The judge in the Lindsay Clancy case has indefinitely sealed the jurors’ names, citing safety concerns and what he called “significant and divisive attention” on the trial.
Judge William Sullivan issued the order on Monday and said while the court acknowledges that the jurors’ names must be made available to the public, there is a “real and present” risk of harm to the jurors, stating he’s impounding all names indefinitely until otherwise ordered.
Sullivan noted that there have been “identifications of jurors and their personal information without their permission” in explaining his reasoning for shielding the jurors’ names.
“Some of the empaneled jurors have come forward and spoken to the media after the declaration of a mistrial on September 4, 2026. However, the majority of the jurors, deliberating and alternates, have maintained their anonymity, despite multiple requests to give statements,” Sullivan wrote. “The Court concludes that there is a risk of immediate and irreparable injury should the list be made available to the public at this time.”
In a separate filing on Monday, Sullivan ordered the impoundment of the clerk’s list of potential jurors for the Plymouth County Courthouse for July 20 through July 24, during jury selection for the trial, “based upon threats and concerns over juror safety.”
“Immediate and irreparable injury and dangers to jurors and to the administration, is real and present,” he wrote, sealing the names of the entire jury pool for people who were called to jury duty during that timeframe.
That order is set to expire in 10 days.
Clancy, 36, faced three counts of first-degree murder in connection with the slayings of her children — 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan — who were discovered strangled at the family’s home in January 2023. Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial on Sept. 4 after jurors could not agree on a unanimous verdict, with the panel split 11-1.
One of the jurors, Paula Devlin, 65, denied allegations of bias when speaking with Fox News Digital.
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“We didn’t know what was going on outside of that room, but we knew that we had a chance to get a conversation started that could change something, that could maybe stop this from ever happening again,” Devlin said. “I think that’s one of the reasons why we feel — or I feel — so strongly about this is that I hope that no other woman or husband has to go through this.”
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Devlin said there were “holes” in the prosecution’s case after reviewing the evidence.
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“In the biggest piece of the whole case, the whole thing was based on mental health. How can you have bias if only women can go through postpartum depression? Only women can go through postpartum psychosis. Only women can deliver a baby. That’s not biased. That’s just a fact,” she said.
Clancy is due back in court on Sept. 29 for a status hearing, at which more information about the future of her case may be revealed. The Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office hasn’t made a decision on whether the case will be retried.
Fox News’ Maria Paronich contributed to this report.
