Karen Read’s lawyer says Clancy defense attorney may be ‘cut from a different cloth’ as deliberations drag on

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One of Karen Read’s former defense attorneys praised Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer for his work as jurors neared the end of a sixth day of deliberations — after twice telling the judge they could not reach a unanimous verdict.”It immediately brings back the stress and the pressure that comes from having somebody’s life in your hands and the very worst part of a trial, which is when the jury’s out,” said David Yannetti, who was key to Read’s defense team through both of her Massachusetts murder trials. “So I feel for Kevin now, as I feel any lawyer in that situation, but he appears to be confident.”He said the two cases are unusual because they involve professional women with no prior court involvement or criminal records — both of whom drew strong public support.LINDSAY CLANCY JURORS VISIT CRIME SCENE IN KAREN READ-STYLE MOVE TO TEST TIMELINE: RETIRED JUDGE “I think by all accounts, he did a wonderful job with this case, defending this woman in what is a horrific set of facts,” he told Fox News Digital. “I think Kevin has succeeded to a large degree already.”Clancy is charged with three counts of murder in the deaths of her children, Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, who was 8 months old. Jurors could find her guilty of first- or second-degree murder, manslaughter, or not criminally responsible under her insanity defense.LINDSAY CLANCY VERDICT: RETIRED JUDGE EXPLAINS WHAT HAPPENS IF INSANITY DEFENSE PREVAILS While the facts of the cases are worlds apart, both involve intense scrutiny from both the media and the public.Judge William Sullivan, who is presiding over the Clancy trial, explained the prosecution’s burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt after receiving a new note from the jury Thursday afternoon.WATCH: Karen Read attorney David Yannetti explains grueling wait for jurors as Lindsay Clancy deliberations continueLINDSAY CLANCY VERDICT STILL WITHIN REACH – RETIRED MASSACHUSETTS JUDGE PUSHES BACK ON HUNG-JURY PREDICTIONSThen he sent jurors back to continue deliberating. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON XWith jurors out of the courtroom, Reddington made a fiery request to the judge, asking for the removal of an apparent single holdout whom he said another juror accused of failing to follow the law.SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWSSullivan rejected the request.LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE LISTEN TO THE NEW ‘CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO’ PODCAST”Refusing to deliberate and refusing to agree are not the same thing,” said retired Massachusetts Judge Carol Erskine, who is not involved with the case. She explained in an X post that judges are also required to be “extremely cautious” not to interfere with deliberations.SOCIAL MEDIA IS LINDSAY CLANCY WILD CARD THAT COULD TILT POTENTIAL RETRIAL TO THE DEFENSE, RETIRED JUDGE SAYSThe court recessed for the day shortly after 4 p.m., and jurors will return Friday morning for their seventh day of deliberations.GOT A TIP?The wait can be brutal for attorneys and their clients, Yannetti told Fox News Digital. LINDSAY CLANCY PROSECUTORS COME ACROSS AS ‘TONE DEAF,’ ‘UNCARING’ AND ‘SNARKY,’ DEFENSE ATTORNEY SAYS”It’s torture,” he said. Trial attorneys like to be in control, he explained, but once the jurors are out, there’s nothing to do but watch and wait.GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL”You’re all just sort of on the frying pan, being cooked,” he said.LINDSAY CLANCY MURDER TRIAL BECOMES SOCIAL MEDIA OBSESSION AS TIKTOKERS, SLEUTHS DEBATE CONTROVERSIAL CASERead’s first trial ended with a deadlocked jury after five days in 2024. She was acquitted of all homicide-related charges after her second trial last year, when jurors deliberated for four days.CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP