A judge has ordered that the names of jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial be sealed indefinitely, citing privacy concerns. The order comes after a lone holdout juror's domestic violence accusations surfaced last week.
Despite the order, individual jurors retain the right to publicly identify themselves or speak about the proceedings. Several jurors had previously come forward to share details of the multi-day deliberations, during which one Black juror reportedly refused to acquilt Clancy.
Clancy, 36, admitted to strangling her three children with exercise bands. Her defense argued that she was overmedicated and experiencing postpartum depression, which led to psychosis due to a prescribed cocktail of drugs. Eleven of the 12 jurors believed there was sufficient evidence to find Clancy not guilty by reason of insanity. However, the holdout juror's refusal to acquit prompted Judge William Sullivan to declare a mistrial.
Paula Devlin, 65, shared with the Daily Mail that the holdout juror lectured fellow jurors about 'respect' and fixated on the amount of blood found in the bedroom.
Jury foreperson Roni Carlson told NBC Boston last week that she was persuaded to find the mother-of-three not guilty by reason of insanity.
