Clancy Trial: Mistrial! Mark Geragos, Matt Murphy & Joe Krowski join us

The jury was deadlocked. One juror refused to follow the Judge's directions.

An appeal was filed and denied. Mark Geragos, Matt Murphy and Joe Krowski help us navigate the days events including the decision to declare a mistrial by Judge Kennedy in the Lindsay Clancy Trial.

MISTRIAL.

After weeks of testimony, emotional evidence and intense debate over Lindsay Clancy’s mental state, the jury could not reach a unanimous verdict — bringing one of the most closely watched trials in the country to a dramatic end.

Billy Bush and Hot Mics were live throughout an extraordinary final day as the Lindsay Clancy trial moved from a reported 11–1 jury impasse to an emergency appeal before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court — and ultimately a mistrial.

The drama centered on one holdout juror and a jury communication that Lindsay Clancy’s defense argued raised a much bigger issue: was the juror refusing to follow the court’s instructions on reasonable doubt and criminal responsibility?

Defense attorney Kevin Reddington fought to have Judge William Sullivan conduct a further inquiry into the juror. When Sullivan declined and prepared to declare a mistrial, Reddington made one final move — seeking emergency intervention from Massachusetts’ highest court.

Hot Mics followed it all in real time.

Massachusetts criminal defense attorney Joe Krowski joins Billy from outside Plymouth County Superior Court to explain Reddington’s extraordinary legal strategy and what the Supreme Judicial Court could do. Legendary defense attorney Mark Geragos then jumps into the conversation to analyze the reported 11–1 split, the holdout juror and why Reddington was fighting so hard to keep the case from ending in a mistrial.

Former prosecutor Matt Murphy joins the stream as well, offering a different perspective on Reddington’s strategy, his closing argument and whether the judge was right not to remove or further question the juror.

Then, in an extraordinary moment, Hot Mics carries the emergency appellate hearing as Justice Dalila Argaez Wendlandt hears arguments over whether the court should intervene.

Ultimately, the emergency effort fails.

Judge Sullivan brings the jury back into the courtroom, formally declares the jury deadlocked and announces a mistrial.

But the Lindsay Clancy case is not over.

The court sets September 29 for a status conference, trial assignment and consideration of a Rule 25 motion, while the possibility of another trial now hangs over a case that has already sparked a national conversation about postpartum mental illness, criminal responsibility, psychiatric treatment and the limits of the justice system.

Billy and his guests break down what happened, why the final hours became so unusual, what the mistrial means for Lindsay Clancy and what could happen next.

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