{"id":2653775,"date":"2026-09-02T18:19:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T22:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-judge-sends-lindsay-clancy-jurors-a-dynamite-charge-as-they-report-second-deadlock\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T18:24:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T22:24:49","slug":"breaking-judge-sends-lindsay-clancy-jurors-a-dynamite-charge-as-they-report-second-deadlock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-judge-sends-lindsay-clancy-jurors-a-dynamite-charge-as-they-report-second-deadlock\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Judge Sends Lindsay Clancy Jurors a &#8216;Dynamite Charge&#8217; as They Report Second Deadlock"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbreaking-judge-sends-lindsay-clancy-jurors-a-dynamite-charge-as-they-report-second-deadlock%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2653775&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The jury deliberating Lindsay Clancy\u2019s case reported being deadlocked multiple times, prompting the judge to issue the &#8220;dynamite charge&#8221; or Tuey-Rodriguez instruction, urging jurors to reach a consensus. Despite continued efforts, after several hours of debate, the jury remained unable to reach a unanimous decision. The judge authorized this last effort to encourage deliberation; if the jury remains deadlocked again, the judge will decide weather to give the instruction once more or declare a mistrial.Clancy&#8217;s trial involves determining her punishment for killing her three children in 2023,with her defense arguing she was not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fundraiser-for-lindsay-clancy-raises-over-850000-in-under-one-week\/\" title=\"Fundraiser for Lindsay Clancy raises over 0,000 in under one week\">criminally responsible due<\/a> to postpartum psychosis.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The jury weighing Lindsay Clancy\u2019s fate reported Wednesday that it remained deadlocked, forcing the presiding judge to deliver a Massachusetts instruction known as the \u201cdynamite charge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As WCVB-TV <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcvb.com\/article\/tuey-rodriguez-dynamite-charge-lindsay-clancy-trial\/73595868\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noted<\/a>, jurors first said they could not reach consensus Tuesday morning, but Judge William Sullivan told them to continue deliberating rather than declaring a mistrial.<\/p>\n<p>After about five more hours of deliberation Wednesday, jurors sent Sullivan another note saying they still could not agree on a unanimous decision.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING: The Lindsay Clancy jury has ONCE AGAIN sent a note to the judge saying they\u2019re DEADLOCKED<\/p>\n<p>The judge is now reading them a Tuey-Rodriguez charge, and will send them BACK to deliberate again<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what a Tuey-Rodriguez charge entails, as read by the judge:<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 A jury\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dnkoTlJzSe\">pic.twitter.com\/dnkoTlJzSe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nicksortor\/status\/2095216712039678369?\">September 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>ABC News <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/GMA\/News\/live-updates\/lindsay-clancy-trial-jurors-resume-deliberations\/?id=136086599&#038;entryId=136152186&#038;cid=social_twitter_abcn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that jurors wrote, \u201cAfter much deliberation, we are still unable to come to a unanimous decision,\u201d prompting Sullivan to give them the Tuey-Rodriguez charge.<\/p>\n<p>The instruction tells jurors to keep working to come to a consensus and reminds them that they have a civic duty to bring the case to a conclusion, Fox News reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: The judge in the Lindsay Clancy trial gives the desperately deadlocked jury a last resort \u201cTuey-Rodriguez\u201d charge after five days of deliberation.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cTuey-Rodriguez\u201d charge is an instruction urging the jury to try again and reach a unanimous verdict. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DlcBJOv5D0\">pic.twitter.com\/DlcBJOv5D0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FoxNews\/status\/2095219003643863121?\">September 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The jury in Lindsay Clancy\u2019s murder trial says it\u2019s still deadlocked after five days of deliberations.<\/p>\n<p>The judge has now issued a Tuey-Rodriguez charge.<\/p>\n<p>What that means:<br \/> \u2022 It\u2019s a final push to encourage jurors to reach a unanimous verdict.<br \/> \u2022 Jurors are told to reconsider\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e5AQ1G9Gfu\">pic.twitter.com\/e5AQ1G9Gfu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FoxNews\/status\/2095229654030237952?\">September 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Retired Massachusetts Judge Jim Barretto further explained the so-called dynamite charge to WCVB.<\/p>\n<p>Barretto said the instruction stresses the seriousness of the jury\u2019s obligation.<\/p>\n<p>A jury of nine women and three men is deciding how, if at all, Clancy should be punished for killing her three children in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Clancy\u2019s defense has argued that she was not criminally responsible, as she was suffering postpartum psychosis.<\/p>\n<p>Barretto said the Tuey-Rodriguez instruction can be given one more time if the judge thinks it could motivate jurors to come to a decision.<\/p>\n<p>If the jurors return deadlocked again, Sullivan will have to decide whether to issue the instruction again or declare a mistrial.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 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