Lindsay Clancy's attorney asks judge to investigate the lone juror who wanted to convict her

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-09-21 · by Michael Casey The Associated Press

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Lindsay Clancy's legal team has requested that a judge investigate one particular juror who wanted to convict her of murdering her three children in Massachusetts. The attorneys are asking for an inquiry into whether this juror used his cellphone during deliberations, if he was truthful on pre-trial questionnaires, and if his testimony under judicial questioning was accurate.
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Story summary

Kevin Reddington, the lawyer for Lindsay Clancy, requested a Massachusetts judge to investigate the conduct of the lone holdout juror, Michael Desronvil, who voted against acquitting Clancy in her trial which ended this month. Eleven jurors were prepared to clear Clancy of criminal responsibility due to postpartum psychosis when she murdered her three children: five-year-old Cora, three-year-old Dawson, and eight-month-old Callan. However, the holdout juror's vote led to a mistrial declared by Judge William Sullivan on September 4th. Reddington is asking for an inquiry into Desronvil’s mobile phone metadata during jury deliberations and has also requested records of his calls and texts between 8:00 AM and 4:30 PM each day the jury was deliberating, which are prohibited under Massachusetts law.

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📰 Lindsay Clancy Juror Investigation
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BBC News · 0.92 cosine similarity
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 6% hedged 1 of 18 📰 publisher trust 78
“Both articles report on Lindsay Clancy's attorney requesting the judge to investigate a juror regarding phone use and questionnaire responses during the trial.”
The Guardian · 0.92 cosine similarity
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 0% hedged 0 of 14 📰 publisher trust 60
“Both articles describe the identical motion filed by Lindsay Clancy's lawyers to investigate the lone juror who wanted to convict her, covering the same details about cellphone use and truthfulness.”
CBS News · 0.89 cosine similarity
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 0% hedged 0 of 18 📰 publisher trust 66
“Both articles describe the identical motion filed by Lindsay Clancy's attorneys on September 21, requesting an investigation into a juror's conduct during deliberations.”
Daily Mail
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 11% hedged 1 of 9 📰 publisher trust 65
“Both articles describe Lindsay Clancy's lawyer requesting the judge to investigate the sole holdout juror who refused to acquit her, specifically regarding phone usage and truthfulness during the trial process.”
Fox News
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 7% hedged 1 of 14 📰 publisher trust 69
“Both articles describe Lindsay Clancy's legal team requesting an investigation into the holdout juror who wanted to convict her of murder in connection with her children's deaths on the same day.”
Washington Examiner
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 0% hedged 0 of 18 📰 publisher trust 72
“Both articles describe Lindsay Clancy's attorney requesting a judge to investigate the lone juror who wanted to convict her, specifically regarding alleged cellphone use during deliberations.”
CBC News · 0.92 cosine similarity
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 0% hedged 0 of 34 📰 publisher trust 60
“Both articles describe Lindsay Clancy's attorney filing a motion on Friday, made public Monday, asking the judge to investigate the conduct of the lone juror who wanted to convict her.”
ABC News (AU) · 0.87 cosine similarity
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 7% hedged 2 of 30 📰 publisher trust 61
“Both articles report on Lindsay Clancy's lawyer requesting a judge to investigate the lone juror who wanted to convict her, focusing on the same motion filed and its context.”
The Independent
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 0% hedged 0 of 19 📰 publisher trust 59
“The articles describe different stages of the legal process following the initial trial verdict, not the same specific incident.”
Washington Examiner
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 5% hedged 1 of 19 📰 publisher trust 72
“The articles describe different actions related to the Lindsay Clancy murder trial: one about the holdout juror being taken to a secure location, and the other about Clancy's attorneys asking for an investigation into that juror.”

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Who wrote this

Michael Casey The Associated Press
3 article(s) here · 0 carrying a prediction
🔮 Lindsay Clancy is set to return to court Tuesday for a hearing that could help decide whether she will face a second trial in the killings of her three children.
Wire or desk byline, not an individual reporter.
Also by Michael Casey The Associated Press
Nothing else under this byline is closely related to this article, so these are simply their most recent.

Topics

BOSTON Massachusetts

Subjects

BOSTON GPE · 1× Clancy PERSON · 1× Lindsay Clancy PERSON · 1× Massachusetts GPE · 1×

Narrative

In a motion filed Friday but made public Monday, Clancy’s lawyers asked the court to question the juror about his alleged use of a cellphone during deliberations, his truthfulness on a questionnaire that prospective jurors filled out before the trial began and his truthfulness when jurors were questioned by the judge a day before the trial ended.
framing: assertive · carried by 2 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-22
2026-09-22 · The Guardian
Lindsay Clancy’s defense laywer asks judge to investigate lone juror · assertive framing

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BOSTON (AP) — Lawyers for Lindsay Clancy have asked a judge to investigate the conduct of the lone juror who wanted to convict the mother from Massachusetts of murder in the deaths of her three children. asserted
who → ask → children
In a motion filed Friday but made public Monday, Clancy’s lawyers asked the court to question the juror about his alleged use of a cellphone during deliberations, his truthfulness on a questionnaire that prospective jurors filled out before the trial began and his truthfulness when jurors were questioned by the judge a day before the trial ended. asserted
trial → file → judge
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