Live Updates: Lindsay Clancy murder trial judge declares mistrial but allows 1-hour stay after jury remains deadlocked

That request came at 11:30 a.m.

Reddington wants to file a single justice appeal to the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, the highest court in the state, because he believes that the lone holdout juror that we learned about Thursday is essentially breaking the law. 

“I think a mistrial for the defense is favorable to a guilty finding, for sure,” Roman said. “I’m not sure that it’s necessarily a win. I think that Lindsay Clancy and her team, along with every other person involved in this case, would like resolution and would like this to be done. Certainly, if there’s a mistrial, there’s a very real possibility the case would be tried again.”

Roman added that the most likely scenario would be that there is another trial.

“And that, you know, just the thought of that carries a certain weight to it, and a certain emotional impact, I think, for everybody involved,” Roman said.

“It is a very difficult position to be in. It can be upsetting. Speaking from experience, during the first Karen Read trial, this is pretty much how it went for us. We sent the jury out and we were very confident we had persuaded everybody that they should come back not guilty. We expected a quick verdict despite the length of the trial,” Yannetti said. “And when it dragged on, you can’t help but speculate on, what’s going on in there? How can somebody not go along with us? Who’s fighting? Who’s with us, who’s not? And you have zero answers because nobody’s in that jury room.”  

Yannetti added that the deadlocked jury means defense attorney Kevin Reddington presented a successful case.

“He has persuaded some on the jury, in my view, that she should not be convicted, and the reason is lack of criminal responsibility,” Yannetti said. 

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