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Center baseline · WTNH News8 (Nexstar, New Haven)HighLindsay Clancy trial ends without a verdict for a sixth day after drama in the courtroom
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What happenedJurors sent the judge a note Thursday complaining that one person on their panel wasn’t following the court’s instruction regarding reasonable doubt.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Single holdout juror preventing unanimous verdict in Lindsay Clancy trial, defense claims". The right frames it as "Lindsay Clancy murder trial descends into chaos after defence lawyers urged judge to REMO...".
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Left / center-leftSingle holdout juror preventing unanimous verdict in Lindsay Clancy trial, defense claims
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CenterWhat is 'reasonable doubt'? What to know as jurors in Lindsay Clancy trial continue deliberations
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Right / center-rightLindsay Clancy trial's most dramatic day yet ends with ANOTHER deadlock after one juror is called out for 'not following the law'
Lindsay Clancy trial's most dramatic day yet ends with ANOTHER deadlock after one juror is called out for 'not following the law'
dramatic dayANOTHER deadlockcalled outnot following the law
The Lindsay Clancy jury was dismissed for the day after her lawyer revealed that one juror is holding up the verdict and asked the judge to remove that person.
Single holdout juror preventing unanimous verdict in Lindsay Clancy trial, defense claims
Single holdout jurorpreventing unanimous verdictdefense claims
Lindsay Clancy's defense attorney said a single juror is all that prevents a unanimous verdict in her murder trial. He said the claim came in a note from the foreperson, who said the holdou...
Lindsay Clancy trial ends without a verdict for a sixth day after drama in the courtroom
without a verdictsixth daydrama in the courtroom
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — The deadlocked jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial went home without a verdict Thursday in a dramatic sixth day of deliberations, after the jury’s foreperson sent the ju...
Lindsay Clancy murder trial descends into chaos after defence lawyers urged judge to REMOVE juror
The murder trial of Lindsay Clancy moved closer to a mistrial this evening after jurors remained unable to reach a unanimous verdict for a third consecutive day, while a moment of chaos saw...
Lindsay Clancy murder trial fireworks: Defense attorney wants 1 juror kicked out, tells judge his jury instruction is 'soft'
Just before a deadlocked Massachusetts jury of nine women and three men Thursday afternoon completed a sixth day of deliberations in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial with no verdict, there w...
Clancy defense asks judge to dismiss holdout juror who ‘refuses to listen’
The defense attorney for Lindsay Clancy, the woman accused of killing her three young children, has asked the judge to dismiss the lone holdout juror, who he claims “refuses to listen” to t...
Lindsay Clancy jury fails to reach a consensus on sixth day of deliberations
There was drama in the courtroom Thursday in the trial of the Massachusetts mother charged with murdering her three children. The jury has been trying to reach consensus for six days.
Lindsay Clancy trial jurors excused again after defense blames one for deadlock
The jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial was sent home again Thursday afternoon after her defense attorney blamed one “spurned” juror for causing deliberations to extend into Friday, which woul...
Lindsay Clancy’s defense tries to have juror removed because they won’t ‘listen to the law’
The lead defense attorney for Lindsay Clancy on Thursday asked for a juror to be removed after the jury foreman said that individual appeared to cause the deadlock that has prevented the ju...
Fox Contributor Predicts There ‘Must Be Something in That Note’ Implying Jury is in Favor of Lindsay Clancy
Fox contributor Paul Mauro said Thursday that "something in that note" must indicate the jury favors Lindsay Clancy in her trial. The post Fox Contributor Predicts There ‘Must Be Something...
The Latest: Judge sends Lindsay Clancy's deadlocked jurors home
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — The deadlocked jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial went home without a verdict Thursday following a dramatic sixth day of deliberations. Her defense lawyer sought to rem...
