A juror in the triple murder trial of Lindsay Clancy has described the jury's initial deliberations, stating that the panel was divided from the outset, with a significant number initially leaning toward a finding of not responsible.
Poula Devlin, a juror on the case, told "CBS Mornings" that when deliberations began, eight jurors were leaning toward not responsible, two were undecided, and two believed Clancy was guilty. This split eventually shifted, with 10 jurors favoring a finding of not criminally responsible and two maintaining Clancy was guilty.
Devlin recounted the difficulty for the jurors who held the minority view, stating, "I felt very bad for them because they felt really attacked and there is no way to not do that because that’s where we were talking." She added that defending one's position in such discussions can be challenging.
The turning point for the sole holdout juror, identified by Devlin as a Black man in his 30s, reportedly occurred after the jury reviewed a video of an interview Clancy gave. "After that [the holdout] said he had realized that it wasn’t murder in the first degree," Devlin stated. "That’s where we saw his doubt."
Mistrial Declared
On the sixth day of deliberations, the jury foreperson sent a note to Judge William Sullivan indicating that the holdout juror was allegedly refusing to adhere to the legal standard of reasonable doubt. Following this, the judge individually questioned each juror and re-read his instructions on the law. The following day, after approximately 38 hours of deliberations, Sullivan declared a mistrial.
Clancy's defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, had argued for a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity. He claimed that the 36-year-old Duxbury, Massachusetts, mother was suffering from severe postpartum psychosis when she strangled her three children: Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months. 
