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Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Sep 1Lindsay Clancy Jury Deadlocks After 4 Days, Judge Orders 5th Day of Deliberations
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Sep 1Summary
- Four days into deliberations, jurors in Lindsay Clancy's murder trial told the judge Tuesday they could not reach a unanimous verdict.
- The judge did not declare a mistrial and instead instructed the panel to keep deliberating, sending them back for a fifth day on Wednesday.
- The impasse leaves the closely watched trial unresolved for now, with the next step hinging on whether jurors can break the deadlock.
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