Lindsay Clancy jury tells judge they’re still deadlocked on 5th day of deliberations

Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial told the judge on Wednesday they were deadlocked for a second time, a day after they issued a first deadlock note to the judge.

Judge William Sullivan sent the jury back for a fifth day of deliberations on Wednesday morning, after they were dismissed around 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. When the jury came back from lunch at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, they submitted a note to Sullivan that they were still deadlocked.

After Wednesday’s deadlock note, Sullivan read the jury the Tuey-Rodriguez instructions, which essentially asks them to give deliberations one last chance and tells jurors that it’s “desirable” they reach a verdict.

“You should consider that it is desirable that the case be decided,” the instructions say. “You should consider that you have been selected in the same manner, and from the same source, as any future jury would be.”

According to Massachusetts law, a judge can only ask a jury to keep deliberating twice, unless the jury consents to further deliberations. If the jury still cannot reach a unanimous verdict after the third deadlock, the judge can declare a mistrial.

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