Card #99: Trial Day 26 complete · second impasse, Tuey-Rodriguez charge, no verdict
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The jury reported a second impasse, received the formal Massachusetts impasse instruction, deliberated further, and adjourned its fifth deliberation day without a verdict.
[VERIFIED FACT] On September 2 the jury sent a second note stating that, after further deliberation, it still could not reach a unanimous decision. Neither public note disclosed the numerical split, the count or legal issue dividing the panel, or the jurors’ positions. [VERIFIED FACT] Judge William Sullivan then delivered the formal Massachusetts Tuey-Rodriguez impasse instruction. He cautioned jurors not to surrender conscientious convictions merely to reach a verdict, while directing them to consider opposing views seriously and reassess their own positions if appropriate. [VERIFIED FACT] The jury deliberated further and was dismissed for the evening without a verdict, with instructions to return September 3. [VERIFIED FACT] The Associated Press corrected its earlier framing: defense counsel clarified that Sullivan asked the jurors about their ability to remain impartial, not directly about the separate arrest. [UNKNOWN] The private answers, deliberation split, and disputed issue remain undisclosed. [UNKNOWN] These procedural developments add no merits evidence concerning staging or participation by Patrick Clancy, Rachel Danis, or any third party.
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