Lindsay Clancy Jurors Describe Standoff With 'Holdout' Juror

Jurors from a closely watched Massachusetts murder case are recalling how one of their own brought deliberations to a standstill. Three women who served on the Lindsay Clancy jury, including foreperson Roni Carlson, told NBC10 Boston they were left exasperated by a single male juror they describe as a holdout. Carlson said he acknowledged having reasonable doubt but still refused to vote that Clancy was not guilty by reason of insanity. The panel's bitter split, which included shouting and name-calling loud enough for alternates to hear, ended with a mistrial last week.

The three jurors said they and eight of the other nine jurors were ultimately convinced by the defense that Clancy's mental state and medications mattered, and they criticized prosecutors while calling defense attorney Kevin Reddington more "authentic." NBC10 Boston says it has tried to reach the holdout juror—whom one of the jurors described in the interview as "very arrogant," according to USA Today. The jury was made up of nine women and three men, the New York Times reports.