马萨诸塞州普利茅斯——负责审理林赛·克兰西案件的法官预计将于周二听取她关于“双重危险”(double jeopardy)规则的申诉;同时,针对那名在审判中持不同意见的陪审员的调查工作也可能暂时被搁置。
PLYMOUTH, Mass. — A Massachusetts judge overseeing the Lindsay Clancy case is expected to hear arguments on her double jeopardy motion Tuesday, while another push to investigate the lone holdout juror in her mistrial may be on hold — for now.
自9月4日审判因陪审团意见分歧而宣告无效以来,克兰西将首次亲自出庭。
Clancy is expected in court in person for the first time since her trial ended in a deadlocked jury and the judge declared a mistrial on Sept. 4.
自审判失败以来,她的案件一直备受全国关注:其他陪审员以及她的辩护律师一直在指责那名持不同意见的陪审员。与此同时,普利茅斯县地方检察官蒂姆·克鲁兹的办公室对于是否重新进行审判尚未公开表态。
In the weeks since her mistrial, Clancy's case has remained a topic of national interest, with fellow jurors and Clancy's defense attorney attacking the lone holdout. At the same time, Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz's office has been relatively quiet about their plans for a potential retrial.
在审判风波后,这名持不同意见的陪审员在新的视频中提出了一个请求……以下是关于她再次出庭时可能发生的情况的总结:克兰西的辩护律师凯文·雷丁顿要求对那名持不同意见的陪审员迈克尔·德罗恩维尔展开调查,他称德罗恩维尔为“妨碍司法公正的陪审员”。德罗恩维尔在陪审团中与其他11名陪审员意见相左,是唯一一个一直坚持认为她有罪的人。
LINDSAY CLANCY HOLDOUT JUROR ASKS FOR ONE THING IN NEW VIDEO AFTER MISTRIAL DRAMA Here's a roundup of what to expect as she returns to court: Clancy's defense lawyer Kevin Reddington had called for an inquiry into the lone holdout juror, Michael Desronvil, whom he has dubbed "the obstructionist juror." Desronvil opposed 11 others on the panel and was the only one who wanted to find her guilty until the end.
据称,德罗恩维尔目前藏匿在某个未知地点。周一晚上,他在接受福克斯新闻《汉尼蒂》节目采访时首次公开发声:“我知道所有人的目光都集中在我身上,但我们希望把焦点重新放在那些无法为自己发声、无法为自己辩护、也无法为自己抗争的人身上——他们就是科拉、道森和卡兰。”
Michael Desronvil, who is said to be hiding out at an undisclosed location, spoke out publicly for the first time in a video exclusively shared with Fox News' "Hannity" Monday evening. "I know the whole focus has been on me, but we want to reel everything back and put the focus on the three angels," he said.
克兰西的辩护律师提出调查德罗恩维尔的请求根据德罗恩维尔的律师爱德华·帕尔茨克的说明,由于德罗恩维尔的律师尚未获得用于回应调查所需的文件资料,雷丁顿及普利茅斯县检察官同意暂时搁置这项调查请求。
“地方检察官(DA)和雷丁顿(Reddington)同意暂缓这项调查迈克尔(Michael)的动议,”帕尔茨克(Paltzik)周一对福克斯新闻(Fox News)的凯莉·麦克埃纳尼(Kayleigh McEnany)表示。
"The ones that can't speak for themselves, the ones that can't defend themselves, and the ones that can't fight the battles — and those are Cora, Dawson and Callan." LINDSAY CLANCY HOLDOUT JUROR'S LAWYER TORCHES 'LOONEY TUNES MOTION' TO INVESTIGATE HIM According to Desronvil's attorney, Edward Paltzik, both Reddington and Plymouth County prosecutors agreed to adjourn that motion after counsel for the holdout raised an objection because they didn't yet have access to impounded materials necessary to file a response.
在林赛·克兰西(Lindsay Clancy)的审判中,那位坚持独立意见的陪审员的律师反驳了有关其“拒绝服从法庭命令”的指控。他说:“如果苏利文法官(Judge Sullivan)今天签署相关命令,大部分审判程序都可以暂时中止;无论如何,仍有可能举行一次情况会议。”雷丁顿强烈反对这一决定,但他承认自己与地方检察官办公室出于对现任陪审员代理律师的职业礼貌,同意继续推进这项动议。
"The DA and Reddington consent to adjourn the motion to investigate Michael," Paltzik told Fox News' Kayleigh McEnany Monday. ATTORNEY FOR LONE HOLDOUT JUROR IN LINDSAY CLANCY MISTRIAL PUSHES BACK ON CLAIMS OF REFUSING THE LAW "If Judge Sullivan signs an order today, much of it could be adjourned," he said. "Either way, a status conference is still likely." Reddington pushed back, forcefully, while conceding that he and the district attorney's office had agreed to continue the motion out of professional courtesy to local counsel now representing the juror.
“今天早些时候,我和政府方面都接到了那位代表该陪审员的专业律师的联系,”他说(由于法院已下达相关禁令,他并未透露陪审员的姓名),“这位律师像任何合格的律师一样,要求有足够的时间来审查我们的动议并作出回应。”他补充道:“出于职业礼貌,我和政府方面同意应其要求将这项动议推迟到以后再处理。这项动议仍然有效,目前正等待苏利文法官的裁决。我们绝不会允许那些企图博取关注的人将法庭上的礼貌行为歪曲成所谓的‘胜利’。”
"Earlier today, both the government and I were contacted by a professional local attorney who represents Juror Doe," he said, not using the juror's name due to an impoundment order from the court. "That attorney requested — as any qualified counsel would — adequate time to review our motion and reply." He added, "As is professional courtesy, both the government and I agreed to continue this specific motion to a later date at their request.
“‘暂缓’(adjournment)通常意味着听证会等程序会被无限期地推迟,因为没有具体的重新安排日期,”马萨诸塞州退休法官卡罗尔·厄斯金(Carol Erskine)解释道,“而‘延期’(continuation)则是一方或多方提出的重新安排听证会的请求。”雷丁顿反对这一决定,认为“暂缓”这一措辞实际上歪曲了实际情况。如果雷丁顿最终胜诉,法庭可能会举行一场听证会,由法官对德斯隆维尔(Desronvil)进行质询。
The motion remains active, fully alive, and is currently pending a ruling from Judge Sullivan. We will not allow a publicity-seeking opportunist to twist simple courtroom courtesy into a victory that does not exist." The terms adjourned and continued are similar but have distinct meanings. "Adjournment generally signifies that something like a hearing is off indefinitely especially because no date is specified," explained retired Massachusetts Judge Carol Erskine.
“这样的听证会通常分为三个阶段,”厄斯金说道。她同时也是一个儿童福利倡导者,一直密切关注着这个案件。“这个案件有可能符合‘明显必要的审判条件’(即有充分的理由要求重新审判),但具体是否满足这一条件,只有等到听证会结束后才能确定。”
"A continuance is a simple request by a party or two parties to get a new date. [Reddington] objects because adjournment is a misrepresentation of what is happening." If Reddington ultimately prevails, the court could hold a Fidler hearing, where the judge would question Desronvil. "There are three phases to a hearing like that," said Erskine, who is also a child welfare advocate and has been closely following the case.
林赛·克兰西的律师请求法官直接宣判她无罪,从而结束整个诉讼程序并阻止任何重审的尝试。
"This is something that could result in a strong manifest necessity claim but hard to tell until it happens."
“‘明显必要的审判条件’是法律上要求重新审判的依据,”厄斯金解释道,“不过这个请求成功的几率很低;不过雷丁顿很可能正在为未来的上诉做准备。”
LINDSAY CLANCY'S ATTORNEY ASKS JUDGE TO ACQUIT HER OUTRIGHT, ENDING CASE AND BARRING A RETRIAL Manifest necessity is the legal standard required to hold a second trial. Erskine said the motion is a long-shot but Reddington is likely laying the foundation for an appeal in the future.
“在我看来,最关键的问题是:是否有外部信息进入了陪审团会议室,以及法官能否判断某个‘假设中的陪审员’是否会因此受到这些信息的影响,”她告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。“实际情况当然比这更复杂,但相关案例法确实存在。”
"The big issue, in my opinion, is whether outside information came into the jury room and whether a judge can find that any 'hypothetical juror' would let it influence his decision," she told Fox News Digital. "It’s definitely more complicated than that, but there is case law about it."
“这是一个奇怪的时代——在审判结束后,持不同意见的陪审员及其代理人会通过媒体和社交媒体公开争论,”另一位来自马萨诸塞州的退休法官杰克·卢说道。
"This is a strange new world in which disagreeing jurors and their surrogates conduct a public debate after the trial in the media and social media," said Jack Lu, another retired Massachusetts judge.
雷丁顿要求对德斯隆维尔进行调查,主要是基于其他陪审员的指控:他们指责雷丁顿对案件存在合理的怀疑却选择忽视这些疑虑。雷丁顿要求获取相关电话记录、陪审团的保密问卷以及警方档案。
Reddington's request for an inquiry into Desronvil is largely based on allegations from other jurors who accused him of having reasonable doubt about the case and ignoring it. He is seeking phone records, his confidential juror questionnaire and police records.
然而,在法庭外,他也称德斯隆维尔为“妨碍司法公正的人”,并指责他怀有某种“不可告人的目的”。
However, he's also called him an "obstructionist" outside the courtroom and accused him of having an "agenda."
“那些持不同意见的陪审员知道,他们的权益被一个人剥夺了——无论雷丁顿的真正目的是什么;这个人让他们浪费了整整七周的时间,而他们原本是如此专注、如此认真地听取所有证据,”他在9月4日(即审判无效判决宣布的当天)离开法院后对记者说道。
"[The other jurors] know that they were robbed — by one man — for whatever his agenda was, who stole seven weeks of the life of these other jurors that were so attentive, so beautiful, so wonderful and listened to this evidence," he told reporters after leaving the courthouse on Sept. 4, the day the mistrial was declared.
尽管如此,他对法律分析师关于雷丁顿可能会对克兰西的团队提起诽谤诉讼的猜测仍表示不屑一顾。
Still, he downplayed speculation from legal analysts about a potential defamation lawsuit from the holdout against Clancy's team.
“诽谤法极其复杂,简直就像教科书里的案例一样难以理解,”他告诉 Fox News Digital。“在法庭诉讼中作出的陈述享有法律上的特殊保护(即这些陈述不受法律追究)。”他补充说,那些在法庭外作出的、看似“虚假陈述”的言论,最终可能会被认定为单纯的观点或意见。
FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON "Defamation law is textbook complex," he told Fox News Digital. "Statements made in court proceedings are privileged." Statements made out of court that could appear to be "false statements of fact" may end up being considered opinions, he added.
“如果有人声称某件事发生了,而我们都知道那个人当时并不在场,那么这种说法很可能被视为一种观点或意见。这同样适用于那些关于陪审团内部讨论内容的所谓‘陈述’。”一位来自纽约的刑事辩护律师、前检察官马克·贝德罗(Mark Bederow)表示:“我认为,所有这些法律上的策略、‘双重危险’原则,以及与陪审员在审判庭上的交锋,都不会对案件的最终结果产生任何实质性的影响。”
"If a person says X happened, and we all know that person was not present, then it may be deemed to be an opinion," he said. "This might apply to any alleged statements about what happened in the jury room." SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS "I don’t think any of the legal maneuvering, double jeopardy, all that stuff, a hearing in the trial court with the juror, I don't think it’s going anywhere," said Mark Bederow, a New York-based criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor who is following the case.
“归根结底,我们还需要看看地方检察官(DA)会采取什么行动,”他说道。
CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE FOX TRUE CRIME HUB "If you get down to brass tacks, once you get through all this, now you have to look at the DA and say, what are you doing?" he added.
他说,大多数检察官不会在只有一名陪审员支持他们的情况下要求重新审判,但在这个案件中,重新审判的可能性似乎很小。
Most prosecutors would not seek a second trial in a case where only one juror agreed with them, he said, but that appears unlikely in this case.
“在我看来,检方在第一次审判中彻底失败了——他们未能履行自己的举证责任;不过,也有合理的论据表明被告确实有罪,且蓄意造成了这些人的死亡,并且清楚自己行为的对错。如果他们想要胜诉,就需要聘请更专业的专家。”他说,“马萨诸塞州检方需要能够质疑克莱恩西(Clancy)辩护方专家意见的专家;同时,检方在挑选陪审员方面也有改进的空间。”
"At the first trial, the prosecution, in my view, failed miserably to satisfy their burden — but there is a credible argument that she's guilty and intended to cause their deaths and knew right from wrong," he said. "In order for them to win, they need to get better experts." The Commonwealth needs experts who can discredit Clancy's defense experts, he said. And prosecutors also have room to improve their jury selection.
至于雷丁顿(Reddington),他将其描述为“马萨诸塞州法律界的巨头”——无论雷丁顿在法庭外的言论如何,他提出的动议都是为了维护自己当事人的利益而提出的,且这些动议都是合理的。
As for Reddington, he described him as "a titan of the Massachusetts bar" who is filing motions that make sense for his client's benefit, regardless of his commentary outside the courtroom.
“这些动议并非毫无根据的;任何律师都明白这一点,”他告诉 Fox News Digital。
"That's not frivolous, and any lawyer knows that," he told Fox News Digital.