The lawyer for the Lindsay Clancy trial’s lone holdout juror branded the child killer “a demon” who deserves to be executed, and said his client was simply standing up against “evil” when he refused to budge on his vote to convict her.
Edward Paltzik, who represents Michael Desronvil – the juror who forced an 11-1 hung jury in the trial – revealed what his client was “standing up against” in a Fugitive TV interview Wednesday.
“Let’s not forget what happened here. A demon, which is what Lindsay Clancy is, murdered her three innocent children – and of course all children are innocent – and she actually has supporters,” he said.
“Let’s put that in perspective: This woman is demonic, and by all rights she should be executed,” he added, pointing out that Massachusetts’ lack of a death penalty ensured capital punishment was “never on the table” in the case.
“But if we’re just talking morally, Lindsay Clancy should be executed. I say that without hesitation because it’s the right thing. The idea that she should be allowed to spend her days in a mental hospital is absurd. The idea that she should even be allowed to get three meals a day in a prison is also wrong,” he said.
Clancy has been at Tewksbury Hospital, a state-run mental health facility, since the killings, and is likely to remain there for the foreseeable future.
“Three children murdered in premeditated fashion. Period. Period. And murdered slowly. Right. And that’s the point here. That’s what Michael was standing up against. Michael was standing up to evil,” Paltzik said of his client.
