Sole juror who wanted to convict Lindsay Clancy of murder speaks out

The juror who wanted to convict Lindsay Clancy of murder for killing her three children has made his first public comments on the case, accusing other jurors of not listening to him. 

Out of the 12 jurors, 11 were ready to clear Clancy of criminal responsibility, with the majority feeling that the American mother was in the grip of a rare condition called postpartum psychosis when she strangled her kids.

However, juror Michael Desronvil sided with the prosecutors, who had argued that Clancy knew what she was doing.

"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 Clancy's guilt, but wanted to convict her anyway. Mr Desronvil denies that.

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

Neither side disputed that Clancy strangled her children in the family's home in 2023 before trying to end her own life.

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

Growing controversy

Since the trial ended, Mr Desronvil has been both publicly praised and scorned for his actions.

His personal life and past financial and legal problems have also come under scrutiny.

Among the public revelations were that he had a restraining order against him at the time of jury selection and was facing eviction from his apartment due to over $12,000 (£9,000) in unpaid rent.

He was also accused of domestic violence in 2021, a charge that was later dismissed.

Some of the opinion has fallen along political lines, with Mr Desronvil being praised by some conservative pundits as a hero.

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His lawyer, whose past clients have included 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 $289,000 (£215,000).

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has rolled out the welcome mat for him, saying that if he is being harassed, "Florida will provide asylum."

"I'm sure he'd be welcomed and appreciated," Mr DeSantis wrote on X.

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