A jury note, a holdout, and a live TV gasp

The lone juror who wanted to convict Lindsay Clancy turned out to be someone Gayle King did not expect.

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Sep 11, 2026

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A jury note, a holdout, and a live TV gasp

The lone juror who wanted to convict Lindsay Clancy turned out to be someone Gayle King did not expect.

In brief

The lone juror who wanted to convict Lindsay Clancy turned out to be someone Gayle King did not expect. An 11-1 split ended the Clancy trial without a verdict, and the identity of the holdout became the story instead of the deadlock itself. Originally reported by Fox News.

Eleven to one

Lindsay Clancy

Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial after the Lindsay Clancy jury deadlocked. Eleven voted she was not criminally responsible for strangling her three children. One voted first-degree murder.

The children

Cora was 5. Dawson was 3. Callan was 8 months old. Their deaths were what the twelve people in that room had to decide about.

Gayle King sits with it

Gayle King reacts with shock after hearing the dissenting Clancy juror was a Black man

Juror Paula Devlin told CBS Mornings the lone holdout was a Black man, the only person of color on the panel. King froze on air.

“Whoa. I have to sit with that for just a second.”

The water bottle demo

Juror Nick Dargie, 25, said the holdout pulled an exercise band from the evidence bag, tied it around an empty water bottle and yanked, reenacting the killings in the deliberation room.

“I was just so shocked that he did that.”

No evidence offered

Kevin Reddington and Lindsay Clancy

Dargie said he repeatedly asked the holdout to point to testimony backing his position and got nothing. That silence is why the jury sent its note to the judge.

“There wasn't a single piece of evidence or witness testimony that he used to prove why he was thinking the way he was.”

A note about reasonable doubt

The foreperson wrote to the court that one juror was refusing to follow the instructions on reasonable doubt. Days later the trial collapsed.

The clip goes viral

A longtime network morning show veteran believes Gayle King

NewsBusters editor Curtis Houck shared the exchange and told Fox News Digital that King's reaction showed she had assumed the holdout was a White man she could stereotype.

“King will now be known by many for this cartoonish reaction.”

The key point

An 11-1 split ended the Clancy trial without a verdict, and the identity of the holdout became the story instead of the deadlock itself.

Read the original on Fox News

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