Holdout Juror's Brother: Faith Didn't Drive Vote
Holdout Juror's Brother: Faith Didn't Drive Vote
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The brother of the lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial says his sibling's Catholic faith had nothing to do with the guilty vote that deadlocked the jury and triggered a mistrial.
He told the New York Post the juror voted on the evidence alone, after Clancy admitted killing her three young children.
The family says it has been hounded since the trial collapsed, with notes left at their mother's home and relentless phone calls from reporters and true-crime followers.
The Split Verdict
Eleven of the 12 jurors voted to acquit Clancy by reason of insanity. One refused, producing an 11-1 deadlock.
Timeline
Judge William Sullivan declares a mistrial after nearly a week of deliberations, with the jury split 11-1.
A GiveSendGo fundraiser for the holdout juror raises nearly $190,000 within hours of launching.
The juror's brother speaks publicly for the first time, telling the New York Post that religion played no part in the vote. Outlets including the Daily Mail, TMZ and LifeNews report the family is in hiding.
Reactions
"I don't think religion had anything to do with" the vote, the juror's brother said, according to LifeNews, describing the decision as one based on the evidence.
The brother also described the pressure on relatives who had no role in the case. "They are leaving notes at my mother's house. They won't leave us alone and we don't know anything," he told The Post Millennial.
Another juror, Paula Devlin, has publicly defended the jury's refusal to convict, saying she believes Clancy simply did not get the mental health help she needed, LifeSiteNews reported.
The family, described in reports as devoutly Catholic Haitian immigrants, says its life has been turned upside down since the trial ended.
What's Next
Prosecutors have not announced whether they will retry Clancy on the murder charges.
Unanswered is how the juror cleared screening: he had an active restraining order from a nephew during the trial, which expired before the verdict. Potential jurors must disclose prior arrests, charges and court orders, and it is not clear how he answered those questions.
More
Clancy, 36, admitted strangling her three children — Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and 8-month-old Callan — with exercise bands at the family's home in Duxbury, Massachusetts.
Her defense argued that severe postpartum psychosis, which she says was misdiagnosed, negated criminal responsibility.
The dispute now driving coverage is whether the holdout's vote reflected an honest reading of the evidence or was shaped by religious belief, personal bias or undisclosed background.
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