{"id":2666985,"date":"2026-09-21T23:22:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T03:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lindsay-clancys-attorney-files-for-official-investigation-into-holdout-juror\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T23:31:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T03:31:27","slug":"lindsay-clancys-attorney-files-for-official-investigation-into-holdout-juror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lindsay-clancys-attorney-files-for-official-investigation-into-holdout-juror\/","title":{"rendered":"Lindsay Clancy&#8217;s Attorney Files for Official Investigation Into Holdout Juror"},"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\">20<\/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%2Flindsay-clancys-attorney-files-for-official-investigation-into-holdout-juror%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=2666985&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>A legal case involving Lindsay Clancy, a mother accused of murdering her three young children, is ongoing in massachusetts.The trial was declared a mistrial due to a jury deadlock, wiht one juror holding out. Kevin Reddington, Clancy&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-please-pardon-jon-woods-a-victim-of-process-crimes-like-michael-flynn\/\" title=\"President Trump, Please Pardon Jon Woods, a Victim of Process Crimes Like Michael Flynn\">defense attorney<\/a>, has requested the judge to investigate the lone holdout juror, questioning his truthfulness during jury selection and examining his cell phone history and questionnaires. The juror, Michael P. Desronvil,has publicly declared his belief in clancy&#8217;s guilt,but has faced harassment and threats since the mistrial. The case has sparked debate about jury selection and privacy, with legal experts criticizing Reddington\u2019s efforts as possibly problematic. The next court hearing is scheduled for September 29, 2026.  <\/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><\/p>\n<p>With the case against his client on hold, he wants a juror to be anwering questions now.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Reddington, representing Massachusetts Lindsay Clancy, asked the judge in the case on Friday to investigate the lone holdout on the jury that kept his client from escaping conviction on three counts of first-degree murder, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston25news.com\/news\/local\/lindsay-clancys-attorney-seeks-investigation-into-juror-after-mistrial\/TOLCXJJLOBFXLO3JGEPBL3DYLU\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WFXT-TV<\/a> in Boston reported Monday.<\/p>\n<p>And that includes grilling the man \u2014 \u201con the record in front of lawyers\u201d \u2014 about his \u201ctruthfulness\u201d during jury selection, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/09\/21\/us\/lindsay-clancy-investigate-holdout-juror.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The defense lawyer for Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts woman charged with killing her three young children, has asked the judge overseeing her murder trial to question a holdout juror about his \u201ctruthfulness\u201d during the jury selection process, as well as some of his actions\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ABC News (@ABC) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ABC\/status\/2102125844315742471?\">September 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Among other things, Reddington\u2019s motion seeks an examination of the juror\u2019s cell phone history and the original jury questionnaires, according to The New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>While the motion claims it does not aim to \u201ctouch the substance of deliberations,\u201d the newspaper reported, the goal is clearly to question how truthful the juror was during the process of getting on the panel, possibly with an eye toward getting a different ending.<\/p>\n<p>In a motion filed Sept. 10, Reddingon already asked Judge William Sullivan to vacate the mistrial declaration he issued Sept. 4 and declare Clancy innocent in light of the 11-1 jury vote in her favor, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/crime\/general\/lindsay-clancy-attorney-asks-judge-to-investigate-holdout-juror\/ar-AA2cH87M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CT Insider<\/a>, a news site based in Connecticut.<\/p>\n<p>News about Friday\u2019s motion is just the latest turn in the Clancy saga since a mistrial was declared in her murder trial on Sept. 4.<\/p>\n<p>The mother of three had pleaded innocent to charges of murdering her three children, claiming she was under the influence of postpartum psychosis when she strangled them in the family home in Doxbury, Massachusetts, in January 2023.<\/p>\n<p>All but one of the jurors were prepared to go along with her, but the holdout\u2019s intransigence led to Sullivan ending the trial without a verdict. The next hearing in the case is set for Sept. 29.<\/p>\n<p>Since the mistrial declaration, the holdout juror, 48-year-old Michael P. Desronvil, has been hounded by Clancy supporters and hit with death threats, to the point where he\u2019s had to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/doxxed-holdout-clancy-juror-moved-undisclosed-location-safety-black-republican-faces-backlash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leave his home<\/a>. His <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/true-crime-obsessed-crazies-making-clancy-holdout-juror-familys-life-living\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">own legal problems<\/a> have been widely publicized, including a rent dispute and domestic violence charges that were dropped.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-holdout-juror-lindsay-clancy-trial-issues-first-statement-didnt-doubts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement last week<\/a>, he publicly declared he had no doubts about Clancy\u2019s guilt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBased on all the physical evidence, key witnesses, and what the prosecution presents, I thought it was enough proof that she knew exactly what she was doing and planned,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to The New York Times, Cornell University Law School Professor Valerie Hans, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawschool.cornell.edu\/faculty-research\/faculty-directory\/valerie-hans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bills herself<\/a> as a national authority on the jury system, suggested Reddington\u2019s efforts could have a ripple effect on others being willing to serve on juries in other cases.<\/p>\n<p>It could send a signal, she told the newspaper, that \u2018\u201cprivacy 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<\/p>\n<p>Reddington\u2019s motion, she said, \u201cleaves a bad taste in your mouth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Fox News on Monday, noted attorney Jonathan Turley clearly agreed.<\/p>\n<p>Turley \u2014 who has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fox-news-legal-analyst-jonathan-turley-thoroughly-dismantles-lindsay-clancys-attorney-debate-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">publicly criticized Reddington<\/a> before now \u2014 said the defense attorney\u2019s Friday motion is \u201csort of entering that realm of creepy.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cThis is really sort of entering that realm of creepy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Constitutional law attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JonathanTurley?\">@JonathanTurley<\/a> questions Clancy defense attorney Kevin Reddington over his challenge to the lone juror holdout and push for a retrial.<\/p>\n<p>Turley warns the fight sends a troubling message to anyone\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jKlamL5sHa\">pic.twitter.com\/jKlamL5sHa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FoxNews\/status\/2102109097709506586?\">September 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe message being sent to jurors is that if they find themselves in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-considers-allowing-video-of-george-floyds-2019-arrest-in-trial\/\" title=\"... considers allowing video of George Floyd\u2019s 2019 arrest in ...\">high-profile case<\/a>, that they\u2019re going to just twist in the wind when they don\u2019t go with, or they\u2019re the lone holdout with one side,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; 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