While our wait continues, we have also learned that the prosecution team have filed a motion to “preclude prejudicial extrajudicial statements to the media”, also known as a gag order.
The motion argues that Clancy’s lawyer, Kevin Reddington, has been actively speaking to the media and commenting on issues such as how the defendant was doing and feeling, and how witnesses testified.
Reddington has also spoken about the jurors deliberating in the case, which the motion describes as “most disturbing”. On 3 September, the motion says, Reddington referred to the “hold out juror” as “he”, and “ensured that the juror would be publicly identified”.
The prosecution says the court should therefore “limit the extrajudicial statement made in this case to ensure the fair administration of justice”.
WBZ-TV and Boston Globe Media Partners filed a motion opposing the gag order, BBC’s US partner CBS reports.
