Overview
- The judge ordered juror names sealed indefinitely on Monday after the person believed to be the lone holdout juror was publicly identified with a name and photo on social media.
- Clancy’s trial was declared a mistrial on Sept. 4 after the panel split 11-1 over whether she was not criminally responsible for killing her three children.
- An NBC10 report that examined the juror’s past and a later post by a blogger known as Turtleboy combined to expose the juror’s identity and past domestic-violence charges, prompting the court’s safety concern.
- Prosecutors have not announced whether they will retry the case and a status hearing is set for Sept. 29 to determine next steps while Clancy remains in state psychiatric custody.
- Legal experts warn there are gaps in protections for juror privacy and that public identification could discourage future jury service, raise safety risks for jurors, and push lawmakers to consider new limits on naming jurors.