DeSantis Offers ‘Asylum’ to Holdout Juror as NBC Digs Into His Background

Adriana Stone 0 2 min read

DeSantis Offers ‘Asylum’ to Holdout Juror as NBC Digs Into His Background

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is offering to welcome the lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy murder case after the juror became the target of media scrutiny.

DeSantis made the offer as NBC Boston attempted to contact the juror at his home, examined his background, and raised questions about whether he had been truthful on his juror questionnaire. The juror’s identity has not been publicly identified in the report, but his vote has become the center of an increasingly heated media dispute.

Clancy killed her three children and admitted to the crime. Her defense argues that she should not be found guilty by reason of insanity. A mistrial was declared last week after one male juror held his position rather than agree with the rest of the panel.

Since the mistrial, several jurors have appeared in the media and criticized the holdout. Three female jurors went on NBC News and called him “arrogant.” They also complained that he could not get past the fact that Clancy had “viciously killed her children.”

Another juror, Nick Dargie, 25, criticized the holdout in an interview with ABC News. “There wasn’t a single piece of evidence or witness testimony that he used to prove why he was thinking the way he was.”

The attention later turned to the holdout juror’s race and age. During CBS Mornings on Friday, juror Paula Devlin revealed that he was Black. Host Gayle King responded, “A black man is a holdout juror,” followed by, “Well, I have to sit with that for just a second.”

King later added, “I’m very fascinated by the holdout juror, learning that he’s a black man today,” after also learning that the juror was in his 30s.

NBC Boston’s reporting then focused on the juror’s personal history. The outlet pointed to dismissed domestic violence allegations, a restraining order, and a pending eviction case. It also suggested that he may have illegally lied on his juror questionnaire. NBC courtroom insider Sue O’Connell expressed outrage and questioned whether the jurors had been properly vetted.

DeSantis condemned the coverage and argued that the juror’s identity should remain protected. In a post on X, he wrote: “A man objected to allowing a woman to kill her three young kids and get away with it, so NBC is trying to smear that juror, whose identity should be protected,” DeSantis wrote on X following the media hit job. “Another low for legacy media. If the juror is being harassed, Florida will provide asylum — I’m sure he’d be welcomed and appreciated.”

The governor’s comments put Florida at the center of the controversy. His complaint is that the media response has focused on the one juror who insisted that Clancy’s actions should carry criminal accountability, rather than simply accepting the other jurors’ account of the deliberations.

The case now heads toward another trial, while the holdout juror remains under public scrutiny. For DeSantis, the issue is straightforward: a juror who objected to letting a woman escape responsibility for the deaths of her three children should not be treated as the story’s villain.

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