By New York Post (U.S.) | Created at 2026-09-29 14:46:58 | Updated at 2026-09-29 15:37:06
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PLYMOUTH, Mass. — Prosecutors in Lindsay Clancy’s murder case are asking a judge to put a gag order in place after her defense attorney made comments in the media about the lone holdout juror who wanted to convict her.
“In order to prevent the carnival atmosphere that was the trial between July 21, 2026, and September 4, 2026, as well as the aftermath since, this court can and should limit the extrajudicial statements made in this case …” prosecutors wrote in court papers Monday.
While Clancy’s lawyer, Kevin Reddington, commented on just about everything in the case, from witness testimony to his client’s feelings and character, the “most disturbing” comments from him were about the jury and the holdout juror, prosecutors claimed.
They said the fact that Reddington revealed the holdout’s gender as a man, when there were only three men on the panel, “ensured that the juror would be publicly identified.”
Reddington also claimed the holdout — who has since been identified as Michael Desronvil — “robbed the defendant of an acquittal,” the prosecutors claimed.
They said the defense attorney’s comments should be limited to stop any future potential jurors from forming beliefs about the case ahead of time and prevent any prejudice to a second trial.
Jurors from Clancy’s first trial, which ended with a hung jury, have since revealed that 11 of them were prepared to find the 36-year-old mother not guilty by reason of insanity while Desronvil wanted to convict her on the first-degree murder charges she faced.
Desronvil, 48, insisted he “didn’t have any doubts” in a statement, adding that “Based on all the physical evidence, key witnesses, and what the prosecution presented, I thought it was enough proof that she (Clancy) knew exactly what she was doing and planned.”
Reddington claimed at trial that Clancy shouldn’t be held criminally responsible because she was in the throes of severe postpartum psychosis and heard a voice commanding her to kill her three kids, Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months.
Prosecutors, however, claim Clancy carefully planned and carried out the alleged murders.
Clancy fatally strangled her three young children with exercise bands in the basement of her Duxbury home before trying to take her own life.
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