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In Praise of the Lone Holdout On September 4, Judge William Sullivan, of Massachusetts’ Plymouth County Superior Court, declared a mistrial in the case of Commonwealth v. Lindsay Clancy. After seven days of deliberation, the jury was clearly “hung,” with one member refusing to support a verdict of “not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility” in Clancy’s killing of her three young children.

I suspect I may be the only person in America who doesn’t hold strong opinions on what verdict the jury should have reached. Yes, I oppose murder.

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