Lindsay Clancy holdout juror gives first interview as he insists he had ‘a lot of evidence’ that killer mom was guilty of murder
The holdout juror who refused to acquit Lindsay Clancy of the murders of her children says ‘a lot of evidence’ convinced him that she was not criminally insane.
In his first interview since Clancy’s trial ended in a controversial mistrial in September, Michael Desronvil, 48, told Fox News that he struggled through tense deliberations when he refused to vote not guilty.
‘I had a lot of evidence to back up my claim,’ he told host Kayleigh McEnany in a trailer clip, ahead of the release of the full interview on Thursday.
Clancy admitted to killing her three young children in January 2023 by strangling them with exercise bands, but she pleaded not guilty to murder by reason of insanity as she claimed she was overmedicated and suffering postpartum psychosis.
Eleven of the jurors at Clancy’s trial voted to acquit her, but Desronvil insisted that he believed she deserved to be convicted and put behind bars.
In his interview with Fox News, Desronvil admitted his stance was not popular in the courthouse, and said there were ‘moments that were tense’ when he was deliberating with the other jurors.
He maintained that ‘a lot’ of facts support his stance, but he said he didn’t want to discuss specifics because he wanted to let the appeals process play out.
‘Out of respect for the other jurors and the court system, I will put that to sleep for now until they go through the process of the court system,’ he said.
Michael Desronvil, the holdout juror who refused to acquit Lindsay Clancy of the murders of her children says he faced ‘a lot of evidence’ when he decided she was not criminally insane
Lindsay Clancy admitted to killing her three young children in January 2023 by strangling them with exercise bands, but she pleaded not guilty to murder by reason of insanity as she claimed she was overmedicated and suffering postpartum depression
In the aftermath of Clancy’s trial, several of Desronvil’s fellow jurors came forward to criticize the holdout juror for his decision not to acquit the killer mom.
Several jurors claimed that Desronvil admitted he had reasonable doubt about Clancy’s guilt despite voting to convict her, leading to a legal fight from Clancy’s team to boot him off the jury at the last moment for ‘refusing to follow court rules.’
Desronvil denied this, and he when asked in his first interview this week if he ever had reasonable doubt, he bluntly replied: ‘No.’
