NEWSNATIONNOW (Josie Fischels) - Holdout juror in Clancy case may have misapplied reasonable doubt: Retired judge
Retired Massachusetts judge James Barretto explains how the holdout jurormay have misunderstood the legal standard of reasonable doubt.
Retired Massachusetts judge James Barretto explains how the holdout jurormay have misunderstood the legal standard of reasonable doubt.
Kevin Reddington is asking Judge Sullivan to do something extraordinary: end the Commonwealth v. Clancy case without a retrial. In a renewed motion for a required finding of not guilty filed Sept. 10, 2026, the defense argues that prosecutors failed to present sufficient evidence to establish criminal responsibility, even after the first trial ended with a hung jury. But there is a challenge: This is the same judge, the same evidence and the third time he has been asked to make this ruling. So, will Judge Sullivan grant the motion? Probably not. And that is where things get interesting. Criminal defense attorney Sara Azari breaks down the latest filing.
The funniest thing you’ll see all week is the moment CBS Mornings content creator Gayle King found out the lone juror in the Lindsay Clancy trial who wouldn’t vote to acquit, resulting in a mistrial, was a black man. She nearly needed smelling salts. In an interview Friday, Paula Devlin, one of the witches on […]
The nation’s reaction to the 11-1 deadlock that resulted in a mistrial for Lindsay Clancy was, like the jury itself, fiercely and unbridgeably divided.
‘She loved her children’
The lone, holdout juror who voted to find Lindsay Clancy guilty of murder was a black male in his 30s, juror Paula Devlin revealed on […] Source