{"id":2654348,"date":"2026-09-03T19:59:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T23:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/clancy-defense-asks-judge-to-dismiss-holdout-juror\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T20:00:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T00:00:58","slug":"clancy-defense-asks-judge-to-dismiss-holdout-juror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/clancy-defense-asks-judge-to-dismiss-holdout-juror\/","title":{"rendered":"Clancy defense asks judge to dismiss holdout juror"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fclancy-defense-asks-judge-to-dismiss-holdout-juror%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=2654348&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>Lindsay Clancy\u2019s defense team has requested teh dismissal of a juror who is refusing to follow instructions regarding reasonable doubt during her trial for allegedly killing her three young children in Massachusetts. The judge, William Sullivan, has considered this request after speaking individually with jurors and has acknowledged the complexity of dismissing a juror. The defense argues that the juror\u2019s refusal to accept the legal instructions could threaten the fairness of the trial, potentially leading to a mistrial. prosecutors have expressed no opposition to the judge\u2019s inquiries. The jury is currently deadlocked 11-1 after six days of deliberations, with most jurors seeming unable to reach a consensus. Clancy faces charges of murder, with her lawyers seeking an insanity defense, claiming she was in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-in-lindsay-clancy-trial-orders-jury-to-keep-deliberating-after-stalemate\/\" title=\"... in Lindsay Clancy trial orders ... to keep deliberating after stalemate\">postpartum psychotic state<\/a> at the time of the crime. If found guilty, she could face life imprisonment; if acquitted on grounds of insanity, she may be committed to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/girl-convicted-in-slender-man-stabbing-case-makes-request-for-early-release\/\" title=\"Girl convicted in Slender Man stabbing case makes request for early release\">mental health facility<\/a>.  <\/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\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The defense attorney for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4691590\/postpartum-depression-becomes-part-of-culture-wars-psychotic-break-matt-walsh\/\">Lindsay Clancy<\/a>, the woman accused of killing her three young <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/children\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"1861\">children<\/a>, has asked the judge to dismiss the lone holdout <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jury-system\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"4354\">juror<\/a>, who he claims \u201crefuses to listen\u201d to the rule on reasonable doubt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/massachusetts\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"344\">Massachusetts<\/a> Superior Court Judge William Sullivan sent jurors home on their sixth day of deliberations after speaking with each juror individually. Clancy\u2019s defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, then addressed the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/judges\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"2289\">judge<\/a> and asked for the holdout juror to be ejected.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4712744\/lindsay-clancy-defense-asks-judge-dismiss-holdout-juror\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Clancy defense asks judge to dismiss holdout juror who \u2018refuses to listen\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4711203\/ice-record-august-illegal-immigrants-arrests\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>ICE sets new monthly record in August with most-ever illegal immigrants arrested<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4710987\/downtown-minneapolis-apartment-police-shooting\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Two dead and three officers injured in Minneapolis shooting<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reddington said the foreperson had brought the juror to the judge\u2019s attention, saying he or she \u201crefuses to listen to the law that you\u2019ve given him or her unreasonable doubt.\u201d The lawyer then said the judge\u2019s asking jurors if they can \u201clisten to the law as I instruct you\u201d is not a sufficient question to remove the problem juror.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt does not allow any foundation for a motion to remove the juror who refuses to accept your instructions on the law on reasonable doubt, and if we come back here in a half an hour with a mistrial because of a juror that has just spurned the instructions of this court, it\u2019s a shame,\u201d Reddington said. \u201cIt\u2019s a real shame, and that\u2019s why I object to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/courts\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"439\">court\u2019s<\/a> ruling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The prosecution then told Sullivan it had no issue with the judge\u2019s questions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sullivan then said dismissing a juror is a \u201csensitive undertaking,\u201d adding that he will take in Reddington\u2019s objection.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t feel it\u2019s appropriate for me to say I agree with one juror or the left,\u201d Sullivan said. \u201cAt this point, I\u2019ve asked if they are able to follow my instructions, according they swore earlier that they could. They\u2019ve said at this point that they can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that Reddington\u2019s remarks may suggest he wants to remove the one juror who has sided with the prosecution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe reason Reddington went crazy, he thinks he can get a not criminally responsible. He smells blood in the water,\u201d Rahmani said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rahmani added that a juror not following the rule on reasonable doubt could also indicate where the jury\u2019s head is, and Reddington recognizes that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s one juror that\u2019s not following the law on reasonable doubt,\u201d Rahmani said. \u201cReasonable doubt helps the defense. Reddington goes crazy, tries to remove the juror. The judge says no. He senses a defense verdict, which is why he did what he did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jurors will return Friday morning for their seventh day of deliberations. Based on Thursday\u2019s conversations, it appears jurors are deadlocked 11-1. The jury is comprised of nine women and three men.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4708539\/prosecutors-say-no-doubt-tyler-robinson-killed-charlie-kirk-ahead-of-judge-key-ruling\/\">PROSECUTORS SAY THERE\u2019S \u2018NO DOUBT\u2019 TYLER ROBINSON KILLED CHARLIE KIRK AHEAD OF JUDGE\u2019S KEY RULING<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clancy is accused of strangling her three children in their Duxbury,\u00a0Massachusetts, home in 2023 using exercise resistance bands. Clancy\u2019s lawyers do not deny the murders but are seeking an insanity defense for Clancy, arguing that she was in a postpartum psychotic state when she committed the crime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clancy faces up to life in prison if the jury finds her guilty. However, if the jury finds Clancy not guilty on insanity grounds, she would be admitted into a state <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mental-health\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"623\">mental health<\/a> institution.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Kaelan Deese contributed to this report. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clancy&#8217;s lawyer seeks juror dismissal over refusal to listen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4130,"featured_media":2654349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AP26246758789748.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[85105,23458,3998,85104,4431],"class_list":["post-2654348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-clancy","tag-courtroom","tag-defense","tag-jurydismissal","tag-legal"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AP26246758789748.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2654348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2654348"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2654348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2654352,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2654348\/revisions\/2654352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2654349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2654348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2654348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2654348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}