Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has offered ‘asylum’ in his state to the unidentified holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy case.

Eleven of the 12 jurors in the trial were reportedly ready to find Clancy not guilty of murdering her three children Cora, five, Dawson, three, and eight-month-old Callan on January 24 2023.

The former labour and delivery nurse does not deny killing the children with exercise bands in the basement of their Duxbury, Massachusetts home,

but her defence argues that she is not guilty by reason of insanity as she was suffering from postpartum psychosis at the time.

Prosecutors maintained that Clancy understood what she was doing and acted deliberately, alleging that she had arranged for her then-husband Patrick Clancy to leave the house by asking him to run errands.

When it came to reaching a verdict, the jury could not reach a unanimous decision, ending in a mistrial after one unidentified juror declined to find her not guilty.

DeSantis has offered asylum in Florida to the juror should he come under harassment following reports that he allegedly faced a criminal charge for domestic violence and is under an active restraining order.

He wrote on social media: ‘If the juror is being harassed, Florida will provide asylum – I’m sure he’d be welcomed and appreciated.’

DeSantis also accused the media of launching a smear campaign against the juror after it was reported that in 2021, he was charged for allegedly assaulting his then wife. The charge was later dismissed.

DeSantis continued: ‘A man objected to allowing a woman to kill her three young kids and get away with it, so NBC is trying to smear that juror, whose identity should be protected.’

Speaking to NBC Boston, one juror said: ‘He had the hardest time getting off the fact that Lindsay viciously killed her children.’

Dr Joni Johnston, a forensic psychologist, told the publication that the juror’s reaction to the murder is not uncommon.

‘There are people who in their heart believe there’s never any reasonable explanation that does not require punishment for somebody who murders their children,’ she said.

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In Clancy’s case, her attorney, Kevin Reddington, has expressed confidence that there could be a potential retrial.

Another juror told ABC News: ‘If they tried the trial again the way they did, nine times out of 10, I think a jury would come back with not guilty by reason of insanity. No doubt in my mind.’

Reddington has since asked President Trump to consider pardoning his client, describing her as an intelligent, hardworking and ‘wonderful’ person.

Following the trial, Reddington spoke to the press about the juror who ‘refused to be persuaded’ by the other 11.

‘Where do I begin to thank these jurors, minus one,’ he said. ‘I have no idea what that guy was thinking; I have no idea he did what he did.

‘They 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.’

He continued: ‘You could see how defeated they were sitting there. I’ve got a funny feeling that they would have gone on for another week if they had to.

‘I would like to meet with him and ask him why. I hope that guy can sleep well at night.

‘It was a horrible investigation; it was not even an investigation. This was a very sad case.’

Clancy remains in custody at a state psychiatric hospital and is due back in court on September 29.

Prosecutors could seek another trial, negotiate a plea agreement or dismiss the charges, although no decision has yet been announced.

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