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PLYMOUTH, Mass. - The high-profile Lindsay Clancy murder trial is one step closer to a potential mistrial after the judge issued a last-resort order when jurors announced for a second time that they were deadlocked.

The jurors - nine women and three men - sent a note Wednesday that they were still at an impasse about whether to convict the postpartum mom of first-degree murder for strangling her three young kids.

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Plymouth Judge William Sullivan responded by reading the so-called  Tuey-Rodriguez  charge, nicknamed the  Dynamite Charge  by local jurists, strongly encouraging them to keep working to try to reach a consensus.

6 The jury returned for the second time to state they could not reach a unanimous verdict, prompting Sullivan to give them a  Tuey-Rodriguez  charge directing them to continue. Pool Photo Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger

Similar instructions - like the Allen charge - are standard for judges to give to juries when they are deadlocked.

Before the jury was brought into the courtroom, Clancy and her criminal defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, whispered together at the defense table.

Sullivan entered the room and called the lawyers on both sides to sidebar before speaking with them and handing them pieces of paper.

Reddington then returned to the defense table, put his hand on his face and rubbed his eyes, appearing anxious.

Jurors first told the judge they couldn't reach a unanimous verdict in a note Tuesday, but Sullivan told them to keep at it.

They then continued the decision-making process for another 10 hours Tuesday and Wednesday - before sending out the second note after deliberating for a total of roughly 28 hours.

6 Lindsay Clancy is pictured with her family in photos shown during her trial.

 After much deliberation we are still unable to come to unanimous decision,  Sullivan said Wednesday afternoon, reading their note.

Sullivan then read the Tuey-Rodriguez instruction and sent them back to continue deliberations.

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