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Lindsay Clancy — 28 August 2026
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Frame
This is a signed analysis of the public record for 28 August 2026 in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial. Friday 28 August 2026 was the first full deliberation day following approximately 3.5 hours of deliberation on Thursday 27 August. This page does not decide criminal responsibility. It does not reconstruct the scene. It does not use private filings.
What the record shows
Judge William Sullivan dismissed jurors shortly before 4:00 PM Friday. He stated it had "been a long day for everybody." Deliberations resume Monday 31 August at 9:00 AM. No verdict. Court did not sit Saturday or Sunday.12
Twelve jurors are deliberating: nine women and three men.1
The jury sent one question Friday morning. Sullivan held a sidebar. The question was not detailed in open court. Press reported the jury asked to see prescription pill bottles and the knife from the 24 January 2023 suicide attempt. Defense attorney Kevin Reddington told reporters the jurors asked to see the pill bottles and knife. These items were sent to the jury room. The Associated Press independently reported the jury asked to look at a knife used to cut herself and bags with empty prescription pill bottles.12
No verdict. The jury may return guilty of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, manslaughter, or not guilty by lack of criminal responsibility.1
Contested
No verdict. Criminal responsibility remains contested.
Limits
No official transcript claimed. Deliberation day reported via press coverage.
The jury question about exhibits is reported via press interviews with defense counsel and press observation. The question text was not read in open court in the opened coverage.
No verdict.
Sources
Signed.
Paul Stephen Apatheia Labs 28 August 2026
Footnotes
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boston.com, 28 August 2026, "Lindsay Clancy trial: No verdict; deliberations resume Monday": https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2026/08/28/lindsay-clancy-trial-jury-deliberations-verdict-watch-august-28/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4
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Associated Press, 28 August 2026, "Lindsay Clancy jury ends second day without a verdict": https://apnews.com/article/lindsay-clancy-trial-deliberations-e9d58e81851b146736efe94f26956cd6 ↩ ↩2
About the author
Paul Stephen
Founder, Apatheia Labs
Evidence-governed research publication — Prosoche applied in the open.
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