Judge gives "dynamite instruction" to deadlocked Lindsay Clancy jury
For the second day in a row, the jury in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial reported that they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict. CBS News' Shanelle Kaul and Caroline Polisi have the details.
The jury in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial has reported being unable to reach a unanimous verdict for the second day in a row. According to CBS News, the jury has spent over 27 hours discussing the case.
Judge William Sullivan gave the jurors the Tuey-Rodriguez instructions, which are used in Massachusetts when jurors are struggling to reach a unanimous decision. This instruction, as reported by the Hindustan Times - World News, asks jurors to consider the views of other members while still following their own judgment.
Lindsay Clancy, 36, is charged with killing her three children, Cora, Dawson, and Callan, at the family's home in Duxbury, Massachusetts, in January 2023. She does not dispute that she killed the children. The main question for the jury, as per the Hindustan Times - World News, is whether she was criminally responsible for their deaths. In a separate development, a woman, Dawn Light, has been charged with juror intimidation after being spotted filming jurors as they left the courthouse, according to ABC News AU.
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