The Lindsay Clancy mistrial came after seven days of deliberations, and the number Kevin Reddington gave outside court changed the entire retrial conversation. Reddington said the jury was split 11-1, with eleven favoring a finding that Clancy was not criminally responsible and one juror holding out.
Reddington supplied the direction of the split; the court announced no verdict. The court did receive a foreperson's note raising concern that one juror acknowledged doubt but was not applying the reasonable-doubt instruction. Judge William Sullivan refused to remove or further question the juror, and the defense's emergency appeal to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court did not stop the mistrial.
Tony Brueski sits down with criminal defense attorney Bob Motta to work through the pressure points left behind by that deadlock. Bob explains why eleven reported votes can matter enormously to a prosecutor without carrying the legal force of an acquittal, and why replacing a deliberating juror is one of the most sensitive moves a trial judge can make.
The defense is also asking for another path out. Reddington said he would pursue a Rule 25 motion seeking a required finding of not guilty, which asks Sullivan to end the case without sending it to another jury. Reddington wanted that argument heard quickly and said he was ready to select a new jury almost immediately if he lost. Sullivan instead set the matter for September 29, 2026, and suggested any retrial would have to fit the court, lawyers, witnesses, and a later fall calendar.
Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz said no retrial decision had been made on September 4. Patrick Clancy's attorney described another trial as "extraordinarily painful" for Patrick and his family. Bob Motta weighs whether a prosecution that reportedly lost eleven jurors should try again, and what another twelve-person panel could change.
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