{"id":2654606,"date":"2026-09-04T12:48:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T16:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/clancy-judge-gives-one-defense-one-hour-to-file-stay-before-mistrial\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T12:50:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T16:50:29","slug":"clancy-judge-gives-one-defense-one-hour-to-file-stay-before-mistrial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/clancy-judge-gives-one-defense-one-hour-to-file-stay-before-mistrial\/","title":{"rendered":"Clancy judge gives one defense one hour to file stay before mistrial"},"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\">24<\/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-judge-gives-one-defense-one-hour-to-file-stay-before-mistrial%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=2654606&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>A Massachusetts judge overseeing Lindsay clancy\u2019s murder trial gave her defense only one hour too file an emergency appeal before declaring a mistrial.The jury, composed of 12 members, spent seven days deliberating but remained deadlocked, unable to reach a verdict on Clancy\u2019s mental state at the time of the killings of her three children. One juror has persisted in holding out, with the foreperson reporting an 11-1 split in favor of not guilty. The judge initially announced an imminent mistrial but then allowed defense attorney Kevin Reddington to seek a stay, which is due by around 12:30 pm. Legal analyst Neama Rahmani suggested the appeal effort might fail. Earlier, the judge cited legal reasons for the mistrial, citing the juryS inability to reach consensus.Updates on the case are ongoing.  <\/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 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/massachusetts\/\">Massachusetts<\/a> judge overseeing Lindsay Clancy\u2019s murder trial on Friday dramatically gave her defense attorney one hour to make an emergency appeal for a stay before he declares a mistrial.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">William Sullivan, who is overseeing the murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court, made the decision after the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jury-system\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"4354\">12-member jury<\/a> spent seven days deliberating and came to a third deadlock, meaning they could not reach a consensus over whether Clancy was in her right mind or experiencing psychosis when she reportedly killed her three <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/children\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"1861\">children<\/a>. One person on the jury has been holding out and has been targeted by defense attorney Kevin Reddington, who said the foreperson wrote that the jury was split 11-1 in favor of finding Clancy \u201cnot guilty.\u201d<\/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\/4714008\/lindsay-clancy-verdict-mistrial\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Lindsay Clancy judge gives defense one hour to file stay before mistrial declared<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4713728\/watch-live-lindsay-clancy-jurors-deliberate-28th-day-murder-trial\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>WATCH LIVE: Lindsay Clancy jurors deliberate on 28th day of trial<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\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<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense attorney Kevin Reddington\u00a0has until around 12:30 pm to file the motion. The development comes after Sullivan told the packed courtroom he was going to declare a mistrial, before suddenly granting Reddington\u2019s request to file an emergency appeal asking a justice on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to intervene.<\/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\">Neama Rahmani, a former federal prosecutor, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that Reddington\u2019s request for an appeal will likely not be successful.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier in the morning, Sullivan said that \u201cUnder the statute and the case law, I don\u2019t feel I have any choice but to declare a mistrial at this time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He read the jury\u2019s note to the court, which stated: \u201cIt is with a heavy heart that we report we are unable to come to a unanimous decision and will not be able to.\u201d<\/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\"><em>This is a breaking news story and will be updated. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judge gives 1 hour for Clancy trial appeal before mistrial<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2654607,"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\/AP26245682035326.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[42708,36907,58023,85130,16544],"class_list":["post-2654606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-court-proceedings","tag-defense-strategy","tag-judicial-decision","tag-legal-timeline","tag-mistrial"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AP26245682035326.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2654606","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\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2654606"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2654606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2654614,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2654606\/revisions\/2654614"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2654607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2654606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2654606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2654606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}