Lindsay Clancy defense wants juror removed, saying they won’t ‘listen to the law’ amid deadlock

Key Points:

• The Lindsay Clancy murder trial faces a potential mistrial as the jury remains deadlocked after six days of deliberations, with two deadlock notices already submitted and a third possibly forthcoming.
• The jury raised a question about reasonable doubt, prompting Judge William Sullivan to reiterate the legal standard, but this led defense attorney Kevin Reddington to request the dismissal of a juror he claimed was not following the law.
• Judge Sullivan denied the defense's motion to remove the juror, emphasizing that all jurors stated they could follow his instructions and that he would not side with any juror over others.
• The jury is deciding Clancy's criminal responsibility in the deaths of her three children, with the defense arguing postpartum psychosis and the prosecution asserting premeditated murder; verdict options include first-degree murder, lesser charges, or not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility.
• If the jury returns a third deadlock notice, Judge Sullivan is likely to declare a mistrial, with the defense prepared to proceed to a second trial as soon as next week, while the prosecution's readiness for a retrial remains unclear.