The attorney for the holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy case said on Sunday his client had “a mountain of evidence” to support his belief that Clancy was criminally responsible for her children’s deaths.
In a pre-released clip from a Fox News interview with Kayleigh McEnany, attorney Edward Paltzik said juror Michael Desronvil, whose vote resulted in a mistrial earlier in the month, had “no doubt” Clancy was responsible for the deaths of 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson, and 8-month-old Callan. Clancy admitted to killing them in her family’s Doxbury, Massachusetts, home in January 2023, but her defense argued she wasn’t criminally responsible since she was suffering from postpartum psychosis.
“When the jury foreperson in the Lindsay Clancy case brought a note that said that Michael, who was not named at that time, refused to follow reasonable doubt law,” McEnany asked. “Did Michael ever have reasonable doubt?”
“Michael had zero doubt. No doubt,” Paltzik responded. When asked if Michael had evidence to support his position, he responded, “a lot of evidence” and “a mountain of evidence.”
“I didn’t have any doubts,” Desronvil said in a public statement following the Sept. 4 mistrial. “As I tried to explain different possible theories during deliberation, I kept getting cut off as if I had doubts based on the evidence presented. Based on all the physical evidence, key witnesses, and what the prosecution presented, I thought it was enough proof that she knew exactly was she was doing and planned.”
Fellow juror Nick Dargie claimed Desronvil failed to present adequate evidence during deliberations and said he was “scrolling on his phone” throughout, prompting Clancy’s defense attorney Kevin Reddington to ask the judge presiding over the case to investigate Desronvil’s phone usage last week.
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“It was an intense experience,” Paltzik said of Desronvil’s ability to retain his stance during seven days of deliberations. “And the pressure was unimaginable. And no person of ordinary firmness could have resisted. Most people would have folded, they would have caved, and they would have buckled. Michael did not, because he is an uncommon man, he is an extraordinary man. And what he did was extraordinary. He is a brave man, he is a courageous man, he is a kind man, a decent man. But he’s also a man who cares about the law, he does care about the evidence, and he rigidly applied the reasonable doubt standard.”
Clancy will appear in court on Tuesday for a status conference. The full interview will be released at 8:00 a.m. EST.