Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial ended the fifth day of deliberations with no verdict, saying Wednesday they were deadlocked a second time — and the judge could declare a mistrial if they’re deadlocked a third time.
\n\nMassachusetts Superior Court Judge William Sullivan sent the jury in Plymouth back for deliberations Wednesday morning, after it was dismissed around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. When jurors came back from lunch at 2 p.m. Wednesday, they submitted a note to Sullivan saying they were still deadlocked.
\n\nAfter Wednesday’s deadlock note, Sullivan read the jury the Tuey-Rodriguez instructions, which essentially asks it to give deliberations one last chance and tells jurors that it’s “desirable” that they reach a verdict.
\n\n“You should consider that it is desirable that the case be decided,” the instructions say. “You should consider that you have been selected in the same manner, and from the same source, as any future jury would be.”
\n\nThe jury deliberated for another hour and a half before it was dismissed just after 4 p.m. with instructions to return Thursday morning.
\n\nAccording to Massachusetts law, a judge can ask a jury to keep deliberating only twice, unless it consents to further deliberations. If the jury…
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