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Lindsay Clancy Jury Deadlock

The Lindsay Clancy murder trial hit a second deadlock as jurors struggled to reach a verdict.

Lindsay Clancy Jury Deadlock
Photo: NBC News

FRAMING NBC News emphasized Trial Process & Defense Strategy; Daily Wire emphasized Rare Judicial Intervention.

WHAT BOTH SIDES REPORT

  • The jury deadlocked twice in Lindsay Clancy's triple-murder trial. NBC News, Daily Wire
  • A single juror was identified by the foreperson as holding up a verdict. NBC News, Daily Wire

LEFT / CENTER-LEFT

  • Defense attorney Kevin Reddington accused the holdout juror of refusing to apply the law on reasonable doubt. NBC News
  • The judge denied the defense's request to remove the holdout juror. NBC News
  • The judge issued a Tuey-Rodriguez instruction urging the deadlocked jury to keep deliberating. NBC News
  • Clancy never testified, but both sides read extensively from her diary entries at trial. NBC News
  • The jury of nine women and three men received detailed instructions before beginning deliberations. NBC News

RIGHT / CENTER-RIGHT

  • The judge's direct questioning of an identified holdout juror was described as a rare procedural step. Daily Wire