Clancy Jury Deadlocks 2 Times in 6 Days; Holdout Fight Looms
The Lindsay Clancy murder trial entered uncharted procedural territory as Judge William Sullivan refused to dismiss a holdout juror who the foreperson said would not follow reasonable-doubt instructions. With the jury twice at impasse across six days, Friday's judicial inquiry will test the boundary between protecting a unanimous verdict and avoiding juror coercion. For litigators, the case is a live clinic on juror-dismissal rules, Tuey-Rodriguez charges, and preserving error for appeal.
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