Woman charged with intimidating jurors in Lindsay Clancy trial

Dawn Light told reporters “Why not?” when asked why she wanted to see Lindsay Clancy. Hours earlier, prosecutors had accused the 56-year-old nurse of photographing jurors outside the Plymouth courthouse, where Clancy’s highly publicized murder trial is being deliberated.

Light pleaded not guilty to aggravated intimidation of a juror. Her lawyer, Jennifer White, described the incident as a misunderstanding and said Light had been trying to photograph Clancy. Prosecutors said Light sat in a restricted area in her parked car on Tuesday while waiting for Clancy. When authorities asked whether she was recording video, she said she was not.

Prosecutors later said they found deleted photographs of jurors leaving the courthouse in a folder on Light’s phone. Massachusetts lawyers told the court that her conduct threatened the integrity of the judicial system. Judge William Sullivan has specifically barred anyone from photographing or filming jurors in the trial.

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This is a complete misunderstanding, Your Honour. My client was trying to get a picture of Ms Clancy.

The judge denied a prosecution request for $50,000 in cash bail. Light, who has no prior criminal record, was ordered to stay away from the courthouse and people connected with the Clancy case. She was also prohibited from producing or distributing the photographs, including images that may have been preserved on iCloud.

More than 200 reporters are covering the trial, while supporters have gathered outside the courthouse in the coastal Massachusetts town. The case has also driven intense social-media debate about mental health, postpartum psychosis and criminal responsibility. The jury has been deliberating since Thursday over whether Clancy can be held criminally responsible for killing her three children.

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Why not?