Updated
Updated · The New York Times · Sep 2
Judge Sullivan Questions 12 Jurors in Clancy Murder Trial as Deliberations Resume After Intimidation Charge
Updated
Updated · The New York Times · Sep 2

Judge Sullivan Questions 12 Jurors in Clancy Murder Trial as Deliberations Resume After Intimidation Charge

3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 2

Summary

  • Deliberations in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial resumed Wednesday after Judge William Sullivan questioned jurors individually for about 10 minutes shortly after 9 a.m.
  • Several jurors appeared to answer “no” during the brief one-by-one exchanges, which lawyers could observe at sidebar but journalists and the public could not hear.
  • Sullivan warned before bringing in the jury that a court order and statute “is being enforced and will be enforced,” without elaborating in open court.
  • The warning followed Tuesday’s arrest of Dawn Light, 56, outside the Plymouth courthouse on a charge of intimidating a witness, juror or other participant in the criminal proceeding.

Insights

What happens to Lindsay Clancy if the jury's deadlock forces a mistrial after the courthouse intimidation?
Could the arrest for juror intimidation derail the final verdict in this highly emotional murder trial?
Will the judge's secret sidebar conversations save the deadlocked jury, or is a mistrial inevitable?