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Ron DeSantis offers ‘asylum’ to holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy trial
The Guardian • • nation
Key Points:
- Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has offered "asylum" in Florida to the unidentified holdout juror from the Lindsay Clancy trial amid media reports of the juror's past domestic violence charge and active restraining order.
- DeSantis accused the media of a smear campaign against the juror, defending him as a man who opposed acquitting Clancy, who was on trial for the alleged murder of her three children.
- The Lindsay Clancy trial ended in a mistrial after seven days of deadlocked deliberations, with 11 jurors favoring a not guilty verdict by reason of insanity and one holdout juror expressing reasonable doubt but refusing to acquit.
- Jurors have revealed that the holdout juror is a Black man and the only person of color on the jury, who questioned the prosecution's case and the legal instructions on insanity.
- The defense plans to seek dismissal of the case on double jeopardy grounds, and there are now questions about juror vetting procedures regarding past criminal charges or court orders.
