Lindsay Clancy case on brink of mistrial as jury deadlocks: Updates

The judge in the Lindsay Clancy trial said he is leaning towards declaring a mistrial, but is giving her defense attorney a final chance to remove a holdup juror.

Judge William Sullivan allowed defense attorney Kevin Reddington to file an emergency single-justice appeal to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court over the issue of a single juror holding up the verdict.

At around 11:30 a.m. ET, Sullivan allowed Reddington one hour to file the appeal before he declares a mistrial. Minutes earlier, the jury sent another note saying they would not be able to come to a verdict.

It came after the jury foreperson sent a note to Sullivan on the afternoon of Sept. 3 alleging that one person "refused to listen" to the court's instructions on reasonable doubt, Reddington said. At that point, they had been deliberating for more than 36 hours and had been at an impasse for days.

Sept. 4 marks the group's seventh day of deliberations in the high-profile triple-murder case, which appeared to be headed for mistrial after the jury twice indicated that they were deadlocked on a verdict.

Clancy is facing three counts of murder for strangling her three children to death at the family's…

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