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Lindsay Clancy's case is unresolved after the judge declared a mistrial earlier this month. (Reuters: CJ Gunther/Pool)

The lone juror who sided with the prosecutors in Lindsay Clancy's triple-murder trial has released his first public comments on the case.

Michael Desronvil says he "didn't have any doubts" and thought there was "enough proof that she knew exactly what she was doing".

The 11 other jurors were ready to clear Ms Clancy of criminal responsibility, believing she was in the grip of postpartum psychosis when she killed her three children.

The lone juror who wanted to convict Lindsay Clancy of murder for killing her three children said he was certain of her guilt, but that other jurors would not listen to him, according to a statement released by his lawyer Friday in his first public comments on the case.

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Eleven of 12 jurors were ready to clear Ms Clancy of criminal responsibility, with the majority feeling that the Massachusetts mother was in the grip of a rare condition called postpartum psychosis when she killed her kids. 

But juror Michael Desronvil sided with the prosecutors, who had argued that Ms Clancy knew what she was doing.

"I didn't have any doubts," Mr Desronvil said in a statement released on X by his lawyer, Edward Paltzik.

The jury's foreperson had claimed in an earlier media interview that Mr Desronvil had admitted having "reasonable doubt" about Ms Clancy's guilt, but wanted to convict her anyway. Mr Desronvil said that was not true.

"As I tried to explain different possible theories during deliberation, I kept getting cut off as if I had doubts based on the evidence presented," he wrote.

"Based on all the physical evidence, key witnesses, and what the prosecution presented, I thought it was enough proof that she [Ms Clancy] knew exactly what she was doing and planned."

The jury's deadlock forced the judge to declare a mistrial on September 4, leaving the case unresolved.

The Plymouth County district attorney has yet to say whether he will seek to put Ms Clancy on trial again.

Neither side disputed that Ms Clancy killed her children, Cora, Dawson and Callan, in the family's home in 2023 before trying to end her own life. But her attorney said she was a loving mother experiencing deep delusions and other mental health problems, for which she had been getting treatment.

Since the trial ended, Mr Desronvil has been both publicly praised and scorned for his actions, and his personal life and past financial and legal problems have become the subject of scrutiny by the news media and amateur sleuths.

Among the public revelations: He had a restraining order against him at the time of jury selection and was facing eviction from his apartment due to more than $US12,000 ($16,800) in unpaid rent. He was also accused of domestic violence in 2021, a charge that was later dismissed.

Some of the opinion has fallen along political lines, with Mr Desronvil being praised by some conservative pundits as a hero.

Mr Paltzik, whose past clients have included US President Donald Trump and Martin Shkreli, said on X that Mr Desronvil was in "an undisclosed secure location" in a rural part of northern New England and would not be giving interviews.

"As a devoted father and man of God, he will not be defeated or shattered by the wicked who wish harm upon him," Mr Paltzik wrote.

A fundraiser to cover what organisers say are costs of "security, lawyers, and lost work" for Mr Desronvil has raised over $US289,000 ($405,000).

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has rolled out the welcome mat for him, saying that if he is being harassed, "Florida will provide asylum."

"I'm sure he'd be welcomed and appreciated," Mr DeSantis wrote on X.