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Jury Resumes Deliberations in Lindsay Clancy Trial Following Second Deadlock
Just the facts
Clancy is on trial in Massachusetts in connection with the January 2023 deaths of her three young children. The Tuey-Rodriguez instruction, also known as a dynamite charge, is a standard Massachusetts judicial directive used to encourage deadlocked juries to re-examine arguments and reach a unanimous verdict. Jurors returned to the courtroom to continue evaluating evidence following the judge's instruction.
Why this is news
Deliberations in the trial of Lindsay Clancy entered their sixth day after jurors reported a second deadlock, prompting the judge to issue a Tuey-Rodriguez instruction.
Developments timeline
- Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial concluded a sixth day of deliberations without reaching a verdict following courtroom disagreements regarding a holdout juror.
- Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial after jurors reported a third deadlock, but granted defense attorney Kevin Reddington an emergency one-hour stay to file an appeal with the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
- The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court denied defense attorney Kevin Reddington's emergency appeal, leading Judge William Sullivan to officially declare a mistrial after jurors deadlocked following seven days of deliberations.
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