ONE JUROR STOPPED THE VERDICT — NOW ANOTHER JUROR REVEALS WHAT HAPPENED BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

ONE JUROR STOPPED THE VERDICT — NOW ANOTHER JUROR REVEALS WHAT HAPPENED BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
A single juror brought the Lindsay Clancy trial to a stunning standstill.
Now, another juror is revealing what happened during the tense deliberations — and why the jury ultimately could not reach a verdict.
Clancy’s five-week trial ended in a mistrial after the 12-member jury failed to reach a unanimous decision over whether she was criminally responsible for the 2023 deaths of her three young children.
According to juror Nick Dargie, the lone holdout repeatedly refused to provide evidence or witness testimony supporting his position.
“There wasn’t a single piece of evidence or witness testimony” he could point to, Dargie told ABC News, according to PEOPLE.
THE 11-TO-1 DEADLOCK
The jury reportedly reached an extraordinary 11-to-1 split.
Eleven jurors were prepared to find Clancy not guilty by reason of insanity, accepting the defense argument that she was experiencing postpartum psychosis and was not criminally responsible for her actions.
One male juror refused to join them.
Dargie, 25, said jurors repeatedly asked the holdout to explain which evidence or testimony had led him to his conclusion.
According to Dargie, he could not provide an answer.
The juror reportedly raised questions about the medications Clancy had been taking. But Dargie said the jury returned to the toxicology evidence and testimony from nurses who had addressed the issue during the trial.
“He just completely disregarded the information that they gave him,” Dargie said.
HE ADMITTED HAVING DOUBTS — BUT STILL WOULDN’T VOTE TO ACQUIT
The situation became even more frustrating for the other jurors.
Jury foreperson Roni Carlson said the holdout acknowledged that he had reasonable doubt, but still refused to apply that standard when deciding whether Clancy was criminally responsible.
The jury eventually sent a note to Judge William Sullivan expressing concerns about the deliberations.
The judge declined to remove the juror.
After more than 38 hours of deliberations, the jury remained deadlocked.
The judge ultimately declared a mistrial.
CLANCY’S LAWYER WAS FURIOUS
Defense attorney Kevin Reddington later openly criticized the holdout juror.
He said Clancy had effectively been “robbed” of the verdict the other 11 jurors were prepared to deliver.
But Reddington also acknowledged an important point: the juror had a legal right to disagree.
“What I was upset about was after that lengthy trial…” Reddington said, explaining that the issue was not simply that the juror disagreed, but that jurors believed he was not applying the judge’s instructions on reasonable doubt.
The defense has since asked Judge Sullivan to find Clancy not guilty rather than send the case to another trial. A hearing is scheduled for September 29.
THE CASE IS STILL FAR FROM OVER
Clancy, 36, admitted that she carried out the acts that led to the deaths of her three children — Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months.
But her defense has argued that she was suffering from severe postpartum psychosis and was not criminally responsible at the time.
Prosecutors have argued that she acted deliberately and remained criminally responsible.
Because the jury never reached a unanimous verdict, the case remains unresolved.
Prosecutors have not yet announced whether they will seek a retrial.
For now, one extraordinary question continues to hang over the case:
HOW DID A FIVE-WEEK TRIAL END WITH 11 JURORS ON ONE SIDE — AND ONE JUROR REFUSING TO MOVE?
And perhaps even more importantly:
WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT?