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Holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy trial 'didn't have any doubts' she was guilty

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  • The lone juror who sided with the prosecutors in Lindsay Clancy's triple-murder trial has released his first public comments on the case.
  • The jury's foreperson had claimed in an earlier media interview that Mr Desronvil had admitted having "reasonable doubt" about Ms Clancy's guilt, but wanted to convict her anyway.
  • The jury's deadlock forced the judge to declare a mistrial on September 4.
  • Neither side disputed that Ms Clancy killed her children, Cora, Dawson and Callan, in the family's home in 2023 before trying to end her own life.
  • A fundraiser to cover what organisers say are costs of "security, lawyers, and lost work" for Mr Desronvil has raised over $US289,000 ($405,000).

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Juror Michael Desronvil sided with the prosecutors, who had argued Ms Clancy knew what she was doing. Among the public revelations: He had a restraining order against him at the time of jury selection and was facing eviction from his apartment due to more than $US12,000 in unpaid rent.

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The lone juror who sided with the prosecutors in Lindsay Clancy's triple-murder trial has released his first public comments on the case.

The 11 other jurors were ready to Ms Clancy of criminal responsibility, believing she was in the grip of postpartum psychosis when she killed her three children.

"I didn't have any doubts," Mr Desronvil said in a statement released on X by his lawyer, Edward Paltzik.

The jury's foreperson had claimed in an earlier media interview that Mr Desronvil had admitted having "reasonable doubt" about Ms Clancy's guilt, but wanted to convict her anyway. Mr Desronvil said that was not true.

The jury's deadlock forced the judge to declare a mistrial on September 4.

The Plymouth County district attorney has yet to say whether he will seek to put Ms Clancy on trial again.

Neither side disputed that Ms Clancy killed her children, Cora, Dawson and Callan, in the family's home in 2023 before trying to end her own life.

Among the public revelations: He had a restraining order against him at the time of jury selection and was facing eviction from his apartment due to more than $US12,000 in unpaid rent.

Mr Paltzik, whose past clients have included US President Donald Trump and Martin Shkreli, said on X that Mr Desronvil was in "an undisclosed secure location" in a rural part of northern New England and would not be giving interviews.

A fundraiser to cover what organisers say are costs of "security, lawyers, and lost work" for Mr Desronvil has raised over $US289,000 ($405,000).

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