Charlie James criticizes Lindsay Clancy trial jury's social motives.

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Full Transcript (Hour 2, Segment 2) Charlie James: Well, we all know the, um, the Lindsay Clancy trial. Um, that will be retried later on this month. We don't know what's going to happen with that retrial, but we're finding out a lot more about this jury, and I'm not talking about the one lone holdout—which, by the way, this is a man they are absolutely vilifying right now. They went back, they found out all of these records about him, all of this... Here's the one thing I don't know: Did he kill his three children, ever? No? All right, case closed. I don't care. But the most telling—well, one of the most telling things that happened was when this juror, Paula Devlin, was on CBS This Morning talking with Gayle King. Let's take a listen to this. It's—it's... I mean, this is—this is what happens when feminism and racial identity collide. This is what happens. Gayle King (audio clip): I'm—I'm curious about the jurors themselves, because we know it was nine women, three men. What was the age range? What was the racial makeup? I haven't heard any of that. What was it? Paula Devlin (audio clip): Um, 70—70-ish to 22. And, um, one person of color, and then everybody else was white. Um, a lot of the jurors had children. Gayle King (audio clip): Uh-huh. One person of color—was the person of color a woman or a man? Paula Devlin (audio clip): A man. Gayle King (audio clip): A man. Is the holdout juror a person of—a Black man? Paula Devlin (audio clip): Yes. Gayle King (audio clip): A Black man is the holdout juror? Paula Devlin (audio clip): Yes. Gayle King (audio clip): Well, I have to sit with that for just a second. Charlie James: Oh, I got to sit with that for just a—(snoring sound). That was the big collision! That was the cognitive dissonance of Gayle King when femininity and racial identity collide. But, now that this juror, Paula Devlin, is running around having her, you know, 15 minutes of fame, we are finding out exactly what it was all about. I want you to listen to what she said, okay? You ready? Paula Devlin (audio clip): We knew that this was a turning point, and this would be something that could change something to make it better for other women in the future, for other families... You know, justice for those children is this never happening again. Charlie James: I want—I want you to hear that again. Are you ready? Paula Devlin (audio clip): We knew that this was a turning point, and this would be something that could change something to make it better for other women in the future, for... Charlie James: It wasn't about guilt or innocence. It was what is going to be better for women in the future. Better for women in the future! They've even given it a name now. Did you know that? They've given it a name. Gayle King (audio clip): Was there any specific evidence that swayed you, or—and I'm very curious about the evidence that he was opposed to. Let's talk about the evidence for you first. Paula Devlin (audio clip): I think Dr. Resnick—his testimony about altruistic filicide was really impactful because, all throughout the trial, we had all the witnesses—there had been nothing but good said about Lindsay, and how amazing of a mother she was, and how much she loved her children... Charlie James: Up until the point she killed them. That kind of erases everything else. But now it's got a name: "altruistic filicide." Now, I don't think there is anything altruistic about filicide. Altruism means showing unselfish concern for the welfare, happiness, and well-being of others—putting the needs of others before your own. That's crazy, that you would even put those two words together: altruism and filicide. Don't even belong in the same sentence. That's the—that whole trial, that's messed up. But... but... that's what happens. "Hey Charlie, think about it for a second. They're vilifying the one Black male juror who is trying to do the right thing, but not vilifying the woman who killed her three children. Doe ...

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