Lindsay Clancy holdout explains 'methodical' slayings, more headlines

What BBN said about it

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorOn a heavier note, a holdout is explaining what the case called 'methodical' in the Lindsay Clancy trial, and we'll keep to the facts we have.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorIt is a grave case in Massachusetts, and the details are limited this morning, so we asked a man who knows juries from the inside.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAlvin Sobczak, welcome.

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   Alvin SobczakHappy to be here, Chip.

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   Alvin SobczakNot that I'd know from a jury room, but twelve strangers locked in there tend to find out who they are.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo what does a holdout actually do in that room? Why would one person stand alone against eleven?

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   Alvin SobczakConscience, mostly, and nobody touches the doughnuts until the foreman sits down. Not that I'd know. I read it somewhere, on a summons.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWhich summons was this?

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   Alvin SobczakThis one. It's a family heirloom, a yellow envelope, and I'm told the stamp is mostly decorative.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAlvin, I'm asking again. How did you end up with a summons that wasn't yours?

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    Alvin SobczakNot that I'd know from a jury room, but I once mailed four hundred of these, and the postage was a nightmare. Allegedly.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFour hundred.

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    Alvin SobczakAnd a few people showed up in their good shoes. Truth is, it was the most civic turnout that county ever saw.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorBack to the case: whatever a holdout says, a family lost three children, and that is what this trial is about.

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAlvin, thanks for your time.

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    Alvin SobczakOf course. Any chance I could get the envelope back after the segment?