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Attorney for lone holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy mistrial pushes back on claims of refusing the law

Lindsay Clancy mistrial holdout juror's attorney says his client had "zero doubt" about his decision and "a mountain of evidence" to back up his position.

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Attorney for lone holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy mistrial pushes back on claims of refusing the law
Attorney for lone holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy mistrial pushes back on claims of refusing the law

The attorney for the lone holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial is pushing back on a claim that his client refused to follow the law, telling Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany that the juror had no doubt about his decision.

In a preview of an interview airing Monday on "Fox & Friends," McEnany asked attorney Edward Paltzik whether juror Michael P. Desronvil ever had reasonable doubt after the jury foreperson sent the judge a note accusing him of refusing to follow the law on reasonable doubt.

"Michael had zero doubt," Paltzik said.

Attorney Edward Paltzik, who represents Michael Desronvil, the holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial

Attorney Edward Paltzik represents Michael Desronvil, the lone holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial. (Fox News)

"Zero doubt. No doubt, and he had evidence to back up his position?" McEnany responded.

"A lot of evidence, a mountain of evidence," Paltzik said.

A man in a plaid shirt sits and cradles a sleeping infant wrapped in a pink blanket.

Michael P. Desronvil, the lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial, which ended in a mistrial. (Fugitive TV)

Desronvil was the lone holdout after seven days of deliberations in Clancy’s trial. Eleven jurors were prepared to find the former labor and delivery nurse not criminally responsible for killing her three children, while Desronvil held out for a conviction. Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial Sept. 4.

WATCH: Kevin Reddington says the ‘lone holdout' juror should be called ‘the obstructionist’

Clancy admitted killing 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan at the family’s Duxbury, Massachusetts, home in January 2023. Her defense argued that postpartum psychosis left her not criminally responsible. Prosecutors argued she understood what she was doing and planned the killings.

Lindsay Clancy listens to testimony in Plymouth Superior Court.

Lindsay Clancy in court last month. (Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Desronvil later said he believed the physical evidence and witness testimony showed Clancy knew what she was doing. Prosecutors have not announced whether they will retry her. She is due back in court Sept. 29.

Fox News reached out to defense attorney Kevin Reddington to get a response to the accusations, and he has chosen not to reply to our inquiries.

Watch McEnany’s full interview with Paltzik Monday on "Fox & Friends."

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