay Clancy defense demands investigation into holdout juror who blocked not guilty verdict

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Lindsay Clancy’s defense lawyer, Kevin Reddington, is demanding an investigation into Juror Doe who prevented a not guilty verdict in Clancy's murder trial involving her three children's deaths. Reddington has requested the court to preserve all juror records and conduct background checks on the holdout juror. He also seeks details on any contact between the prosecutor and Juror Doe, as well as phone records from deliberation hours. The motion requests an inquiry into whether the holdout used a phone during deliberations and calls for the juror’s truthfulness regarding questionnaire answers to be questioned in court.

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As of September 2026, Lindsay Clancy's murder trial in Duxbury, Massachusetts ended in a mistrial after five weeks due to a hung jury. The case involves the deaths of Clancy’s three young children—5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson, and 8-month-old Callan—in January 2023. Clancy did not testify but admitted to killing her children while arguing she was suffering from postpartum psychosis at the time. The prosecution presented over 70 witnesses, including an FBI psychiatrist who testified that he does not believe Clancy heard a voice ordering her actions, suggesting she had control over her decisions.

The defense highlighted systemic failures in mental health support and rallied public sympathy by highlighting the challenges new mothers face when seeking help. However, one juror’s alleged misconduct prompted Clancy's attorney to ask Judge William Sullivan to investigate his phone use during deliberations and review a questionnaire he filled out prior to the trial. The judge is now considering whether Desronvil shared information or used his phone improperly during jury deliberation hours, which lasted seven days without reaching a verdict.

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Massachusetts Plymouth County

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Clancy PERSON · 4× Reddington PERSON · 2× Cora PERSON · 1× Doe PERSON · 1× Kevin Reddington PERSON · 1× Lindsay Clancy's PERSON · 1× Massachusetts GPE · 1× Nop. PERSON · 1× Plymouth County GPE · 1× Reddingtong PERSON · 1×

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Clancy attorney Kevin Reddington is asking a Massachusetts judge to preserve juror records from all 12 panelists and six alternates, including their questionnaires, courthouse hallway surveillance video taken outside the deliberation room, and sign-in sheets for the jurors' cellphones.

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🔮 "The court may also hear from Juror Nop. 10 limited to what he observed of Juror Doe's phone use," Reddingtong advised in the filing.

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Lindsay Clancy defense demands investigation into holdout juror who blocked not guilty verdict · assertive framing

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Lindsay Clancy's legal team is calling for an investigation into the holdout juror who wanted to find her guilty of murder charges in connection with the strangling deaths of her three young children. asserted

her → call → children

Reddington → ask → cellphones

Reddington is asking the court to and conduct a "limited inquiry" into the holdout and for information on any potential background checks stemming from a February motion for access to prospective juror information filed by Plymouth County prosecutors. asserted

Reddington → ask → prosecutors

He's also seeking the holdout's juror questionnaire and any supplemental filings, probation records, and "Juror Doe's record from the statewide domestic violence registry." asserted

He → seek → registry

He is asking the judge to require prosecutors to divulge whether it has had any contact with the holdout as a defendant, complainant or subject going back to January 2021. asserted

it → ask → January

Additionally, Reddington is looking for the holdout's phone records between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on each deliberation day and asking for the court to order an independent examination into his phone use during the deliberation period. asserted

court → look → period

Lastly, he wants the holdout to be grilled regarding the truthfulness of his juror questionnaire and voir dire answers, his statements to the court on Sept. 3, and the use of a phone or outside information during deliberations. asserted

holdout → want → deliberations

"The court may also hear from Juror Nop. 10 limited to what he observed of Juror Doe's phone use," Reddingtong advised in the filing. uncertain

Reddingtong → hear → filing

Clancy's trial was declared a mistrial on Sept. 4 after jurors deadlocked 11-1 in favor of finding her not criminally responsible for the slayings due to mental illness or defect. asserted

her → declare → illness

Her defense had claimed she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and repeatedly sought help to no avail. asserted

she → claim → avail

Prosecutors argued that she acted deliberately and understood that strangling her children one by one with exercise bands was wrong. asserted

strangling → argue → bands

The lone holdout juror is referred to only as "Juror Doe" in the motion due to the court's impoundment order protecting the jurors' identities. asserted

juror → refer → identities

Prosecutors have not yet officially announced whether they'll seek a new trial for Clancy, who faces three counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months. asserted

who → announce → Cora

Clancy's attorney has separately asked the court to overrule the holdout and declare her not guilty, a routine motion that experts nonetheless have said rarely succeeds. asserted

experts → ask → motion