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The jury has been deadlocked since at least Tuesday on whether to hold Lindsay Clancy legally responsible for the strangling deaths of her three children.
After several days of deliberations, the jury in the trial of Lindsay Clancy is still deadlocked. Clancy's lawyer asked that a dissenting juror be dismissed, but the judge refused. Shanelle Kaul and legal analyst Caroline Polisi have more details.
NYTimes – US The jury has been deadlocked since at least Tuesday on whether to hold Lindsay Clancy legally responsible for the strangling deaths of her three children.
NYTimes – US The jury has been deadlocked since at least Tuesday on whether to hold Lindsay Clancy legally responsible for the strangling deaths of her three children.
Lindsay Clancy's defense attorney said a single juror is all that prevents a unanimous verdict in her murder trial. He said the claim came in a note from the foreperson, who said the holdout juror is not following the judge's instructions on "reasonable doubt." The jury of nine women and three men is weighing the question of whether Clancy is criminally responsible for the killing of her three young children.
NPR – US A judge declared a mistrial in Lindsay Clancy's Massachusetts murder trial after the jury deadlocked, reportedly 11 to one, and a defense appeal for an emergency stay failed. Clancy is accused of killing her three young children. President Trump called the outcome a "terrible situation" and a "horrible tragedy."
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