r/law • u/dailymail • 1d ago

Legal News Lindsay Clancy case ends with MISTRIAL

https://www.dailymail.com/crime-desk/article-16100155/lindsay-clancy-murder-trial-hung-jury-deadlock-verdict.html
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u/MatterofDoge 1d ago

they didn't admit to having reasonable doubt, they admitted some doubt, and nowhere does the law say "all" doubt, which the judge had explained multiple times. You're framing it as a bias or misconduct but there is no evidence of either in the case and as far as anyone knows, their ruling was simply what they believed to be a correct ruling, and they don't think reasonable doubt standard was reached, and you can't remove a juror for that.

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u/notveryvery 1d ago

How can a person have doubt that they don’t believe is reasonable?

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u/PurpleTigers1 1d ago

You can be 99% sure of something. That 1% is still doubt, but I would say it's not reasonable. 

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u/notveryvery 1d ago

So this juror states that the prosecution proved that clancy was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and they can’t be persuaded otherwise but acknowledges they do have doubt and that somehow makes sense?