Juror Desronvil blocks Lindsay Clancy insanity verdict, mistrial
Desronvil said he never doubted prosecutors proved Clancy knowingly strangled her three children, while eleven jurors supported an insanity defence, prompting Judge William Sullivan to declare a mistrial.
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Juror who blocked Lindsay Clancy verdict disputes fellow jurors' claims: report
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What this story says
- The jury deadlocked 11‑1, with juror Michael P. Desronvil voting to convict, causing a mistrial.
- Desronvil told NewsNation he never doubted prosecutors proved Clancy knowingly strangled her three children.
- Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse, admitted killing her children but claimed severe mental illness.
- Prosecutors say she planned the murders and understood they were wrong; a retrial is being considered.
Who covered it
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Trust
70/100
Craft
95/100
Hype
15/100
7 sources · methodology
Thin on the left so far
None of the 6 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
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The Plymouth Superior Court jury could not reach a unanimous verdict in the case of Lindsay Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse who admitted killing her three children. Eleven jurors supported an insanity defence, while juror Michael P. Desronvil alone voted for conviction, resulting in an 11‑1 deadlock. Judge William Sullivan responded by declaring a mistrial and sealing jurors' identities and questionnaires for safety reasons.
Desronvil publicly disputed fellow jurors' claims that he entertained doubts about the prosecution's case. In a statement to NewsNation he said, "I didn't have any doubts. As I tried to explain different possible theories during deliberation, I kept getting cut off as if I had doubts based on the evidence present," and added that the physical evidence and key witnesses showed Clancy knew what she was doing and planned the killings.
Clancy is scheduled to return to court on 29 September 2026 while prosecutors decide whether to seek a retrial. Legal analysts note that a plea agreement appears unlikely, and commentators such as Jonathan Turley have warned that securing a future jury that would unanimously reject the insanity defence could be difficult.
“I didn't have any doubts. As I tried to explain different possible theories during deliberation, I kept getting cut off as if I had doubts based on the evidence present.”
What the coverage left out
No left‑rated outlet ran this story, creating a blindspot on the left. Additionally, three of the four right‑rated digests omitted the analysts' view that a plea deal appears unlikely, mentioning it only in the nytimespost digest.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 1 time, most recently on 18 Sept 2026, 04:00, and will add the sides that appear.
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Juror who blocked Lindsay Clancy verdict disputes fellow jurors' claims: report
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How each side covered it
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Left
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated left has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Centre
2 rated outlets
- Both centre‑rated outlets, Fox 10 Phoenix and Internewscast, led on Desronvil's explicit denial of any doubt, reproducing his NewsNation statement in full. They highlighted the 11‑1 deadlock, the mistrial, and the sealed juror questionnaires. Each report quoted Desronvil saying, "Based 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." Both outlets also noted prosecutors' challenge in securing a future unanimous verdict and cited Jonathan Turley's commentary on the difficulty of a retrial.
Right
4 rated outlets
- All four right‑rated outlets, End Time Headlines, nytimespost.com, Fox News and wfmd.com, reported that the holdout juror Michael P. Desronvil disputed fellow jurors' claims of doubt and reiterated that he never wavered in believing prosecutors proved Clancy knew what she was doing. Their digests mentioned the 11‑1 deadlock and the mistrial declared by Judge William Sullivan. Only the nytimespost digest added that a plea deal appears unlikely, citing legal analyst Neama Rahmani; the other right‑rated digests did not reference the plea‑deal assessment.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Juror Desronvil blocks Lindsay Clancy insanity verdict, mistrial?
- Of the 6 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 33% are rated centre, 67% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 7. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Juror Desronvil blocks Lindsay Clancy insanity verdict, mistrial left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 6 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Juror Desronvil blocks Lindsay Clancy insanity verdict, mistrial biased?
- Juror Desronvil blocks Lindsay Clancy insanity verdict, mistrial is one event reported by 7 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Juror Desronvil blocks Lindsay Clancy insanity verdict, mistrial?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Juror Desronvil blocks Lindsay Clancy insanity verdict, mistrial?
- 7 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- What caused the mistrial in Lindsay Clancy's case?
- The jury could not reach a unanimous decision, ending in an 11‑1 deadlock with juror Michael P. Desronvil voting to convict while eleven jurors supported an insanity defence. Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial as a result.
- What did juror Michael P. Desronvil say about the evidence?
- Desronvil told NewsNation he never doubted prosecutors proved Clancy knowingly strangled her three children. He said he had no doubts and that the physical evidence and key witnesses showed she knew exactly what she was doing and planned the killings.
- Is a plea deal expected in the Clancy case?
- Legal analyst Neama Rahmani said a plea deal appears unlikely. The nytimespost digest mentioned this assessment, while the other right‑rated digests did not.
- When will Lindsay Clancy appear in court again?
- Clancy is scheduled to return to court on 29 September 2026 while prosecutors decide whether to pursue a retrial.
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Left
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Centre
2- Juror who blocked Lindsay Clancy verdict disputes fellow jurors' claims: report (opens Fox 10 Phoenix in a new tab)
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- Lindsay Clancy Juror Disputes Claims Over Verdict Deadlock (opens Internewscast in a new tab)
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Right
4- Holdout juror who blocked Lindsay Clancy verdict disputes fellow jurors (opens End Time Headlines in a new tab)
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- Juror who blocked Lindsay Clancy verdict disputes fellow jurors' claims: report - NEW YORK TIMES POST (opens nytimespost.com in a new tab)
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- Juror who blocked Lindsay Clancy verdict disputes fellow jurors' claims: report (opens Fox News in a new tab)
- Juror who blocked Lindsay Clancy verdict disputes fellow jurors’ claims: report (opens wfmd.com in a new tab)
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