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Is the Lindsay Clancy jury divided 11-1? Latest verdict update as judge moves toward mistrial
The Lindsay Clancy jury was reportedly 11-1, but repeated deadlocks led Judge William Sullivan toward a mistrial.
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The Lindsay Clancy jury was reportedly split 11-1 before Judge William Sullivan moved to declare a mistrial in the criminal trial on Friday, September 4. The split appeared to favor acquittal, with one juror standing against the other 11.
The dispute became public after the jury foreperson sent a note saying the lone juror had “made statements acknowledging doubt but refuses to apply it to the verdict as the law states.”
Defense attorney Kevin Reddington then asked the judge to remove the juror, but Sullivan rejected that request. The jury later said it could not reach a unanimous verdict.
Why was the Lindsay Clancy jury split 11-1?
The reported 11-1 split centered on how the jurors were applying the law on reasonable doubt. According to Reddington, the lone holdout had expressed doubt about the case but was not applying that doubt when considering the verdict.
Reddington told the court: “I have never seen a situation like this where a foreperson on a jury is so courageous as to come forward on behalf of 11 jurors, and indicate that juror number, which I will not mention, ‘has made statements acknowledging doubt, but refuses to apply it to the verdict as the law states.’”
Judge Sullivan did not agree that the note showed the juror was refusing to follow the law. He instead reminded the jury that the prosecution carries the burden of proof and that reasonable doubt does not mean every possible doubt.
This story is being updated.
