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Updated · NBC News · Sep 10
Juror Details 11-1 Clancy Deadlock as Holdout Mimicked 3 Killings With Water Bottle
Updated
Updated · NBC News · Sep 10

Juror Details 11-1 Clancy Deadlock as Holdout Mimicked 3 Killings With Water Bottle

3 articles · Updated · NBC News · Sep 10

Summary

  • Nick Dargie said the lone holdout in Lindsay Clancy’s trial wrapped an exercise band around an empty water bottle and pulled it tight during deliberations, leaving other jurors “shocked.”
  • After more than 38 hours, the 12-person jury deadlocked 11-1 for not guilty by lack of criminal responsibility; Dargie said the holdout would not engage, cited no supporting evidence and scrolled on his phone.
  • Defense lawyer Kevin Reddington on Thursday renewed a motion to acquit Clancy on all 3 charges, arguing prosecutors failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that she was not in psychosis when her children were killed in 2023.
  • Several jurors said some panelists initially leaned guilty before moving to the insanity verdict after reviewing the evidence, while prosecutors now must decide whether to retry the case ahead of a Sept. 29 hearing.

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What drove a lone holdout juror to bizarrely reenact a tragedy and derail a near-acquittal in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial?
Will prosecutors retry a paralyzed mother after a single juror's shocking behavior forced a mistrial over postpartum psychosis?
How does the justice system handle a rogue juror who refuses to deliberate, forcing a mistrial in a deeply emotional case?