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Posted on 09/24/2026 7:44:16 AM PDT by Red Badger
The lone holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial is pushing back after Clancy’s defense asked a judge to investigate his conduct and obtain cellphone records from the jury’s deliberations.
Edward Paltzik, attorney for juror Michael Desronvil, blasted the motion as “Looney Tunes” and a “full-frontal attack on the U.S. Constitution.” He warned that investigating jurors for standing by their views could threaten the independence of jury deliberations, CT Insider reported.
Below is the full statement from Paltzik:
"The Looney Tunes motion filed yesterday by Kevin "Shooter McGavin" Reddington to investigate Michael is not just an attack on Michael for being the courageous lone holdout juror. Reddington's motion is actually a full-frontal attack on the U.S. Constitution. Because 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.
To anyone who thinks that Reddington's motion is OK, just remember that the tables will inevitably turn. Imagine a similar trial sometime in the not too distant future where it is the reverse scenario: 11-1 in favor of guilty, with one holdout favoring not guilty by reason of insanity. I doubt you folks would be alright if the District Attorney then filed a motion to investigate that lone holdout standing in the way of a conviction.
That's why this is actually not a partisan issue. Really, this is a "do we still want to have a Sixth Amendment" issue. If you are like me and believe steadfastly in the Constitution, it's easy to see how, regardless of your party affiliation, this is an absolutely terrible path of ruin Reddington wants to take us down.
If we follow his destructive proposal to its logical conclusion, we're going to have an endless cycle of prosecutors investigating holdouts who oppose "guilty" and defense attorneys investigating holdouts who oppose "not guilty." Pretty soon we'll end up with with a retrograde justice system that will look a lot like the Hatfield-McCoy Feud: a cycle of carnage so malignant that its origins will fade in importance, replaced by the hopeless death spiral of the cycle itself.
Kevin Reddington's disgusting motion to investigate Michael is worthy of nothing but universal condemnation. This is certainly not the final word from us on this subject, but merely our first words. It's all going to backfire spectacularly on sore loser Reddington."
The Gateway Pundit previously reported that Kevin Reddington, Clancy's attorney, asked Plymouth Superior Court Judge William Sullivan to investigate holdout juror Michael P. Desronvil, the same juror Reddington publicly smeared after the mistrial as a man with an “agenda” who “robbed” the other 11 jurors.
The filing, obtained by the New Haven Register, claims Desronvil may have given incomplete or inaccurate answers on jury questionnaires and during selection. It also asks the judge to dig into reported domestic-violence history and alleged cellphone use during deliberations.
Clancy’s attorney, Kevin Reddington, asked the court to examine whether Desronvil used his phone during deliberations and whether he answered jury-selection questions truthfully.
The motion also seeks cellphone records and other information about the juror. Phone use during deliberations is prohibited in Massachusetts, but the allegations have not been proven.
The jury deadlocked 11–1, and the judge declared a mistrial on September 4.
Eleven jurors reportedly supported finding Clancy not criminally responsible because of her mental condition; Desronvil maintained that the prosecution’s evidence showed she knew what she was doing.
Clancy admitted killing her three children, but the trial did not produce a verdict on her criminal responsibility.
Desronvil had already disputed other jurors’ accounts of deliberations. In a statement reported by NewsNation, he said he had no doubts and believed the evidence showed Clancy knew what she was doing.
The case is scheduled to return to court on September 29. Prosecutors have not announced whether they will seek a retrial.
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I would think the jury call up instructions would be to leave the phone at home.
If empaneled jurors brought phones, the court clerk or bailiff should have collected them.
As I understand things, it’s a mistrial no matter what.
As I understand it three of the women on the jury coordinated their outfits with protestors outside the courthouse. Of course they were in communication with the Ku Klux Klancy.
“””Phone use during deliberations is prohibited in Massachusetts””””
If Gateway Pundit is accurate, then why are any phones allowed in the deliberation room??????
MA is setting themselves up for mistrials by allowing any cellphone in the jury room.
As a father I would be tempted to take my own justice, then claim temporary insanity due to depression.
Edward Paltzik, attorney for Clancy holdout juror Michael Desronvil, blasted the motion to obtain his client’s cellphone records from the jury’s deliberations as “Looney Tunes” and a “full-frontal attack on the U.S. Constitution.”
He warned that investigating jurors for standing by their
views could threaten the independence of jury deliberations.
.......Edward Paltzik, attorney for juror Michael Desronvil, blasted the motion as “Looney Tunes” and a “full-frontal attack on the U.S. Constitution.” He warned that investigating jurors for standing by their views could threaten the independence of jury deliberations, CT Insider reported........
Attorney Paltzik is 100% right!
Perhaps Clancy’s defense attorneys are “Noo” Socialists, who want to dismantle the Constitution. Bad!
quotes:
a parent struggling with severe depression might be unable to meet their child’s basic needs
CPS directs parents to interventions that tackle both skill-building and underlying psychosocial barriers. Parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT) or the Positive Parenting Program are some evidence-based therapy examples for parents. They involve coaching, modeling, and feedback during real-time parent-child interactions.
CPS referrals can also include individual psychotherapy for parents. This can give them a structured outlet for processing stress, depression, trauma, or anger. Unfortunately, each of these issues is disproportionately common in families involved with child welfare.
States can also use Title IV-E funds for evidence-based mental health treatment programs that allow parents to receive care without losing custody prematurely.
Family therapy is delivered through clinically established models, like functional family therapy (FFT) or multisystemic therapy (MST).
Unlike individual counseling, these sessions pull parents and children into the room together to hash out dysfunctional communication patterns.
https://missionconnectionhealthcare.com/mental-health/referrals/child-protective-services/
While discharging the jury, the judge should have told the jurors not to make empaneling another jury more difficult.
I usually don’t care to listen to the local news.
My jury instructions specifically prohibit jurors from doing their own online research. The only thing they are to consider is what was presented in court. That’s basic jury trial procedure, in line with the defendant’s right to confront the witnesses against him/her and the right of cross-examination. Basic jury misconduct, which is grounds for a mistrial, sanctions and contempt.
The past decade has shown us that our justice system is corrupted by NFP'S and NGO'S, special interests, politics, and social engineering. Every judge is on a board of a NFP, their spouses, children, friends, and associates, are all employed by those with matters before the courts. The next layer is where they are in government appointments to act as self interest gatekeepers.
Why are they allowed to have their phones while they’re deliberating?
And even more disturbing...Clancy is a nurse and was working with babies.
“”Or a computer with an internet connection?””
Our computers don’t leave the house with us..We can grocery shop without them...or take a walk without them...sit and visit with friends WITHOUT THEM interfering with the visit!!!!!
Of course they were all on their phones, on Tik Tok, on BlueSky sending messages to their fellow baby killer supporting commies. If the defense wants this guys phone records ALL of the jurors should have their phone records turned over, then the defense lawyer will regret opening up a can of worms
Any juror using a phone during deliberations needs to go to jail.
It’s not worse that a jury who finds for death penalties and then Biden coming along to overturn the Juries decision...40 times over.
This is sad. So the other 11 jurors wanted to acquit?
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