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Mistrial Declared in Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial

By Drooid · Sep 24, 2026, 12:15 AM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

A jury declared a mistrial in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial after one juror voted guilty.
Juror Michael Desronvil said he had no doubts Clancy knowingly killed her children.
Defense attorney Kevin Reddington filed a motion to subpoena Desronvil’s deliberation-hour phone records.
Judge William Sullivan impounded jury questionnaires but has not ruled on the phone-metadata motion.
Clancy’s lawyers plan to dismiss the indictment, while she stays confined in a psychiatric hospital.

History

Historical Context

After the 1995 O.J. Simpson acquittal—an eight-month trial that spotlighted LAPD racism following the 1991 Rodney King beating and presented 1,105 evidence items—has faced pressure to tighten digital-evidence rules. The 2024 Lindsay Clancy murder mistrial, sparked by juror Michael Desronvil’s vote, has renewed federal legislative reviews of juror privacy nationwide.

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Story summary

A jury declared a mistrial in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial after one juror voted guilty.
Juror Michael Desronvil said he had no doubts Clancy knowingly killed her children.
Defense attorney Kevin Reddington filed a motion to subpoena Desronvil’s deliberation-hour phone records.
Judge William Sullivan impounded jury questionnaires but has not ruled on the phone-metadata motion.
Clancy’s lawyers plan to dismiss the indictment, while she stays confined in a psychiatric hospital.

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