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Clancy jurors: holdout admitted 'reasonable doubt' but wouldn't acquit

Three jurors from the mistried Lindsay Clancy murder trial describe a lone holdout who blocked a not-guilty verdict despite voicing doubt about her guilt.

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The Clancy Mistrial

4 stories · since Sep 3 · newest 18h ago — A high-profile murder trial ends in mistrial as jurors reveal a holdout member's conflicted deliberations, sparking debate over jury dynamics and the accused's…

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  4. Clancy jurors: holdout admitted 'reasonable doubt' but wouldn't acquityou are here

What to know

  • A single holdout juror blocked acquittal in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial, leading Judge William Sullivan to declare a mistrial on September 4, 2026 after seven days and nearly 40 hours of deliberation.
  • Defense attorney Kevin Reddington's attempts to have the holdout juror removed, including an emergency appeal to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, were denied.
  • Four days later, the jury's foreperson and two other jurors gave their first interview to NBC10 Boston, saying the holdout admitted having reasonable doubt about Clancy's guilt but still would not vote not guilty.
  • Prosecutors have not said whether they will retry Clancy, who admitted killing her three children in 2023 and is asserting an insanity defense tied to postpartum psychosis.

Lindsay Clancy DefendantKevin Reddington Clancy's defense attorneyWilliam Sullivan Plymouth County Superior Court judgeJury foreperson Foreperson of the Clancy juryHoldout juror Lone dissenting juror

Clancy jurors: holdout admitted 'reasonable doubt' but wouldn't acquit
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    Foreperson says holdout admitted doubt but still wouldn't acquit

    AP reported that the jury's foreperson said in the TV interview that the lone juror acknowledged during deliberations that he had doubts about Clancy's guilt but still refused to vote to acquit, blocking a verdict.

    1. first by Newsweek, 15d ago · also The Independent, ABC News, Boston Herald, Mercury News, BBC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation +11

      16 more headlines
    2. 16 outlets first by Philadelphia Inquirer, 15d ago · also NBC News, Sky News, Guardian, Washington Examiner, MS NOW, Breitbart +9 · read ↗

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    • The more the Lindsay Clancy jurors talk, the better they make the holdout look.

      @Outspoken_SamX14d ago96▲view on X ↗
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    • us.theguardian.com

      Three jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial spoke to an NBC affiliate in Boston, with one saying the lone holdout juror who refused to acquit was "very arrogant"

      us.theguardian.comBluesky14d ago34▲view on Bluesky ↗
    • 🇺🇸 Days after Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial ended in a mistrial, her attorney is asking the judge to find her not guilty by reason of insanity rather than put her through another trial. Clancy was accused of strangling her 3 young children in 2023. Her defense argued she was

      @MarioNawfalX13d ago5▲view on X ↗
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    Three Clancy jurors give first interview since mistrial

    The jury's foreperson and two other jurors spoke exclusively to NBC10 Boston for more than an hour, discussing the deliberations that ended in a hung jury four days earlier and describing the lone holdout as 'arrogant.'

    “There was so much doubt…”
    — Lindsay Clancy juror
    1. first by USA Today, 15d ago · also NYT, Newsweek, CBS News, Yahoo, Globe and Mail, Daily Mail

      5 more headlines
    2. first by MassLive, 15d ago · also Boston Globe

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    • Lindsay Clancy jurors describe frustrations with holdout juror in TV interview https://www. bostonglobe.com/2026/09/08/met ro/lindsay-clancy-jurors-tv-interview/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Metro @ metro-TheBostonGlobe

      TheBostonGlobe@flipboard.comMastodon15d agoview on Mastodon ↗
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    Judge declined to question the holdout juror directly

    Coverage detailed that Sullivan repeatedly declined defense requests to question or remove the single juror blocking a verdict, saying he could not take a side in deliberations.

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    Judge declares mistrial after failed bid to remove holdout juror

    After nearly 40 hours over seven days of deliberation, and after Reddington's last-minute appeal to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to remove the holdout juror was denied, Judge Sullivan declared a mistrial shortly before 2:30 p.m.

    “not following…”
    — Kevin Reddington, Defense attorney · source
    • Lindsay Clancy trial: What does it mean to be 'not guilty by lack of responsibility?' https:// abcnews.com/GMA/News/lindsay-c lancy-trial-guilty-lack-responsibility/story?id=136187449&utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Lifestyle @ lifestyle-abc

      abc@flipboard.comMastodon20d agoview on Mastodon ↗
  6. background

    Judge presses deadlocked jury on reasonable doubt standard — After a sixth day of deliberations with a single juror apparently in disagreement with the other 11, Judge William Sullivan reiterated the legal meaning of 'beyond a reasonable doubt' and sent jurors back to deliberate; defense attorney Kevin Reddington accused the holdout juror of 'not following' the law.

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  1. first by MassLive, 19d ago · also The Atlantic, NewsNation, NEWS10 ABC

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  2. first by WCVB, 20d ago · also Boston Globe, Sky News, The Times of India

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  3. first by NY Post, 16d ago · also BBC, New York Post

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  4. first by Daily Wire, 14d ago · also RedState

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  5. first by NBC Boston, 15d ago · also NY Post

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  6. first by Boston Globe, 19d ago · also The Boston Globe

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  7. first by Hindustan Times, 20d ago · also ABC News

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