Judge to Question 1 Holdout Juror in Lindsay Clancy Trial as 36 Hours of Deliberations Stall
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Updated · The New York Times · Sep 4
Judge to Question 1 Holdout Juror in Lindsay Clancy Trial as 36 Hours of Deliberations Stall
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 4
Summary
A 9 a.m. Friday inquiry will focus on the lone juror blocking a verdict after the foreperson said the holdout was not following instructions on reasonable doubt.
Judge William Sullivan refused the defense request to remove the juror, saying he could not side with either 1 juror or 11 while deliberations were still underway.
Jurors have twice reported deadlock this week and spent about 36 hours deliberating over 6 days in the monthlong Massachusetts murder trial.
Clancy, 36, admits killing her 3 children in 2023 but says postpartum psychosis left her not criminally responsible; prosecutors argue she planned the killings.