Lindsay Clancy's lawyer asks judge to investigate juror and check his phone

Meanwhile, the defence lawyer for a Massachusetts mother accused of murdering her three children has asked a judge to investigate a juror in the case.

Key points

• Her attorney, Kevin Reddington, wants the court to probe mobile phone employ by "Juror Doe" during deliberations as well as a questionnaire he filled out.
• Clancy has not denied killing her three children, Cora, five, Dawson, three, and Callan, eight months, at the family's Massachusetts home.
• A number of jurors have stated after the trial concluded that they were ultimately divided 11-1 in favour of finding Clancy not criminally responsible.
• The proceedings against Lindsay Clancy concluded in a mistrial and acrimony this month after the jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict.
• The juror forewoman has asserted in a media interview that Desronvil had expressed reasonable doubt concerning Clancy's guilt.

For context, the proceedings against Lindsay Clancy concluded in a mistrial and acrimony this month after the jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict.

Meanwhile, a lawyer for Michael Desronvil, the lone juror who wanted to find Clancy guilty, remarked the latest defence motion was a "Looney Tunes" attack on his client for doing his civic duty. Desronvil has remarked there was "enough proof that she knew exactly what she was doing". Warning: This article contains distressing details.

Meanwhile, the juror forewoman has asserted in a media interview that Desronvil had expressed reasonable doubt concerning Clancy's guilt. It would require him to find her not guilty. He denies this.

Her attorneys argued she was not guilty by reason of insanity, that she was struggling with postpartum psychosis at the time.

Prosecutors remarked Clancy produced a calculated decision to send her husband out of the house on an errand so she could strangle her children.

In his motion filed on Friday, Reddington asked the court to look at calls and texts that "Juror Doe" created between 08: 00 and 16: 30 local time during all the days the jury deliberated.

As well as his responses to prospective juror questionnaires, he additionally asked the court to examine the truthfulness of the answers the juror provided during the jury selection process.

In a separate motion, Reddington additionally asked for the case against Clancy to be dismissed. Prosecutors have yet to say whether they will retry her.

Facing a backlash for refusing to acquit Clancy, Desronvil has hired an attorney to represent him.

For context, the lawyer, Edward Paltzik, remarked in an official note on X that the "disgusting" defence motion was an attack on the US constitutional right to a fair trial.

"If the new normal is that jurors are going to face brutal reprisals for disagreeing with a defense attorney, you can kiss the Sixth Amendment goodbye, " he wrote.

Meanwhile, a number of jurors have stated after the trial concluded that they were ultimately divided 11-1 in favour of finding Clancy not criminally responsible.

Desronvil remarked last week that he had no doubt concerning her guilt.

"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, " he remarked in an official note to the BBC's US partner CBS News.

For context, the jury forewoman, a retired fifth-grade teacher, remarked in an interview with NBC that Desronvil had admitted he had reasonable doubt, but refused to find Clancy not guilty by reason of insanity.

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