{"id":1372,"date":"2026-09-05T20:58:45","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T20:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labortemedi3.site\/?p=1372"},"modified":"2026-09-05T20:58:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T20:58:45","slug":"judge-makes-big-decision-on-jury-in-lindsay-clancy-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/labortemedi3.site\/?p=1372","title":{"rendered":"Judge Makes Big Decision on Jury in Lindsay Clancy Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another bombshell dropped on Friday morning in the Lindsay Clancy trial.<\/p>\n<p>Judge William Sullivan conducted an additional inquiry into the holdout juror after declining to remove the juror on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Sullivan shot down a request from Clancy\u2019s lawyer, Kevin Reddington, to potentially remove the lone juror holding out on a \u201cguilty\u201d verdict.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<p>On Thursday, the foreperson\u2019s note disclosed an apparent 11\u20131 division and alleged that the lone juror was not following the court\u2019s reasonable-doubt instructions.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Sullivan individually questioned all 12 jurors and asked whether they could follow his legal instructions.<\/p>\n<p>Reddington filed an emergency motion this morning asking Judge Sullivan to prohibit any further private sidebar discussions in the case.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<p>The one-page filing asked Sullivan for a standing order requiring that the trial and all related proceedings be conducted in open court, rather than through private conversations at sidebar.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s important because yesterday\u2019s extraordinary juror controversy largely unfolded through sidebars that the public and livestream audience could not hear.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\"><\/div>\n<p>There is also an important distinction about the alleged 11\u20131 jury split.<\/p>\n<p>Reddington has suggested that he believes the 11 jurors favor Clancy, but the court has not officially disclosed the jury\u2019s actual votes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=e30%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=2095864372048326725&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fconservativebrief.com%2Fjudge-jury-lindsay-clancy-104181%2F&amp;sessionId=4b425ecaa2e8918bb38aa794761560319602e5e9&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"2095864372048326725\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thursday began as the sixth day of jury deliberations, following two previous declarations that the jury was deadlocked.<\/p>\n<p>By approximately 3 p.m., after roughly 35 hours of deliberations, another jury note arrived.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Sullivan brought court back into session and proceeded to question all 12 jurors individually under oath.<\/p>\n<p>The questioning occurred at the sidebar, meaning viewers watching the livestream couldn\u2019t hear the questions or answers.<\/p>\n<p>Clancy was brought to the sidebar in her wheelchair while the jurors were questioned.<\/p>\n<p>ABC reported that prosecutors and defense attorneys were visibly disagreeing about what was happening.<\/p>\n<p>After questioning the jurors individually, Sullivan brought the entire jury back and delivered another instruction concerning reasonable doubt.<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan told them: \u201cYou are required to follow my instructions on the law as I gave them.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\"><\/div>\n<p>He reminded them that every defendant is presumed innocent and that prosecutors bear the burden of proving guilt.<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan told jurors, \u201cI\u2019ve\u00a0told you that every person is presumed to be innocent until they are proved guilty and that the burden of proof is on the prosecutor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The jury was then sent back to deliberate.<\/p>\n<p>After the jury left the courtroom, Reddington said the foreperson\u2019s note indicated one juror was refusing to follow Sullivan\u2019s legal instructions.<\/p>\n<p>Reddington demanded that Sullivan remove that juror and replace the person with an alternate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-12\"><\/div>\n<p>His argument was essentially that this wasn\u2019t simply a juror who viewed the evidence differently.<\/p>\n<p>According to Reddington, the juror \u201crefuses to listen to the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reddington told Judge Sullivan, \u201cMy motion is to remove this juror that refuses to listen to your instruction on reasonable doubt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutor Jennifer Sprague strongly disagreed.<\/p>\n<p>Her position was that the court couldn\u2019t determine from the note which juror\u2019s interpretation was correct without improperly intruding into confidential jury deliberations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-13\"><\/div>\n<p>Sprague said:\u00a0\u201cThere\u2019s no way to determine what the deliberations are, who\u2019s correct, who\u2019s incorrect, and nor should we attempt to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan refused to remove the juror.<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan said.\u00a0\u201cI don\u2019t feel that it is proper for me to side with one side or the other of the deliberations. I don\u2019t feel it\u2019s appropriate for me to say, I agree with one juror or the 11.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In other words, Sullivan was unwilling to remove someone simply because that juror appeared to be outnumbered 11\u20131.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another bombshell dropped on Friday morning in the Lindsay Clancy trial. 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