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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.
NYTimes – US The White House is defending new press secretary Katie Zacharia amid scrutiny over her legal credentials. Zacharia has repeatedly described herself as a lawyer, but no public record shows she has been licensed in US states where she lived. She told The New York Times the confusion stems from a misunderstanding. An advocacy group has questioned whether she has the qualifications to support her claims.
A 42-year-old man, Hassan Kariem, died after falling from the Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia near Atlanta on Monday. The park, currently on weekend operations, is scheduled to reopen Friday, it confirmed. Kariem, an IT manager with Atlanta Public Schools, is being remembered as a "cherished member" of the school community.
NYTimes – US The former fiancé of the South Carolina representative and two of his business associates were charged on Wednesday with sex crimes and voyeurism in connection with a 2018 incident.
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