The Lindsay Clancy mistrial ended a weeks-long trial with no verdict, yet the defense says the final divide was one vote away from acquittal. Kevin Reddington said eleven jurors favored finding Clancy not criminally responsible and a single holdout prevented a unanimous result.
The jury had deliberated for more than 38 hours over seven days. Its foreperson raised a specific concern about the holdout's treatment of reasonable doubt, but Judge William Sullivan said he would not remove or further interrogate a juror based on the dispute presented to him. Reddington then took the issue to a single justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. The emergency request failed, and Sullivan declared a mistrial.
That did not end the defense effort to stop another prosecution. Reddington said he planned to seek a required finding of not guilty through a Rule 25 motion, asking Sullivan to dispose of the case without another jury. He pressed for a quick hearing and said he was ready to start over with jury selection if the judge denied the motion. Sullivan scheduled the next hearing for September 29, 2026, with any new trial dependent on the court's calendar and the prosecution's decision.
Tony Brueski and criminal defense attorney Bob Motta trace what that sequence means in practical terms. Bob addresses whether an 11-1 defense-reported split weakens the case for a retrial and what prosecutors would have to reassess after the first jury. He also explains why a new panel can reach a completely different outcome on largely unchanged evidence.
District Attorney Timothy Cruz said he would review the case with his team before deciding whether to try Clancy again. Patrick Clancy's attorney said another trial would be "extraordinarily painful" for Patrick and his family. The next fight is no longer over the first jury's verdict. There was none. It is over whether the Commonwealth should ask a second jury for one.
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