Nearly $85,000 raised in Fundraiser for Black Juror who hung Lindsay Clancy murder trial despite domestic violence reports

A fundraiser supporting the lone holdout juror who reportedly forced a mistrial in Lindsay Clancy‘s murder trial has surpassed $100,000 in donations. The GiveSendGo campaign, titled “Stand With the Juror,” backs the unidentified man who refused to join 11 fellow jurors in finding Clancy not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility in the strangulation deaths of her three children.

The juror, since identified by a fellow panelist as the only Black person on the 12-member jury, has drawn both scrutiny and support, even after a news investigation uncovered a history of domestic violence allegations against him, including an active restraining order.

More details about the fundraiser

A statement for the fundraiser read, “The country got the full TikTok-diagnostics package. Postpartum. Psychosis. Voices. Trauma. A stack of pill bottles and a sad playlist…They wanted a diagnosis, not a verdict. They wanted three dead kids memory-holed so nobody had to say the words mother and murderer in the same sentence.”

The statement further pointed out the apparent difference in attitude if the murders were committed by a father, adding that he would be called “a monster…A man kills his kids and the country wants him buried. A woman does it and half the country starts writing her a medical alibi. Personal responsibility for thee, never for her.”

As of Monday morning, the fundraiser has raised $150,000.

What the donations are supposed to cover

The campaign’s organizer wrote that the funds are intended to cover the juror’s security, legal fees and lost income if he faces professional or personal fallout for his role in the deadlock.

The page also criticized Clancy’s defense team for asking the judge to remove the juror mid deliberations, a request the court denied, and stated flatly that supporters were “not letting this slide.”

Clancy’s five-week trial ended in a mistrial on September 4 after jurors told Judge William Sullivan they were split 11 to 1 and unable to reach a unanimous verdict. The panel deliberated for more than 38 hours across multiple days before the deadlock was declared.

Defense attorney Kevin Reddington had pushed for the holdout’s removal during deliberations, arguing he was disregarding jury instructions on reasonable doubt, but Sullivan kept the juror on the panel and instead reread the legal instructions to the full group.

A history of alleged domestic violence

NBC10 Boston‘s investigative team reported that court records and family interviews revealed a criminal charge against the juror from September 2021, when he was accused of grabbing his then-wife by the throat and shoving her into a dresser during an argument in Brockton.

A police report said the couple’s 13-year-old nephew called 911 during the incident, but the charge was later dismissed after the couple divorced.

More recently, that same nephew obtained a restraining order after alleging the juror pushed him to the ground and punched him repeatedly in the face. The order remained active while the juror sat through weeks of testimony in the Clancy case.

More details about Clancy’s case

The controversy follows weeks of testimony centered on whether Clancy was suffering from postpartum psychosis when she strangled her children, 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan, at the family’s home in January 2023.

Clancy survived a suicide attempt afterward. She remains held at a psychiatric facility while prosecutors weigh a retrial or a possible plea deal, with a status hearing scheduled for September 29.