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Lindsay Clancy jury deliberates a fifth day
September 2, 2026
The jury in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial in Massachusetts resumes deliberations Wednesday for a fifth day after telling the judge it could not reach a unanimous decision.
CBS News reports that the jury in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial will resume deliberations for a fifth day Wednesday in Massachusetts, a day after telling the court it was deadlocked. The note went to Judge William Sullivan on Tuesday morning, and CBS News reports that he sent the jurors back to keep discussing the case rather than accepting the impasse. BBC carries the same sequence, and the two accounts corroborate each other on the timing, the judge, and the instruction to continue.
BBC reports on what a particular verdict would mean for Clancy. If she is found not guilty by reason of insanity, she would not go free, and would instead be sent to a psychiatric hospital where her status would be reviewed periodically. CBS News corroborates that account. CBS News also places the deadlock in recent Massachusetts practice, citing the 2023 case of Emanuel Lopes, charged with the murder of Weymouth Police Sgt. Michael Chesna, and the first Karen Read trial in 2024, and BBC corroborates that comparison.
What is settled is the deadlock note, the judge's response, the return to deliberations, and the consequence of an insanity verdict. What is not settled is the verdict itself, which the jury has yet to reach.
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The accounts give the same deadlocked jury and note to Judge William Sullivan, and no different figure or framing appears in the record by the time of draft.
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- BBC — Jurors in Lindsay Clancy trial deadlocked but judge asks them to keep trying
- cbsnews.com — Lindsay Clancy jury to resume deliberations day after deadlocked message