The Toll of Jury Duty: The Lindsay Clancy Trial
A juror from the Lindsay Clancy trial shares how weeks of graphic testimony, emotional evidence, and the weight of deliberations continued to affect life for jurors outside the courtroom. Psychiatrist Michelle DiBlasi expands on the mental cost of jury duty with CBS News correspondent Shanelle Kaul, discussing juror stress, vicarious trauma, and why, for some, the effects of a trial can linger long after it ends.
- Duration
- 29m
- Broadcast on
- 18 Sep 2026
- Audio Format
- other
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As a warning, some of this content contains graphic and disturbing details, including references to the killing of children. So please listen or watch with care. We'll have resources for you at the end of the episode. (gentle music) - You know, I remember the moment the 911 call played in court. I don't think there was a single person who didn't feel or look emotional. What was that like for you? It was heartbreaking, heart-wrenching. It was devastating, too. And it hurt physically to hear somebody have that much pain and know why they had that pain. And it was something that, you know, we weren't expecting. It to be like that. It wasn't a sound that anybody ever had heard before. You know, that was so deep. The anguish, the pain. And it's, you know, people scream all the time. And this was completely different. And it was difficult. And we had hoped that we would never have to hear it again. And we did. That was Paula Devlin, a juror who served on the Commonwealth versus Lindsey Clancy. I sat down with Paula to better understand the complexity of deliberating on such a high profile and highly contested case. But there was something else that came through in my conversation with her, the mental and emotional sacrifice of serving on a jury like this. I'm CBS News correspondent, Chanel Call. And in this special episode of Case by Case, we're really getting into what it takes to serve on a high-stakes jury. Lindsey Clancy, of course, is the Duxbury mother tried for killing her three young children, Cora, Dawson, and Callan. This case ended in a mistrial, and it was marked by some pretty intense testimonies and graphic evidence. This includes autopsy photos of eight-month-old Callan Clancy and that chilly 911 call that Lindsey's ex-husband, Patrick, made on the night of the killings. If Paula's experience here is any indication,
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A juror from the Lindsay Clancy trial shares how weeks of graphic testimony, emotional evidence, and the weight of deliberations continued to affect life for jurors outside the courtroom. Psychiatrist Michelle DiBlasi expands on the mental cost of jury duty with CBS News correspondent Shanelle Kaul, discussing juror stress, vicarious trauma, and why, for some, the effects of a trial can linger long after it ends.