Lindsay Clancy defense wants juror removed on 6th day of deadlock, judge reminds jury of reasonable doubt
Judge William Sullivan sent the jury back after rejecting a defense bid to remove a holdout juror as deliberations neared 35 hours.
- On Thursday, defense attorney Kevin Reddington moved to remove a juror after the jury submitted a question, but Judge William Sullivan declined and sent the panel back to continue deliberations after reiterating reasonable doubt instructions.
- Lindsay Clancy faces charges for the January 24, 2023, deaths of her three children, Cora, Dawson, and Callan; the defense argues she suffered from postpartum psychosis, while prosecutors contend the killings were planned.
- Reddington alleged one juror "refuses to listen" to the law, sparking a heated sidebar where he reportedly waved papers aggressively; Sullivan confirmed each of the 11 other jurors affirmed their ability to follow instructions.
- Judge Sullivan issued Tuey-Rodriguez instructions after the second deadlock notice, granting the jury one final opportunity to reach a verdict; a third deadlock could trigger a mistrial, with Reddington prepared for a second trial.
- Whether prosecutors will seek a retrial remains unclear, as the jury continues deliberating on whether Clancy is criminally responsible for the 2023 incident, with conviction options ranging from first-degree murder to acquittal.
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PressNewsAgencyLindsay Clancy murder trial descends into chaos after defence lawyers urged judge to REMOVE juror
The murder trial of Lindsay Clancy moved closer to a mistrial this evening after jurors remained unable to reach a unanimous verdict for a third consecutive day, while a moment of chaos saw defense attorneys seek the removal of a juror.The nine-woman, three-man jury has now spent six days deliberating the case.On Wednesday, jurors delivered their second notice to Judge William Sullivan that they were deadlocked, having first reported an impasse …
On the sixth day of deliberations, Judge William Sullivan rejected Lindsay Clancy's defense request to withdraw a juror from the trial, after one of the defendant's lawyers alleged that he would be preventing the group from reaching a verdict. The jurors will return on Friday to a new session. Clancy, 36, is charged with murder for the strangulation of her three children in Massachusetts, United States, in 2023. His lawyers argue that she should…
Lindsay Clancy murder trial fireworks: Defense attorney wants 1 juror kicked out, tells judge his jury instruction is 'soft'
Just before a deadlocked Massachusetts jury of nine women and three men Thursday afternoon completed a sixth day of deliberations in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial with no verdict, there were fireworks in the Plymouth courtroom.The prosecution and defense have agreed that Clancy — a 36-year-old former labor and delivery nurse — killed her three young children in 2023; the issue has been whether she is criminally responsible for their deaths due…
Lindsay Clancy Trial Ends without a Verdict for a Sixth Day after Drama in the Courtroom
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — The deadlocked jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial went home without a verdict Thursday in a dramatic sixth day of deliberations, after the jury’s foreperson sent the judge a note saying a single juror won’t follow the court’s instructions about reasonable doubt. Details of the jury room conflict weren’t revealed by the judge and only briefly discussed in open court, but they raised the possibility that a single holdout was s…
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