How long could the Lindsay Clancy jury remain deadlocked? Karen Read hung jury provides comparison.
September 1, 2026 / 6:32 PM EDT / CBS Boston
TL;DR
- The jury in Lindsay Clancy's trial is deadlocked and unable to reach a unanimous verdict.
- Past cases like Karen Read and Emanuel Lopes also experienced hung juries, leading to mistrials or prolonged deliberations.
- A "Tuey-Rodriguez" instruction, also known as a "dynamite" charge, can be given by judges to encourage deadlocked juries to reach a verdict.
- Judges can send deadlocked juries back to deliberate twice, with potential for more if clarifying questions arise.
- If a mistrial is declared, the defendant's conditions revert to pretrial status, and the district attorney decides on retrial.
- Karen Read's first trial ended in a mistrial due to a hung jury, but she was acquitted in a second trial.
- Emanuel Lopes' first trial resulted in a mistrial from a hung jury, but a guilty verdict was reached in his second trial.