DeSantis Offers Florida 'Asylum' to Clancy Juror
DeSantis Offers Florida 'Asylum' to Clancy Juror
The News
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday that Florida would offer "asylum" to the lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial, after NBC10 Boston reported on the juror's own legal history.
DeSantis posted Friday that Florida would provide "asylum" to the juror whose lone vote produced a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy case, framing the offer as protection from harassment.
The offer followed a report by NBC10 Boston that the juror had faced domestic violence allegations and was under an active restraining order while he sat on the jury.
DeSantis accused the media of running a smear campaign against the juror, according to TMZ.
The Case
Clancy was accused of killing her three children. Her defense argued she was not criminally responsible because of postpartum psychosis.
One juror stood alone against a finding that Clancy was not criminally responsible, and the trial ended in a mistrial.
Timeline
The juror served while an active restraining order was in place against him, NBC10 Boston reported. Massachusetts jury questionnaires ask prospective jurors about arrests and court orders.
A single holdout refused to join a finding that Clancy was not criminally responsible, and the case ended in a mistrial.
NBC10 Boston publishes its report on the juror's domestic violence allegations and the active restraining order.
DeSantis posts the "asylum" offer and accuses the press of trying to smear the juror.
Reactions
DeSantis cast the NBC10 Boston report as media harassment of a private citizen who did his civic duty, per TMZ, and said Florida would shelter him.
Raw Story reported that DeSantis was ridiculed over the offer, with critics calling him a "ridiculous buffoon."
NBC10 Boston's chief legal analyst, Michael Coyne, said it is unclear whether the juror was eligible to serve given his record.
Florida political writer A.G. Gancarski questioned how Florida could legally do anything for a resident of Massachusetts.
The Right Scoop, which called the move a mic drop, treated the offer as a defense of a juror under attack for his verdict.
What's Next
No Florida official has described any formal mechanism for delivering the assistance DeSantis floated, and the juror lives outside Florida's jurisdiction.
The open questions in Massachusetts are whether the juror was legally eligible to be seated at all, and whether prosecutors will retry Clancy — neither has been answered.
More
The dispute splitting coverage is narrow but sharp: whether reporting on a sitting juror's background is legitimate journalism about who ends up in a jury box, or an attempt to intimidate a juror for how he voted.
Poll
Was it fair to report on the holdout juror's personal legal history?
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