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UPDATE: At 2:20 pm ET, the emergency request for relief was denied. The judge officially declared a mistrial!
The Clancy prosecution has already told the court they will be retrying the case.
BREAKING: Judge William Sullivan officially declares a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial. pic.twitter.com/GirROtZVz1
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BREAKING UPDATE: The judge declared a mistrial after the jurors could not come to a unanimous decision.
The judge gave Clancy’s defense team one hour to appeal to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
The lawyer asked for emergency Supreme Court intervention!
Update: The Massachusetts Supreme Court granted a hearing for Lindsay Clancy’s defense team.
The Zoom hearing already took place. The Massachusetts Judicial Supreme Court will file a decision shortly.
NEW: @FoxNews has obtained Lindsay Clancy defense attorney Kevin Reddington’s appeal filing to the MA Supreme Court, which includes Reddington accusing the lone holdout juror of being “biased” against those with “debilitating mental illness”, which he says is a protected… pic.twitter.com/yNpge94bEv
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Another day of drama in the Clancy courtroom!
Court reconvened on Friday morning in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial on day seven of deliberations after jurors told the judge all week that they could not come to a unanimous decision.
Lindsay Clancy strangled her three children to death in January 2023.
The young children, Cora (5), Callan (8 months), and Dawson (3), were found dead in the Clancy, Massachusetts, home’s basement.
The jury comprises 9 women and 3 men.
Lindsay Clancy admitted to killing her three children, however, her defense team is arguing she should not be found guilty by reason of insanity.
The defense teams argued that Lindsay Clancy was suffering from severe postpartum psychosis and heard voices commanding her to kill her children.
Prosecutors argued that Lindsay Clancy acted with deliberate premeditation and even sent her husband out on an errand while she murdered their kids.
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The jury is considering five verdicts:
– Guilty of First-Degree Murder
– Guilty of Second-Degree Murder
– Guilty of Manslaughter
– Not Guilty
– Not Guilty due to Lack of Criminal Responsibility
On Thursday, Clancy’s defense team requested to remove one juror for not following the rules on reasonable doubt but Judge William Sullivan denied the motion.
The judge on Thursday gave the jury information on reasonable doubt and ordered them to resume deliberations.
Judge Sullivan admonished the jurors for refusing to listen to his instructions on reasonable doubt.
On Friday, Clancy’s defense attorney Kevin Reddington accused the one male ‘holdout’ of lying under oath, claiming the juror promised to follow the law and is refusing to apply the reasonable doubt standard.
The one lone male juror is holding the line.
In a stunning moment, Reddington also lashed out at the judge for not giving a more “forceful” instruction on proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
“What do you want me to do, get a brass band?” Judge Sullivan asked Reddington. “I read the instruction as written!”
“I’m not an actor! I’m just giving the instruction!” the judge shouted.
Attorney Kevin Reddington accused the judge of ‘glossing’ over the reasonable doubt issue.
The judge hit back.
“I am not glossing over the issue. I’ve thought about this issue long enough,” the judge said.
How is this attorney not being held in contempt?
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