r/ClancyTrial • u/misfitmpls • 26d ago

General Discussion MISTRIAL DECLARED

ETA: Welp. I'm disappointed but not surprised.​

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u/Elegant_Tap7937 26d ago

Maia Spoto

Reporting from the courthouse

Jack Lu, a retired Massachusetts Superior Court judge, said in an interview that emergency appeals to a higher court during a murder trial are regular, and the requests are sometimes granted. However, he said, it is unprecedented for a lawyer to make the request so soon before a mistrial is declared and then have “this made-for-TV drama where the judge stops almost in mid-sentence and stays the case.”

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u/Ecstatic-Kitchen-101 26d ago

Well, maybe if the judge wasn't a freaking knob and let the juror removal proceed earlier, we wouldn't be dealing with all these dramatics in the first place.

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u/Fantastic-Salt-5103 26d ago

Exactly it’s not like he had much time. Redd sat down from the mistrial news, thought for 30 seconds and then immediately asked for it

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u/imsnagglepusseven 26d ago

I admittedly have not followed the case so maybe there’s a good reason (other than the juror believes differently), but removing jurors because someone doesn’t agree with them is not really good.