As a lifelong public servant, @NancyGrace, surely your interest is that justice be done. So the central question should be easy: Is it acceptable for a juror to vote to convict while acknowledging that reasonable doubt exists?
That is the substance of what @Bederowlaw discussed and what @defense_diaries asked about. It deserves an answer.
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but it is absolutely newsworthy that the lone juror who refused to deliberate in the biggest trial in the world is also a domestic abuser
this is different than a note that says "please re-read the law on reasonable doubt." You see that all the time. This was a "hit" where the foreperson reported that one juror has gone rogue. That is ugliness in the room.
So we have a rogue juror who allegedly is ignoring/misapplying the law, and who may or may not have been "fixed" by promising to follow the court's instruction. If this jury comes back with a guilty verdict after this--2 impasse notes and 2 instructions to jeep at it and 35 hours of deliberations, expect hell to break loose from the defense side. The judge is technically correct: all he can really do is address the substance of the note. Either way, the issue is preserved for appeal if it comes to that. What a mess.
Apparently one juror refuses to follow the law on reasonable doubt in their deliberations at the Lindsay Clancy trial.
Here’s Kevin Reddington making the record clear publicly.
Reddington arguing in open court in Clancy case. He says to Judge, "Court has instruction from the foreperson saying there’s one juror who refuses to listen to the law that you’ve given him or her on reasonable doubt." #WBZ
sound like there may be a juror (or jurors) who opined that they are not convicting (or acquitting) irrespective of the burden of proof, so the judge called them up and asked them individually if each assured him to follow his instructions on the law?
The entire jury is now here, including six alternates. Judge reads the linked instruction about reasonable doubt. They've heard this before, the day of closings. He then asks them to resume deliberations. https://t.co/IDeUkyVy3s
an issue in the jury room after 35 hours which has led to a very upset defense attorney and individual voir dire of each juror at this stage? If this case were to end in a mistrial due to something amiss in the jury room as opposed to jurors reaching an impasse, that would be remarkable
BREAKING at Lindsay Clancy Trial: All 12 Jurors Being Brought In To the Courtroom ONE BY ONE - Note said "something was wrong in the jury room - CourtTV reports
There may be a jury question or statement in the Lindsay Clancy trial. Prosecutors have been brought into the courtroom. Media is waiting outside. There is typically advanced warning if there is a verdict, so it’s unlikely this is a verdict.
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