Claims extracted
17
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
18%
3 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
New York Post's corrections and
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The jury foreperson at Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial sent out a total of six notes before a judge was forced to declare a mistrial, new prosecution court papers revealed.
asserted
papers → send → mistrial
The notes confirmed the panel was deadlocked for days before the decision-making process finally ended on Sept. 4.
asserted
process → confirm → Sept.
On Aug. 28, the jurors sent out a missive asking to see the pill bottles and knife the 36-year-old Duxbury, Massachusetts mom used in a suicide attempt after allegedly strangling kids Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months.
uncertain
mom → send → kids
But by Sept. 2, the group sent out their first note indicating an impasse, which read: “After many hours of deliberation, we are unable to come to a unanimous verdict.”
asserted
we → send → verdict
Judge William Sullivan told the jury to keep at it, but the following day they sent out a similar note saying, “After much deliberation, we are still unable to come to a unanimous decision.”
asserted
we → tell → decision
At that point, Sullivan read them the so-called “Tuey-Rodriguez” charge, formally urging them to continue.
asserted
Sullivan → read → them
On Sept. 3, the foreperson sent the first note indicating alleged issues with a lone holdout juror – who has since been identified as Michael Desronvil.
asserted
who → send → Desronvil
“A member of the jury is unable to follow the instruction regarding reasonable doubt.
asserted
member → follow → doubt
How should we proceed?” the note read.
asserted
note → proceed → ?
Sullivan then questioned the members one-by-one to ask if they could follow his instructions on the law regarding reasonable doubt, which they all confirmed they could.
uncertain
they → question → doubt
An hour later, the foreperson sent out another note that said: “Juror # redacted has made statements acknowledging doubt, but refuses to apply it to the verdict as the law states.
asserted
law → send → verdict
This is why we cannot come to a unanimous decision.”
asserted
we → come → decision
The next day, on Sept. 4, the panel sent out its final note: “With a heavy heart that we report that we are unable to come to a unanimous decision and will not be able to.”
asserted
we → send → decision
After the trial ended, several jurors came forward claiming 11 out of 12 jurors were prepared to find Clancy not guilty by reason of insanity.
asserted
Clancy → end → insanity
Desronvil and his lawyers have maintained he wouldn’t flip to join the other jurors — but insisted he “didn’t have any doubts.”
“Based on all the physical evidence, key witnesses, and what the prosecution presented, I thought it was enough proof that she (Clancy) knew exactly what she was doing and planned,” Desronvil said through his lawyer, Edward Paltzik.
asserted
Desronvil → maintain → lawyer
Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse, was accused of carefully planning and carrying out the killing of her three young kids before trying to take her own life.
asserted
Clancy → accuse → life
Her attorney, Kevin Reddington, asked the jury to find her not criminally responsible based on the claim that she was in the throes of severe postpartum psychosis and hallucinated a voice commanding her to carry out the horrific crimes.
uncertain
she → ask → crimes
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