{"id":2659563,"date":"2026-09-12T20:22:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T00:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-offers-asylum-to-holdout-clancy-juror-as-media-hounds-him-another-low-for-legacy-media\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T20:27:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T00:27:50","slug":"desantis-offers-asylum-to-holdout-clancy-juror-as-media-hounds-him-another-low-for-legacy-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-offers-asylum-to-holdout-clancy-juror-as-media-hounds-him-another-low-for-legacy-media\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis Offers &#8216;Asylum&#8217; to Holdout Clancy Juror As Media Hounds Him: &#8216;Another Low for Legacy Media&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdesantis-offers-asylum-to-holdout-clancy-juror-as-media-hounds-him-another-low-for-legacy-media%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2659563&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The content discusses a controversial legal case in Massachusetts where a woman named Lindsay Clancy was found not guilty by reason of insanity for killing her three children, with an 11-1 jury vote. The media in Massachusetts is now attempting to dox and smear a juror who was the sole holdout in favor of a not guilty verdict,highlighting alleged past issues such as domestic violence allegations,a pending eviction,and previous criminal charges that were dismissed. The article criticizes the media\u2019s focus on this juror\u2019s background, contrasting it with the more sympathetic treatment of Lindsay Clancy herself, whose mental health status remains under discussion.Florida Governor Ron DeSantis responded by offering asylum to the juror,criticizing the media\u2019s bias and suggesting that the juror is being unfairly targeted and harassed. The piece also points out the inconsistency in media coverage regarding other jurors and questions the ethics of doxxing and judging jurors based on past personal issues, emphasizing that the mainstream press seems more interested in scrutinizing the juror\u2019s background than the verifiable facts of Clancy\u2019s case.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Massachusetts is so crazy that not only did a jury in the state vote 11-1 to find a woman not guilty by reason of insanity for killing her three children, the media there is now trying to dox and smear the lone holdout juror that caused a mistrial.<\/p>\n<p>If that\u2019s the case, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says, he can always seek \u201casylum\u201d in the Sunshine State, where at least there\u2019s some semblance of sanity.<\/p>\n<p>The offer was extended after WBTS-TV in Boston reported Friday that prior allegations of domestic violence \u201craise questions\u201d regarding the \u201choldout juror.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">EXCLUSIVE: The holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy trial had a history of domestic violence allegations, the NBC10 Boston Investigators have learned through court documents and interviews with family members. Read the full investigation here. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qSjIiU8Og8\">https:\/\/t.co\/qSjIiU8Og8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBC10 Boston (@NBC10Boston) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NBC10Boston\/status\/2098501999176089970?\">September 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Also, he apparently has an issue with his landlord and there\u2019s \u201ca pending eviction case tied to months of not paying rent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From WBTS:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>We are not identifying him at this time because he has chosen not to speak publicly and the jury list is currently impounded. However, we wanted to  the details that experts say should have raised red flags about how he filled out his juror questionnaire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In September of 2021, the holdout juror in the Clancy case faced a criminal charge for assaulting his wife out of Brockton District Court.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>According to a police report, the juror\u2019s 13-year-old nephew called 911 after he said his uncle grabbed his wife by the throat and threw her into a dresser.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, the charges were dismissed. The teenage nephew who reported it took out a restraining order against the juror, which is apparently still active. The juror in question would have had to have checked boxes saying that he had been arrested and charged with a crime or served with a court order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t see how they would\u2019ve allowed him to be a member of this jury,\u201d said the station\u2019s chief legal analyst, Michael Coyne.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t see how, if those questions had been answered correctly, one side or the other would\u2019ve taken the chance with allowing him to be seated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>First, there\u2019s a certain irony that the media treats Lindsay Clancy with more deference than they do this juror.<\/p>\n<p>We can confirm that Lindsay Clancy killed her kids. She said it. The only question is whether she had postpartum psychosis or merely some other lesser form of mental illness that meant she still had \u201csubstantial capacity\u201d to control her actions, which is what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/massachusetts-inverted-burden-proof-standard-made-lindsay-clancy-guilty-verdict-incredibly-hard-deliver\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Massachusetts\u2019 standard for an insanity plea is<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, everything against this guy carries the tag of \u201calleged.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Second, if anything, this should have been more amenable to a defense argument. After all, assume this was true; he\u2019s what the liberals like to call a \u201cjustice-involved person,\u201d which means he would have sympathy for those who find themselves doing things in the heat of the moment.<\/p>\n<p>If this were untrue, he would have resentment for those who were being set up by the justice system \u2014 and again, more amenable to the defense\u2019s argument that Clancy\u2019s attorneys weren\u2019t listening to the doctors.<\/p>\n<p>The same Boston media doesn\u2019t seem quite as interested in the fact that one of the jurors who voted to acquit, Kellie Farina, had a long social media history of prosecution-blasting and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/clancy-juror-voted-acquit-criticized-holdout-publicly-super-fan-another-accused-murderer-social-media-posts-reveal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accused murderer-boostering in the case of Karen Read<\/a>, another high-profile Boston-area trial that\u2019s played out over the past few years.<\/p>\n<p>When you consider that <em>conforms<\/em> to some of the stuff she\u2019s been saying in interviews \u2014 which haven\u2019t painted her as the most sane or capable of jurors \u2014 it seems like that might merit more attention than merely whether this guy was accused of criminal activity in a case of domestic disharmony several years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Farina is, in case you\u2019ve forgotten, the one who uttered this grimly unforgettable summation of why she thought the juror in question held out:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cHe had the hardest time getting off the fact that Lindsay viciously killed her children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lindsay Clancy jurors speak out, express their frustration with the lone holdout. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NehHv9qInV\">pic.twitter.com\/NehHv9qInV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realDailyWire\/status\/2097447145431245240?\">September 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>DeSantis meanwhile took issue with the way WBTS was using this to question the juror\u2019s motives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA man objected to allowing a woman to kill her three young kids and get away with it, so NBC is trying to smear that juror, whose identity should be protected. Another low for legacy media,\u201d he wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the juror is being harassed, Florida will provide asylum \u2014 I\u2019m sure he\u2019d be welcomed and appreciated,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A man objected to allowing a woman to kill her three young kids and get away with it, so NBC is trying to smear that juror, whose identity should be protected. Another low for legacy media.<\/p>\n<p>If the juror is being harassed, Florida will provide asylum \u2014 I\u2019m sure he\u2019d be welcomed\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1kRMNAbaYD\">https:\/\/t.co\/1kRMNAbaYD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RonDeSantis\/status\/2098544119148908579?\">September 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Mind you, it\u2019s not if, but when, this juror is doxxed. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-cbs-gayle-king-dumbfounded-learning-lindsay-clancy-holdout-juror-black\/\">We\u2019ve already heard CBS\u2019 Gayle King<\/a> expressing shock that he happened to be black; apparently, black people are supposed to have less respect for human life than the rest of us. Now we\u2019re hearing about court cases he was involved in that were dismissed and disputes with his landlord.<\/p>\n<p>What about the rest of the jury?<\/p>\n<p>WBTS didn\u2019t seem terribly interested in discovering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/outrage-erupts-pro-clancy-juror-seems-forget-actual-kids-killed-denounces-jury-room-reenactment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Farina\u2019s<\/a> history of boosterism for Karen Read; that was from the New York Post.<\/p>\n<p>They didn\u2019t seem terribly interested, either, in pressing the members of the jury who they interviewed that seemed to decide the case based on factors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-lindsay-clancy-jurors-accidentally-admit-made-decision-based-wrong-criteria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that weren\u2019t even relevant<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But now they\u2019re obsessing over one juror\u2019s dismissed case from years ago, and his rent problems?<\/p>\n<p>Are they going to find out how many abortions the other jurors had? I mean, that seems like pertinent information when you consider the nature of the case. Are they going to dig through any possible issues of mental illness? Anything like that?<\/p>\n<p>That question answers itself: Even if this were public knowledge, like Farina\u2019s love of Karen Read, they don\u2019t care about the 11 who voted to acquit in Massachusetts. But they\u2019re going to subject the one to a witch hunt that\u2019ll make Salem look positively quaint.<\/p>\n<p>To the lone juror, trust us on this: Take up the \u201casylum\u201d offer. This isn\u2019t going to end until you\u2019re hounded into the ground by a media that\u2019s decided that child-killing is okay if you can just come up with a dubious claim of psychosis, but the merest impropriety on your part isn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s most of the state that\u2019s insane, not Lindsay Clancy. 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