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The jury in the Lindsey Clancy trial consists of 12 women and 6 men.

Posted by The Gerry Callahan Show, Checked

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The Gerry Callahan ShowAug 17, 2026
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As of the August 17, 2026 posting, the 18-person jury panel was 12 women and six men, as reported when jury selection concluded in late July and confirmed by BBC's account of the trial.

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… She is gonna be sentenced to a mental hospital, where she will spend, I'm predicting, five years, and she'll wheel out at the end of five years. Here's why there is no question about this. As I mentioned Friday, there are 18 jurors. They don't, I don't think they tell you the, uh, who the alternates are and who the jurors are yet, but 18 people in the jury room, 12 women, 6 men. 12 women. You couldn't get 12 women if you took every women in Massachusetts, all whatever it is, uh, 3 million or 2 million. You couldn't find 12 who'd want to put her in prison for life. …
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What we found

Supports. Reporting on the completed jury selection said the 18-member jury consisted of 12 women and six men, with six alternates to be chosen later.[2]

Supports. A Boston 25 report on the jury selection conclusion stated the panel consisted of 12 women and six men.[3]

Supports. BBC reported that there were originally 12 women and six men sitting in on the five-week trial before six alternates were randomly selected for deliberations.[1]

Context. After the August 27 selection of alternates, the deliberating jury was nine women and three men, which is a later change and does not affect the August 17 state of affairs.[1][4][5][6]

Sources

6 sources: 1 tier 1, 3 not rated, 2 tier 2

  1. 1Jury considering verdicts in Lindsay Clancy murder trial - BBC Newsbbc.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports, context
  2. 2Lindsay Clancy murder trial opening arguments to be July 27tauntongazette.com · not rated · cited for: supports
  3. 3Key evidence fight looms in Lindsay Clancy murder trial ahead of opening statementsboston25news.com · not rated · cited for: supports
  4. 4Lindsay Clancy trial finishes closing arguments; jury now ...nbcnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
  5. 5Judge in Lindsay Clancy trial declares mistrialcnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
  6. 6Lindsay Clancy's jury starts deliberations in her murder trial - CNNedition.cnn.com · not rated · cited for: context

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