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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is weighing in on the stunning aftermath of the Lindsay Clancy homicide mistrial — and he’s providing one very surprising answer for the lone juror who refused to hitch the opposite 11 in reaching a verdict.
So, again on Friday, DeSantis blasted NBC10 Boston after that information outlet reported that the holdout juror who selected to not discover Clancy not responsible by cause of madness has confronted home violence allegations and at present has a restraining order in opposition to him.
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Evidently mad about that, the governor accused the media of attempting to smear the juror and provided him a reasonably extraordinary escape route:
“A person objected to permitting a girl to kill her three younger children and get away with it, so NBC is attempting to smear that juror, whose id must be protected. One other low for legacy media. If the juror is being harassed, Florida will present asylum — I’m certain he’d be welcomed and appreciated.”
Whoa!
That remark comes days after Choose William Sullivan declared a mistrial in Clancy’s case, as we’ve been reporting. The jury reportedly informed the court docket thrice that deliberations had been deadlocked at 11-1 after greater than six days of dialogue.
NBC10 reported that the lone holdout juror was charged in 2021 after his teenage nephew allegedly informed police he witnessed the person assault his then-wife. The cost was finally dismissed. The outlet additionally reported that the identical nephew obtained a restraining order in opposition to the person in 2025, alleging that he was pushed to the bottom and punched repeatedly. Jeez…
The reporting raises some critical questions as a result of Massachusetts juror questionnaires ask potential jurors about arrests, legal prices and court docket orders.
As for Clancy, as we’ve been protecting, she was accused of strangling her three youngsters, Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, at their Massachusetts dwelling in January 2023. She pleaded not responsible by cause of lack of legal duty, together with her protection arguing that postpartum psychosis and medicine contributed to the tragedy.
Prosecutors haven’t but stated whether or not they are going to retry the case, however they’ve acquired a listening to about it scheduled for later this month.
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