Tensions escalated significantly during the sixth day of deliberations in the high-profile Lindsay Clancy trial after the jury foreperson sent a note indicating that a single holdout juror was refusing to follow the court's legal instructions regarding reasonable doubt.

Defense attorney Kevin Reddington aggressively pushed to have the juror dismissed, warning that leaving them on the panel risked a forced mistrial and arguing the individual was spurning the court's rules.

Judge Sullivan denied the defense's request to remove the juror. He noted........

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