Another juror from Clancy trial speaks out to criticize holdout juror who prevented acquittal

Lindsay Clancy trial juror Nick Dargie.

Another juror from the Lindsay Clancy case broke his silence late Wednesday to express criticism for the lone holdout juror in the case that led to the jury being deadlocked and the judge declaring a mistrial. However, at least one juror has come forward to anonymously defend the holdout.

Nick Dargie, 25, was one of just three men on the 12-person panel, and he told ABC News in an interview, "There was several times I would ask him to show us evidence or, you know, describe a witness testimony that helped to prove what he was saying, and ... he couldn't."

Dargie went on to detail why the jury foreman eventually sent a note to the judge telling him the jury was deadlocked. "There wasn’t a single piece of evidence or witness testimony that he used to prove why he was thinking the way he was, which is why we ultimately sent in that note. Otherwise" he said, "there’s nothing wrong with somebody having a complete opposite opinion. Like, that’s, you know, that would be a hung jury. That, like, that is our justice system.” Dargie said he believed Clancy was not guilty by reason of insanity.

At one point during deliberations, Dargie told ABC News, the holdout juror took out one of the exercise bands Clancy used to fatally strangle her children from the evidence case, and used the band and a plastic water bottle to simulate a strangulation. Dargie said the juror didn't explain why he performed such a simulation. "I was shocked," Dargie said.

The unidentified male holdout juror in the case was the subject of heavy criticism from three women jurors who were the first to break their silence after the sensational case, including the jury foreman. One of the women, Kellie Farina, told NBC 10 in Boston that the holdout "had the hardest time getting off the fact that Lindsay viciously killed her children."

Not all of the jurors have been critical of the holdout. One woman spoke out to WBZ-TV in Boston and defended the man. The juror did not reveal her identity, but in an audio interview painted a portrait of dynamics inside the deliberations room, saying the holdout “was not the only one that was unwilling to see things from the other side.”

"So, I’m going to kind of defend that individual in a sense," the unidentified juror said. "There were some big personalities in that room. But at the end of the day, I feel like it just came down to an inability to kind of move past your convictions.”

Watch the interview with Dargie below and listen to the full interview with the unidentified juror here.