Clancy Defense Seeks Probe of Lone Holdout Juror
The Facts
- Lindsay Clancy's lawyer, Kevin Reddington, asked a Massachusetts judge to investigate the lone juror who wanted to convict her, questioning his alleged cellphone use during deliberations and his truthfulness on the pretrial juror questionnaire.
- The motion, filed Friday and made public Monday, seeks records of any calls or texts juror Michael Desronvil made between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. local time on each day the jury deliberated. Phone use during deliberations is prohibited in Massachusetts.
- In a separate motion filed Monday, attorney Martin Weinberg asked the judge to dismiss the case rather than hold a retrial, arguing that a second trial would violate double-jeopardy rights because the mistrial should not have been declared.
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The Spin
Narrative A
One juror stood his ground through 30-plus hours of deliberations, got talked over and still refused to bless a fairy tale about a mother who killed three kids. Now the defense wants his phone records, his sealed questionnaire and him hauled in for questioning. Jurors who vote their conscience should never be hunted like this.
Narrative B
A juror who allegedly grabbed his wife by the throat, had an active restraining order taken out by his teenage nephew and faced a criminal charge should never have made it onto this jury. Massachusetts questionnaires ask directly about arrests, charges, and court orders, and lying on one is a crime. A hearing into whether the truth was told is exactly what the law allows.
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