One Juror Holding Up Lindsay Clancy Verdict; Judge Won't Remove Them

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Dramatic moments in the courtroom at the end of the sixth day of jury deliberations in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial: The defense asked the judge Thursday to remove a juror who he claimed is refusing to follow instructions on reasonable doubt.

Clancy's Attorney Kevin Reddington said a note delivered by the jury foreperson indicated that one juror “refuses to listen to the law that you've given him or her on reasonable doubt."

Reddington warned that if the trial ended in a mistrial, it would be because of that juror who he said “spurned” the court’s instructions. Prosecutors said they felt the judge appropriately questioned each about whether they could follow the law. Earlier, the judge reportedly called jurors to his bench, one at a time.

The judge ultimately declined to remove the juror, saying that doing so is a “sensitive undertaking." He also read the jury an explanation of reasonable doubt.

The jury, made up of nine women and three men, told the judge on Tuesday and Wednesday that they could not reach a unanimous verdict, but they were told to keep deliberating.

Clancy is facing three counts of first degree murder in the 2023 deaths of her three young children: Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months. Her defense has argued she should not be held criminally responsible because she was suffering from postpartum psychosis at the time. The prosecution contends she knew what she was doing.

The jury will resume deliberating Friday morning for a seventh day. Mo News will continue to follow on all platforms.

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