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Single Juror May Halt Lindsay Clancy Trial Verdict Deliberations Resume
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In Short: A deadlocked jury in Lindsay Clancy's murder trial faces another day of deliberations, with one juror refusing to follow court instructions on reasonable doubt.
A deadlocked jury returns Friday for the seventh day of deliberations in the Lindsay Clancy trial, a day after the jury's foreperson told the judge a single juror won’t follow the court’s instructions about reasonable doubt.
Lindsay Clancy's murder trial enters its fourth day of jury deliberation today. (David McGlynn for Fox News Digital) Reddington said prosecutors might seek to put off another trial "for six months or a year," but indicated he would be ready to move quickly.
Lindsay Clancy, 36, faces three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of her children, Cora, Dawson and Callan, who were all under the age of 6 when they were found strangled in the family’s Duxbury, Massachusetts, home in January 2023.
William Sullivan declined, calling the removal of a deliberating juror "a sensitive undertaking" and saying the court could not take sides in the jury’s deliberations.
Earlier Thursday, defense attorney Kevin Reddington unsuccessfully sought to remove a juror after the foreperson reported that the person was refusing to follow the court’s instructions on reasonable doubt.
The jury has twice told Judge William Sullivan that it is unable to agree on a verdict.
They said William Sullivan had acted appropriately by questioning the jurors about whether they could follow the law and again instructing them on reasonable doubt.
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- After court, Reddington revealed that a later jury note appeared to show an 11-to-1 divide.
- Asked whether a retrial could favor prosecutors, Reddington issued a blunt response.