Michael Desronvil can't live in his own house. People are knocking on his door all hours of the day and night. They're showing up at his family members' homes. He's the sole holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy triple murder case, and his name, face, and location are public knowledge now — because NBC put them there.

Now NBC is covering the threats he's receiving as a straight news story. Their own role in creating the situation went unmentioned.

NBC's Boston affiliate published identifying information about Desronvil after the Clancy trial ended in a mistrial. NBC correspondent Emilie Ikeda then ran a segment on the network's Saturday Today broadcast framing Desronvil's decision to "break his silence" and "publicly identify himself" — language that conveniently erased the fact that NBC had already done the identifying.

Ray Marcel, host of the streaming series Fugitive TV, described Desronvil's situation in plain terms. "I've been on the phone with him for about an hour," Marcel said. "This man cannot live in peace right now. People are knocking on his door, going around his house. Not just his house. His family members' house."

Jury foreperson Roni Carlson went to NBC10 Boston to air her frustration with Desronvil's vote. "He admitted he had reasonable doubt, and I started filling out the forms," Carlson told the outlet, "and then he said, but I'm still not going to say that she's not guilty by reason of insanity." Whether or not Carlson's characterization is fair, she gave the interview to the same outlet that had already exposed Desronvil's identity — adding fuel to a fire NBC had started.

Desronvil, through his attorney, offered a different account: "I didn't have any doubts."

The juror system works because it promises anonymity. Twelve people agree to sit in judgment of a stranger, weigh evidence they didn't ask to see, and render a verdict that may be unpopular — all with the understanding that their identities are protected. The moment a news organization strips that protection, every future juror in every high-profile case does the math: vote the popular way, or risk becoming the next Michael Desronvil.

NBC's September 12 report identified the holdout. Within a week, Desronvil was fielding threats at home and his relatives were getting unwanted visitors. NBC then covered those threats as if they were an organic development — a thing that simply happened, disconnected from any editorial decision NBC itself had made.

Patrick Clancy, Lindsay Clancy's ex-husband, has an upcoming interview on 60 Minutes. The case will stay in the news. Desronvil's name will stay attached to it. And the network that attached it will keep reporting on the consequences without ever looking in the mirror.

The juror's address wasn't leaked by a Reddit thread or an anonymous tipster. It came from a newsroom with lawyers, editors, and editorial standards departments. They made the call. He got the threats.