Gayle King stunned after learning dissenting Clancy trial juror was a Black man
"CBS Mornings" co-host Gayle King was stunned after learning that the lone dissenting juror in the Lindsay Clancy trial was purportedly a Black man during a Friday interview.
Paula Devlin, one of the jurors who was part of the 11-person majority in favor of finding Clancy not criminally responsible for strangling her three young children, explained that the lone holdout was a Black man and the only person of color on the jury in an interview with King on the network morning show.
"Whoa.
I have to sit with that for just a second," said King, who appeared visibly flustered by the revelation.
LINDSAY CLANCY JUROR WHO BACKED THE DEFENSE ALSO PUBLICLY CHEERED KAREN READ'S ACQUITTAL Devlin also said ages among the jurors ranged between 22 and "70-ish." Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial last week after jurors could not agree on a verdict.
They told the court they were split 11-1, with the lone male holdout being the only one voting to convict Clancy of first-degree murder for the deaths of her three children, 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan.
A fellow juror, Nick Dargie, 25, told ABC News that the lone holdout juror at one point attempted to mimic the way Clancy killed her three kids with an exercise band and water bottle.
"He took the exercise band out of the bag, grabbed an empty water bottle and tied the band around the water bottle and pulled it," Dargie said.
"I was just so shocked that he did that." "I was shocked, it didn't make any sense to me.
Like, we're not in here to play detective or it's not a game of Clue.
Like, this is serious.
I asked him why," he added.
LINDSAY CLANCY JURY RECAP: DAY 5 ENDS WITH NO VERDICT AFTER RARE INSTRUCTION Dargie said the holdout juror refused to explain how witness testimony helped prove his stance.
"There was several times I would ask him to show us evidence or, you know, describe a witness testimony that helped to prove what he was saying, and ... he couldn't," Dargie said.
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