As you know, earlier today the judge declared a mistrial after the jury failed to reach a unanimous decision in the Lindsay Clancy trial. There were three men and 11 women on the jury, and reportedly one of the men was the lone holdout, with all the rest of the jurors wanting to find Clancy not guilty by reason of insanity.
A reporter's description of how some of the jurors reacted as the judge declared a mistrial provides a clue as to what the one holdout might have endured in the deliberation room for several days.
Meanwhile, the defense can count on some in the media to help them with public relations by trying to help portray Clancy as the victim instead of the three kids she killed.
The media spin got so bad that one reporter actually asked the district attorney this question after a mistrial was declared:
NEW: Plymouth County DA Timothy Cruz fires back at a reporter's questions suggesting that the prosecution's case was "insensitive":
— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 4, 2026
"Insensitive? Insensitive is killing three children."
"We have an obligation to stand up for those people and seek justice."
"So if people can't… pic.twitter.com/8FxvZB0Z3b
Seriously?
And yet "journalists" wonder why public trust in their profession has gone completely down the drain.
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To the reporter who asked this question: Sometimes it’s better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak up and remove all doubt. https://t.co/6VuWvC0d8i
— Alan Levine (@alevine014) September 4, 2026
Unfortunately there are a lot of people who have lost touch with morality and reality are thinking the same thing as that reporter.
Slippery slope from 50 years of Roe v. Wade. This trial and the reaction to it has been insane. https://t.co/sYmziADYdO
— Tobiñ (@CTobin10) September 4, 2026
It's come to this, unfortunately.
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