Judge Declares Mistrial in Lindsay Clancy Case; And, How Private Equity Transformed Youth Sports
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Why did the judge declare a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder case?
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Uh. Hey everybody and welcome to Here's the Scoop from NBC News. I'm Stephanie Gosk, Infra Yasmin Vesugian. Today on the show, could weight loss drugs speed up hair loss in men? We're talking to the lead researcher on a new study that examines potential links between GLP1s and male pattern baldness. Plus, private equity has come for youth sports. We'll take a look at how the pay to play model has completely reshaped kids' athletics with dramatics. Impacts for young players and huge price tags for parents.
Mm-hmm.
But first, the judge has declared a mistrial in the murder trial of Lindsey Clancy today, after the jury delivered their third deadlock note to the judge following seven days of deliberations.
is it is with a heavy heart that we report we are unable to come to a unanimous decision and will not be able to.
They could not agree whether Lindsay Clancy, a Massachusetts mom who killed her three young kids, Cora, Dawson, and Callan, should be convicted of murder, manslaughter, or not be held criminally responsible because she was experiencing postpartum psychosis. In a last minute move, the defense pushed back against the mistrial, bringing the case to a higher court for an appeal. That was quickly denied. So here to explain all the twists and turns of this. Case and what comes next is NBC News legal analyst Misty Maris. Misty, so good to see you. What an unbelievable day. There was a point today when it felt like this was the trial that was never going to end. What happened?
It was a really long road to the inevitable mistrial. So there had been an issue yesterday with a note from the four-person on the jury who said, We have one juror who is not following the law and the judge's instructions. Now the judge took some curative action. Brought every juror up, they took an oath, said they could follow the law, reinstructed them on reasonable doubt, which was the crux of the issue. This juror can't follow the law on reasonable doubt. But the defense wanted more. So when we stepped into court today, the judge brought the jury back in again, did kind of the same thing with the jury en masse, but the defense didn't want the judge to bring in the jury and say, hey, Here's the instruction.
Can you follow it? He wanted the judge to pull that one juror, that one holdout, that now we know from arguments, Steph. This was eleven one. That's what came out in the arguments. It was eleven to acquit and one holdout. And so Kevin Reddington, the defense attorney, wanted the judge to do a voir dear of that one juror. In other
words,
ask this
juror
what's going on here. Right. And get into the crux of the issue, which is Is this a juror who is saying, I don't care about reasonable doubt? I'm gonna do what I'm gonna do. I'm not following the law, even if there is reasonable doubt, doesn't matter to me. Or is it a disagreement on whether or not reasonable doubt is established, which is the purpose of the jury, right? To make an independent determination based on the law and evidence presented. But the judge declined to do that and said, I did enough by instructing the jury again. We don't need to go one-on-one with this juror. And, you know, there's a reason for that because judges are hesitant to really dig into what's going on back in that deliberation room.
It's supposed to be private for the purposes of everybody and every juror in that room is able to have candor and openness and deliberation. So judge declined to do it. Defense Attorney Kevin Reddington. not happy about that. So jury goes back to deliberate. We get a note, the note says We are deadlocked, we cannot come to an agreement, we cannot come to a unanimous decision. And this is when the arguments came. I mean, and this was like the long and winding road to mistrial, right? Because the arguments came about whether or not mistrial should happen at that moment. Now, defense said Read that instruction, that dynamite charge again, Tui Rodriguez.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Why did the judge declare a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder case?
0:00–4:39
2
What legal arguments did the defense use to try to avoid the mistrial?
4:39–9:23
3
Will there be a retrial for Lindsay Clancy and what are the possible outcomes?
9:23–14:37
4
How has private equity turned youth sports into a $40 billion industry?
14:37–17:57
5
What are the physical and mental health risks for kids in year‑round, pay‑to‑play sports?
17:57–22:19
6
How is the rising cost of youth sports affecting low‑income families?
22:19–23:28
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