Juror Paula Devlin says Lindsay Clancy jury sought to create change
Comments from a juror in the Lindsay Clancy case have drawn criticism from a legal analyst.
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Juror Paula Devlin says Lindsay Clancy jury sought to create change
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What this story says
- Juror Paula Devlin said the Lindsay Clancy jury viewed the case as a chance to make things better for other women and families.
- Devlin stated the jury was divided 11-1 before a mistrial was declared.
- Legal analyst Neama Rahmani criticised Devlin's comments, arguing jurors must base decisions only on case facts.
- The children killed were Callan, Dawson, and Cora Clancy, in Duxbury, Massachusetts, in January 2023.
Who covered it
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Trust
42/100
Craft
59/100
Hype
68/100
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Missing from the left
Only 2 of the 20 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
A reader who follows the left would not have seen this. We report the absence rather than explain it: outlets choose what to cover for many reasons, and we have no evidence about which one applies here.
Juror Paula Devlin stated that the panel in the Lindsay Clancy case believed they had an opportunity to create change for women and families. Devlin, speaking after the mistrial, said the jury understood the trial could be a "turning point" and that "Justice for those children is this never happening again." She also said the jury was divided 11-1 before the deadlock resulted in a mistrial.
Disagreement on juror reasoning
Legal analyst Neama Rahmani criticised Devlin's comments, stating that jurors are supposed to decide cases solely on the facts presented and apply the law, rather than shape or change it. Rahmani told News Outlet that it is not appropriate for jurors to consider the impact of their decision on other women, children, or cases. He added that there is little that can be done at this stage, as the judge has already declared a mistrial and courts generally do not probe jury deliberations.
What the coverage left out
None of the right-rated reports mention the detail from Internewscast that Clancy's husband Patrick Clancy vacationed in the Hamptons over the weekend with his new wife, Rachel Danis.
Coverage settled. We checked this 81 times and stopped on 20 Sept 2026, 17:45. The figures above are what it finished at.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
2 rated outlets
- The Hindustan Times reported that a Lindsay Clancy juror sparked backlash after saying the mostly female jury saw the case as a "turning point" to improve outcomes for other women. The outlet noted that many accused the juror, Paula Devlin, of pushing an agenda and quoted Benny Johnson on X, who shared a clip of Devlin's interview with CBS News. Johnson wrote that "These jury media tours are getting insane and they’re trying to intimidate the one juror who had the courage to stand up to them." The report also mentioned that journalist Sarah Fields wrote, "Juror’s statement on the murder of three small children. She is saying the quiet part out loud."
Centre
3 rated outlets
- Internewscast reported that one of the 11 jurors who favoured finding Massachusetts mother Lindsay Clancy not criminally responsible for the deaths of her three children said the panel saw the case as an opportunity to create change for women and families. The outlet stated that legal analyst Neama Rahmani described that reasoning as "problematic." Paula Devlin told "CBS Saturday Morning" that jurors understood the trial could become a "turning point," even though they were isolated from developments outside the courtroom. Devlin said the jury was divided 11-1 before the deadlock resulted in a mistrial. The report also noted that a GiveSendGo fundraiser to benefit the holdout juror has raised over $115,000 and that Clancy's husband Patrick Clancy vacationed in the Hamptons with his new wife.
Right
15 rated outlets
- Twelve right-rated reports focused on juror Paula Devlin's comments about the jury seeing the Lindsay Clancy case as an opportunity to create change for women and families. Headlines included "Lindsay Clancy Juror Admits Using Vote to Push Social Justice for Women" (LifeNews.com), "Nolte: Lindsay Clancy Juror Admits ‘Not Guilty’ Vote About Sending a Message" (Breitbart), and "Lindsay Clancy Juror Admits To Feminist Motives Behind Trial" (Zero Hedge). LifeSiteNews reported that a "cadre of social justice jurors" accused the lone male holdout of ignoring the judge’s instructions, while "it was they who had ignored the law." Louder With Crowder and Twitchy also highlighted Devlin's comments about the jury's role in affecting "change" for women. Fox News noted that a trial attorney and legal analyst called that approach "problematic."
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Juror Paula Devlin says Lindsay Clancy jury sought to create change?
- Of the 20 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 10% are rated left, 15% are rated centre, 75% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 24. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Juror Paula Devlin says Lindsay Clancy jury sought to create change left or right?
- The story itself is neither. What can be counted is who has covered it, and 75% of the 20 rated outlets on it are rated right — so far this is a story carried mostly by the right. Coverage of this one has settled, so that is unlikely to move much now.
- Is the coverage of Juror Paula Devlin says Lindsay Clancy jury sought to create change biased?
- Juror Paula Devlin says Lindsay Clancy jury sought to create change is one event reported by 24 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 Paula Devlin says Lindsay Clancy jury sought to create change?
- 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 Paula Devlin says Lindsay Clancy jury sought to create change?
- 24 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 did juror Paula Devlin say about the Lindsay Clancy case?
- Juror Paula Devlin stated that the panel in the Lindsay Clancy case saw it as an opportunity to create change for other women and families. She also mentioned that the jury was divided 11-1 before the mistrial was declared.
- Who is Neama Rahmani and what did he say about the juror's comments?
- Neama Rahmani is a legal analyst and trial attorney. He criticised Devlin's comments, stating that jurors should decide cases solely on the facts and apply the law, rather than consider the impact of their decisions on broader societal issues.
- What were the key facts of the Lindsay Clancy case?
- Lindsay Clancy is accused of killing her three children, Callan, Dawson, and Cora, in Duxbury, Massachusetts, in January 2023. Her defense argued she was not criminally responsible due to postpartum psychosis.
Read it at the source
24 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
2- Lindsay Clancy Juror Says 3 Slain Children ‘Would Still Be Here’ If Mom Had Gotten Help ‘She Really Needed’ (opens People in a new tab)
- Juror Says Lindsay Clancy Panel Saw Trial as Way to Support Other Women, Attorney Calls It Problematic (opens OK! Magazine in a new tab)
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Centre
3- What Is a Mistrial? Breaking Down the Possible Next Steps in Lindsay Clancy’s Murder Case (opens US Magazine in a new tab)
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- Lindsay Clancy Juror Says Panel Saw Case as a Chance to “Make It Better for Other Women” (opens Internewscast in a new tab)
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- Who is Paula Devlin? Lindsay Clancy juror under fire over 'turning point' comment, ‘Saying the quiet part out loud’ (opens Hindustan Times in a new tab)
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Right
15- Clancy Juror Says Mostly Female Jury Wanted to Leave Its Mark for Other Women (opens Life and Liberty in a new tab)
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- Lindsay Clancy jurors reveal they were hellbent on social justice, not the law (opens LifeSiteNews in a new tab)
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- Lindsay Clancy Juror Admits Using Vote to Push Social Justice for Women (opens LifeNews.com in a new tab)
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- Nolte: Lindsay Clancy Juror Admits ‘Not Guilty’ Vote About Sending a Message (opens Breitbart in a new tab)
- Lindsay Clancy Juror Finally Says The Outrageous Part Outload (opens vidmax.com in a new tab)
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- Lindsay Clancy Juror Admits To Feminist Motives Behind Trial (opens Zero Hedge in a new tab)
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- Lindsay Clancy juror says panel saw case as chance to ‘make it better for other women’ (opens wfmd.com in a new tab)
- Lindsay Clancy juror says panel saw case as chance to 'make it better for other women' (opens democraticaccent.com in a new tab)
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- Lindsay Clancy juror says panel saw case as chance to 'make it better for other women' (opens Fox News in a new tab)
- Lindsay Clancy 'Bombshell': Juror Says Advancing 'Feminism' Was Major Factor in Decision (opens RedState in a new tab)
- What This Clancy Juror Admitted to Is the Worst Revelation Yet (opens PJ Media in a new tab)
- Clancy Juror Admits She Came Into Trial With Political Agenda (opens The Daily Wire in a new tab)
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- Lindsay Clancy juror continues her media tour, says the role of the women on the jury was to affect "change" for women (opens Louder With Crowder in a new tab)
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- Devlin on Trial: Juror Says Pro-Lindsay Clancy Women on Panel Had Ulterior Motive When Casting Votes (opens Twitchy in a new tab)
- Clancy Juror Continues Her Media Tour, Says the Quiet Part Out Loud About Mostly Female Lindsay Clancy Jury (opens The Gateway Pundit in a new tab)
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Not rated
4- Lindsay Clancy Juror Denies Bias Claims, Calls for Women's Mental Health Discussion (opens NewsFinale in a new tab)
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- Lindsay Clancy Juror Says The Mostly Female Jury Knew That The Trial Could Create Change To “Make It Better For Other Women” (opens Hollywood Unlocked in a new tab)
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- Who is Paula Devlin? Lindsay Clancy juror under fire over 'turning point' comment, ‘Saying the quiet part out loud’ - THE LOCAL REPORT ARTICLES (opens Thelocalreport.in in a new tab)
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- Juror says Massachusetts jury saw Lindsay Clancy case as chance to 'make it better' for other women (opens Tippahnews.com in a new tab)
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