Facing a deadlocked jury seven days into deliberations on whether Lindsay Clancy was criminally responsible for killing her three young children, Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial on Friday afternoon.
The dramatic day in court came one day after the foreperson told the judge that a lone holdout was refusing to follow the court’s instructions about reasonable doubt, prompting Clancy’s attorney to demand the juror be kicked off the case.
Then, Sullivan said he was going to declare a mistrial on Friday morning before suddenly changing course and giving her defense attorney a chance to appeal to the state’s highest appeals court. He did, and after a quick hearing, the appeal was denied.
Clancy’s attorney, Kevin Reddington, tried to raise a constitutional issue but the judge denied the motion before going ahead with declaring the mistrial.
After making the declaration, Sullivan told jurors he wanted to make a comment and went on to thank them for their commitment and time spent on the trial.
Read the judge’s full statement to the jury below:
“Members of the jury, at this point, I’m going to declare that the jury is deadlocked and I’m going to declare a mistrial. All right. I just wanted to make a comment. I’m kind of a history buff, and during World War II, Winston Churchill was the prime minister for England when England pretty much stood against Nazi Germany alone. And so, Churchill oftentimes had to talk to the citizens and say, ‘let us brace for our duties.’ I always liked that phrase. I thought of that phrase when all of you were agreeing to be on this jury, you agreed to brace for that duty. And each one of you knew how long the case was going to go, you knew how difficult the case was going to be to listen to facts wise. But still, you braced for that duty.
And I just kind of wanted to also let you know, I watched every day, day after day, week after week, all of you performing that duty that you braced for. And I just kind of wanted to let you know I understood how hard everybody worked in this case. I understood that you all gave everything you could, and probably more than you thought you could.
So, on behalf of myself, I just want to thank you so much that you should be proud of what you did. You braced for that duty, you performed that duty. And I just kind of wanted to thank you on behalf of myself, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Thank you so much.
The only thing I am going to ask, one more thing, is that what I’d like to do is be able to come back and thank you personally. I’m going to have to talk to council for just a couple of minutes. So, if you could stay just for a couple of minutes — not to go over the, the deliberations or anything like that — but just to thank you personally again for, for just an incredible, commitment and dedication that each and every one of you showed here. So, I just want to thank you so much. And with that, you’re discharged. Thank you.”
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