Lindsay Clancy trial jury might be close to a verdict or a mistrial, depending on holdout juror

Updated on: September 4, 2026 / 9:40 AM EDT / CBS Boston

The Lindsay Clancy murder trial resumed Friday in Massachusetts as jurors returned for a seventh day of deliberations following a stunning turn of events.

The jury is split 11-to-1 after discussing the case for more than 35 hours. Clancy's attorney Kevin Reddington is assuming the split is in favor of acquittal. The one holdout is allegedly not following the judge's orders on reasonable doubt.

Plymouth Superior Court Judge William Sullivan held a hearing at 9 a.m. before the jury was brought in to determine if the holdout juror should be dismissed, based on a request from Clancy's attorney. The hearing was short, but tense.

"I would go so far as to say he lied under oath," Reddington said, calling for the juror to be removed. Sullivan rejected his request.

"I'm not going to do a further inquiry of this juror," the judge said. "It's their duty to accept the law as I've given it to them."

The jury was then brought in and they resumed deliberations at 9:25 a.m.

Reddington said a note the jury foreperson sent to the judge late Thursday afternoon identified the one juror who's…

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