A lawyer representing the Boston Globe newspaper and WBZ television station argued for the release of sidebar conversations and jury notes from the trial, saying they could show what happened behind the scenes as jurors weighed the case against Clancy.
Jennifer Sprague pushed back, objecting on behalf of the jurors themselves. She told the court that jurors have a right to privacy, and said their ability to reach a verdict without public fanfare should be protected going into any retrial.
The fight over these records matters beyond legal procedure. If they are released, it could expose how jurors deadlocked or debated key evidence, information that might shape public perception before Clancy faces trial again.
A mistrial rarely ends this quietly, and now a courtroom fight over sealed paperwork could decide what the public ever learns about how those jurors actually reached their impasse.