TMZ Live - Streaming Live From The Newsroom! - 9/4/2026
The Lindsay Clancy mistrial appeal to the Massachusetts Supreme Court was denied, resulting in a formal mistrial declaration due to a 11-1 jury deadlock where one juror refused to apply the reasonable doubt standard.summaryLegal Precedent on Juror Nullification: The core legal battle centered on a juror who admitted to having reasonable doubt but refused to apply it to the verdict. Defense attorney Kevin Readington argued this constituted takeawayDouble Jeopardy Strategy: Readington attempted to use a 'polling' strategy to determine if the jury had reached unanimous verdicts on lesser charges (like manslaughter) before declaring a mistrial. If they had, double jetakeaway














