Lindsay Clancy Defense Seeks Juror Investigation After Mistrial

The defense team for Lindsay Clancy, who is accused of strangling her three children, is seeking a court investigation into the one juror who prevented a unanimous verdict, leading to a mistrial.

Clancy's attorney, Kevin Reddington, has filed a motion asking a Massachusetts judge to preserve all records from the 12 jurors and six alternates. This includes juror questionnaires, surveillance footage from outside the deliberation room, and cell phone sign-in sheets. The defense also requests a "limited inquiry" into the holdout juror's background and any potential contact with prosecutors.

The motion further seeks the holdout juror's questionnaire, supplemental filings, probation records, and any information from the statewide domestic violence registry. Reddington wants to know if prosecutors had any contact with this juror as a defendant, complainant, or subject since January 2021. The defense is also requesting the juror's phone records during deliberation hours and an independent examination of their phone usage.

According to the filing, the court may also hear testimony from another juror regarding the holdout's phone use. The defense wants the holdout juror to be questioned about the accuracy of their responses in the juror questionnaire and during voir dire, their statements to the court, and their use of outside information during deliberations.

A mistrial was declared on September 4 after the jury deadlocked 11-1. The defense had argued that Clancy was suffering from postpartum psychosis, while prosecutors contended she acted deliberately and knew her actions were wrong. The lone holdout juror reportedly admitted to having reasonable doubt but still refused to return a verdict of not criminally responsible due to mental illness.

The holdout juror is referred to as "Juror Doe" in the court documents due to an impoundment order protecting juror identities.

Clancy faces three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of her children: Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months. Prosecutors have not yet announced if they will seek a new trial. In a separate motion, Clancy's attorney asked the court to overrule the holdout juror and declare her not guilty, a legal maneuver that is rarely successful.