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Holdout juror preventing verdict in Lindsay Clancy's murder trial, defence lawyer says

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The murder trial of Lindsay Clancy in Massachusetts has entered its sixth day of deliberations with a deadlocked jury. The defense unsuccessfully requested the removal of a holdout juror who reportedly refuses to follow the judge's instructions on reasonable doubt.

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The case highlights the complexities of the legal system and the challenges of achieving unanimous verdicts in high-profile criminal trials.

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Lindsay Clancy has been on trial for several weeks. ( AP: Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger/Pool )

The deadlocked jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial went home without a verdict on Thursday, local time, in a dramatic sixth day of deliberations.

Ms Clancy's defence lawyer sought to have one of the jurors removed, following a note from the panel reporting one juror would not follow the court's instructions about reasonable doubt.

Link copied Share Share article A single juror in Lindsay Clancy's murder trial is preventing the jury from reaching a unanimous verdict, her lawyer has said in court.

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The judge declined on Thursday, local time, to remove the juror as deliberations stretched into a sixth day over whether to convict the Massachusetts woman of killing her three young children.

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