Defense to ask SJC for emergency stay after judge moves for mistrial in Lindsay Clancy murder trial

situation. Elise, hold on. I'm told that Bob Ward is now available outside of the courthouse. You were in that courtroom, Bob. Walk us through. We could see some of the exasperation it looked like there on Kevin Reddington's face, that we're right back where he had hoped to avoid. Absolutely, Cal. When we were let into the courtroom, it was about an hour after the jury began its final push and deliberations, and they sent back there one more time. And it was almost exactly an hour later, and there was a feeling that this might be it, that either that lone holdout juror has dug in his heels and they can't reach a verdict, or maybe that lone holdout juror has changed their mind and there is a verdict. We really weren't sure. Then we heard those arguments that were being made. Actually, before the judge even got into the courtroom, the clerk came out and had a sheet of paper that, of course, you can't read, but it was shown to both the prosecutor and Kevin Reddington at the podium, not at the bench, but at a podium. The judge was not in the courtroom yet. Both sides were reviewing it, and Kevin walked away. Kevin Reddington, the defense attorney, walked away, and we could see his face, and he was very, very frustrated. So I started getting a sense that this was not going to go his way, that this mistrial might be taking place. But then, you know, we heard what happened. You saw what happened. And then, just out of the blue, Kevin Reddington came up with this last chance to try to stay everything and get that appeal out to that single justice at the SJC. A lot of people were surprised by it in the courtroom. The courtroom, you know, when we started this six, seven weeks ago, there were only two benches filled with the press. There are now seven benches filled with the press and only two available for spectators. So there weren't as many spectators in there as there has been because more press is showing up. But when Kevin asked for that and was able to get that 60-minute window, there was actually an audible gasp behind me from some of the spectators, because, clearly, none of us saw this one coming. And this is a trial filled with surprises like this, just not — you know, a lot of things that are taking place that we just have not seen before. And it's still continuing right up here into the 11th hour. Well, and, Bob, I'm just — simple math here. That order from the judge was given here just about 10 minutes ago. So we are now down to about 50 minutes left in that one-hour window for Kevin Reddington to throw what essentially sounds like a Hail Mary here to see if he can delay a decision in this trial. You talked about the gasp behind you there in the courtroom. We're in uncharted territory, Bob. Yeah, we are. People who are here, the spectators who are here, were hoping that Lindsey Clancy today would be acquitted, either through straight not guilty or not guilty insanity. So they are disappointed that this has happened. They wanted a verdict, just like Kevin Reddington wanted a verdict, just like Lindsey Clancy and her family wanted a verdict. That's why that gasp was there. I don't think and I haven't seen anyone from the other side of this issue showing up every day in court to witness what is going on. But I think you're right when you call this a Hail Mary pass. The judge clearly did not want to do this. You probably heard him arguing a bit with Kevin Reddington, saying, what, you're going to make this jury come back tomorrow, Saturday? You know, incredulous, thinking that's not a serious request, because you can't open up this building. You can't get these court officers here on a Saturday. And as you mentioned, it's Labor Day weekend. You're really talking about Tuesday. This jury, I could tell they look tired. They look worn. They're probably tired of just being here every single day. And then on top of it, being confronted with the evidence in this case. And then on top of that, being frustrated over not being able to reach a verdict after all this time. It looked to me like the jury was tired and probably at this point on a long holiday weekend, probably just wants to go home. And I think that Judge Sullivan is keeping that very is paying close attention to that. And he probably wants to send them home as well. So I think everybody was was very surprised in the courtroom when Kevin Reddington said, I need an hour or actually, he said he wanted a couple of days. He wanted more than an hour. But the judge said, I'll give you an hour. And then if you don't have it, then I'm sending this jury home. So the judge and Kevin Reddington definitely not on the same page here. Yeah, you could definitely pick up on the exasperation there in court between both Reddington and the exasperation we saw in the judge. But Elise, I want to ask you, the judge does have the discretion here in terms of what to do next. He is trying to accommodate all sides.