Not a mistrial, yet. Clancy's lawyer asks for emergency appeal in her murder trial

The judge was on the verge of declaring a mistrial in Lindsay Clancy's murder case. Then her defense attorney requested time to seek an emergency stay from the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3811x3000+0+0/resize/3811x3000!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F96%2Fb1%2F6af1c29043d2875ef3267d902feb%2Fap26247504174717.jpg' alt='Lindsay Clancy and lawyer Kevin Reddington look at jurors as Judge William Sullivan instructs them to continue deliberations during Clancy's murder trial on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026, in Plymouth, Mass.'/><p>The judge was on the verge of declaring a mistrial in Lindsay Clancy's murder case. Then her defense attorney requested time to seek an emergency stay from the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.</p><p>(Image credit: Greg Derr)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5950421' />