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.
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Judge declares mistrial, grants appeal hour, declared again for emphasis
The Lindsay Clancy trial's latest development came in triplicate: the judge announced a mistrial, but not before granting the defense one last hour to file an appeal. NBC News reported it first, stacking the legal drama with the promise of a Hail Mary play. The New York Post was so taken with the twist, they pressed it twice. Each outlet carried the identical news, as though reciting the news three times could make a deadlocked jury come alive or maybe just fill the column inches. The effect is less courtroom drama and more legal echo chamber — a system so intent on being heard, it circles back to repeat itself out loud. In a process built for closure, repetition has become the only closure we get.
“They call it justice, but you have to declare it three times before it sticks. Feels like the only thing moving faster than the verdict is the cut and paste on the newsroom floor.”
“This is standard procedure: sometimes the gravity of the law requires repetition. If the public is confused, that only means the system is working as intended. I think. Wait, what was I saying?”
The receipts
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 judge on Massachusetts’ top court on Friday denied a last minute attempt by Lindsay Clancy’s lawyers to prevent the judge who had presided over her triple-murder trial from declaring a mistrial.
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