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    "parsed_content": "Lindsay Clancy TrialThe Trial, ExplainedWhat\u2019s NextPatrick Clancy InterviewHoldout JurorScrutiny of JuryAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTSupported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTClancy\u2019s Defense Lawyer Asks Judge to Investigate Holdout JurorThe lawyer for Lindsay Clancy asked that the man\u2019s cellphone data be examined and that he be questioned in front of lawyers. The juror\u2019s insistence on Ms. Clancy\u2019s guilt resulted in a mistrial.Listen \u00b7 3:23 min Share full articleKevin Reddington, Lindsay Clancy\u2019s lawyer, convinced 11 jurors that she should be found not guilty by reason of insanity. Credit...Maria Alejandra Cardona\/ReutersBy Maia SpotoPublished Sept. 21, 2026Updated Sept. 22, 2026, 9:42 a.m. ETSee more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra m\u00e1s de nuestra cobertura en los resultados de b\u00fasqueda. Add The New York Times on GoogleAgrega The New York Times en Google Lindsay Clancy\u2019s defense lawyer has asked a Massachusetts judge to investigate the holdout juror in the murder case, which ended this month in a mistrial.The motion from the lawyer, Kevin Reddington, dated on Friday, asks the judge, William Sullivan, to examine the juror\u2019s mobile phone metadata during the time that the jury was deliberating over whether Ms. Clancy should be found guilty of murdering her three children.It asks the court to preserve the original questionnaires for the deliberating jurors and alternates, and all the jury notes and the court\u2019s responses.It also asks the judge to examine the holdout juror on the record in front of lawyers, including asking him questions about the truthfulness of the information he provided during jury selection and the use of a phone or any other outside information during deliberations.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT\u201cThe inquiry will not touch the substance of deliberations,\u201d the motion said.The motion doesn\u2019t publicly seek a particular outcome from any investigation, though the defense filed additional documents under seal. It is unclear on what grounds the jury\u2019s decision could be reversed. \u201cThis able attorney is obligated to leave no stone unturned,\u201d Jack Lu, a retired Massachusetts Superior Court judge, said by text Monday, referring to Mr. Reddington. Still, he said, undoing the mistrial would be a long shot. Ms. Clancy, 36, did not deny strangling her children. Her lawyers argued that she had been in the grip of postpartum psychosis and mounted an insanity defense. The jurors were deciding whether she should be held criminally responsible and ultimately deadlocked, 11 to 1.The holdout juror, Michael P. Desronvil, said on Friday that he had no doubts about Ms. Clancy\u2019s guilt. He said in a statement that other jurors had repeatedly cut him off during deliberations when he tried to propound his theories of the case. He defended himself against accusations from some of the other jurors, who said he refused to follow the law regarding reasonable doubt. Edward Paltzik, Mr. Desronvil\u2019s lawyer, in a late-night social media post called Mr. Reddington\u2019s motion \u201ca full-frontal attack on the U.S. Constitution.\u201dAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT\u201cIf the new normal is that jurors are going to face brutal reprisals for disagreeing with a defense attorney, you can kiss the Sixth Amendment goodbye,\u201d he wrote.Valerie Hans, a law professor at Cornell University who studies juries, said Mr. Reddington\u2019s motion \u201cleaves a bad taste in your mouth.\u201d This kind of request typically happens only after a conviction, where the defense says that there was fraud, bribery or racist statements among jurors, she said.The Clancy motion could signal to potential jurors \u201cthat privacy doesn\u2019t matter if you come up with the wrong views in a case, views that the rest of the jury did not support,\u201d Dr. Hans said. After highly publicized debate about the hung jury in this trial and the latest motion, Dr. Hans said potential jurors may think, \u201cCould I be in trouble? Could I have my phone taken from me and inspected?\u201d AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT",
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