The judge was on the verge of declaring a mistrial in Lindsay Clancy's murder case. Then her defense attorney requested time to seek an emergency stay from the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.
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Fifteen newsrooms break the news that nothing happened for one more hour, twice at the New York Post.
“Fifteen newsrooms didn't cover a trial today, they covered each other covering a trial. Same deadlocked jury, same one-hour stay, sold to you fifteen separate times like it was fifteen separate facts. That's the business model — alert fatigue is the product, and you're the ad impression.”
“We're not chasing clicks, we're informing the public in real time on an active murder case — that's a public service, not a pileup. Fox got the judge's note read into the record, Daily Caller got the juror angle, that's depth, not repetition. ...We definitely didn't file the same story twice — okay, the Post did, but running it twice just means we take accuracy seriously. Did I say that? That's not — that's not what I meant.”
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The jury in Lindsay Clancy's murder trial says it's deadlocked and will not be able to reach a verdict in the case. Plymouth Superior Court Judge William Sullivan said he will declare a mistrial but issued a one-hour stay. Tony Dokoupil anchored this CBS News special report.
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A judge indicated the Lindsay Clancy murder trial would end in a mistrial Friday, then gave the defense a one-hour delay to make a plea to the state's highest court.
The Massachusetts judge overseeing Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial on Friday dramatically gave her defense attorney one hour to make an emergency appeal for a stay before he declares a mistrial. William Sullivan, who is overseeing the murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court, made the decision after the 12-member jury spent seven days…
A judge revealed he intends to declare a mistrial in Lindsay Clancy's murder trial Friday on the seventh day of deliberations -- but gave her defiant lawyer just one hour to file an emergency appeal against the ruling.
A Massachusetts judge said he would declare a mistrial Friday after the jury weighing the fate of Lindsay Clancy failed for the third time to reach a verdict in the case of the mother accused of the strangling deaths of her three young children in 2023.
Judge Intends To Declare Mistrial In Lindsay Clancy Case
A mistrial was declared in Lindsay Clancy's murder trial in Massachusetts Friday, but the judge granted her attorney an emergency stay. Follow along for live updates from Plymouth Superior Court.
A judge revealed he intends to declare a mistrial in Lindsay Clancy's murder trial Friday on the seventh day of deliberations -- but gave her defiant lawyer just one hour to file an emergency appeal against the ruling.
Lindsay Clancy's lawyer claimed in court that one juror in the killer mom's murder trial "refuses to listen to the law."
For the third time since deliberations began, jurors in Clancy’s trial reported being unable to come to a consensus.
The judge in the Lindsay Clancy murder case announced Friday he was declaring a mistrial after jurors were unable to reach a unanimous verdict. However, when defense attorney Kevin Reddington requested an immediate stay of the declaration, the judge gave the defense one hour to appeal.
Lindsay Clancy's lawyer, Kevin Reddington, argued with Plymouth Superior Court Judge William Sullivan over an alleged situation concerning a juror. CBS News' Shanelle Kaul and Rebecca Roiphe have more.
The judge in the Lindsay Clancy case indicated Friday that he would declare a mistrial but then gave the defense a one-hour deadline to appeal. Judge William Sullivan said that 'under the statute in the case law," he did not think he had any option other than to declare a mistrial. But the judge then granted the defense an hour to afford…
Massachusetts Superior Court Judge William Sullivan has sent the jury in the Lindsay Clancy case back for another round of deliberations on the 28th day of the murder trial. Clancy, the woman accused of murdering her three children, has argued through her defense team that she strangled them in a state of postpartum psychosis as she […]
· What it would take for judge in Lindsay Clancy case to declare mistrial from the morgue, 1 Sep 2026
· Judge in Lindsay Clancy trial orders jury to keep deliberating after stalemate from the morgue, 1 Sep 2026
· Lindsay Clancy trial jurors tell judge they are deadlocked from the morgue, 1 Sep 2026
· Lindsay Clancy jurors deadlocked, judge asks them to continue deliberations from the morgue, 1 Sep 2026
· Judge sends Lindsay Clancy jury back for deliberations after they could not reach a verdict from the morgue, 1 Sep 2026
· Criminal defense attorney on how likely mistrial is in Lindsay Clancy case from the morgue, 1 Sep 2026
· Lindsay Clancy verdict: Retired judge explains what happens if insanity defense prevails from the morgue, 28 Aug 2026
· Closing Arguments in Lindsay Clancy Trial Get Underway from the morgue, 27 Aug 2026
· Closing arguments conclude in Lindsay Clancy trial as prosecutors argue murders were ‘a choice’ from the morgue, 27 Aug 2026
· Lindsay Clancy jury dismissed for the day, will resume deliberations Wednesday from the morgue, 1 Sep 2026
· What the judge told the Lindsay Clancy jury after they said they're deadlocked from the morgue, 1 Sep 2026
· Watch: Lindsay Clancy jurors say they're deadlocked, judge sends them back for deliberations from the morgue, 1 Sep 2026
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