The Judge DEMANDS Lindsay Clancy Jury Keep Deliberating and Refuses to Dismiss One Holdout
September 4, 2026
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5 min readThe Clancy Jury Standoff: One Juror, Two Notes, and a Judge Who Won't Budge
The note from the jury room was blunt: one juror "has acknowledged doubt but refuses to apply it to the verdict." That single line, revealed in open court Wednesday morning, finally explained why defense attorney Kevin Reddington had been so desperate to remove a juror he had never even seen vote. The jury in the Lindsey Clancy murder trial—she is accused of killing her three young children in 2023—had sent two notes to Judge William Sullivan indicating an 11-to-1 split, with the lone holdout refusing to go along with the other eleven. And Reddington was certain that holdout was the only thing standing between his client and a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:15) **The Holdout Juror Crisis Begins** - Megyn Kelly introduces the breaking news: a single juror is refusing to follow the judge's instruction on reasonable doubt, potentially blocking a verdict in the Lindsay Clancy trial.
- 2 (03:30) **Reddington's Motion to Remove the Juror** - Kevin Reddington argues in open court that the holdout juror is "spurning the instructions of this court" and must be removed to prevent a mistrial.
- 3 (06:35) **Phil Holloway Joins to Analyze the Mystery** - Legal analyst Phil Holloway explains the gamble Reddington is taking by trying to remove a juror whose position is unknown.
- 4 (08:25) **Live Court: The Note's Contents Revealed** - The court reconvenes, and the prosecution and defense argue over the meaning of the jury's note, revealing the critical detail: the juror "acknowledged doubt but refuses to apply it to the verdict."
- 5 (14:46) **Judge Sullivan's Ruling: No Juror Removal** - The judge denies Reddington's motion, stating the note does not indicate a refusal to follow the law, only a disagreement on how to apply reasonable doubt.
- 6 (19:58) **Judge vs. Reddington: The "Brass Band" Exchange** - A tense exchange occurs as Reddington pushes for a more forceful instruction, and the judge pushes back, saying, "What do you want me to do, call in a brass band?"
- 7 (21:35) **The Mystery Solved: 11-1 Split for the Defense** - After the jury leaves, Megyn and her panel realize the note reveals a 11-1 split, with the holdout juror being the only one preventing a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity.
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Show Notes
Megyn Kelly covers the breaking news as the Lindsay Clancy jury begins day 7 of deliberations. The judge in the case refuses to dismiss the one holdout juror despite the defense's objections. Phil Holloway, Jonna Spilbor and Matt Murphy, all hosts on the MK True Crime channel, join to react.
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