Lindsay Clancy trial: Jury goes home after 4th day of deliberations, no verdict

Jurors will continue to deliberate in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy on Wednesday after announcing earlier in the day on Tuesday that they could not come up with a unanimous verdict, after hours of deliberation.

The jury was sent home Tuesday afternoon after failing to reach a verdict once more.

According to ABC News legal contributor Channa Lloyd, should the group of 12 remain deadlocked, the next steps are up to the judge's discretion.

"What the judge is going to consider is the amount of evidence, how long the trial was, the amount of information they're processing and how long they've been deliberating," Lloyd said Tuesday on ABC News Live.

"Typically, this judge is going to send them back the first time," she continued. "There are plenty of times a jury say that they can't reach a conclusion, but oftentimes, judges are going to softly encourage them, the initial time, to continue deliberations."

Lloyd added that it would be noteworthy to see how fast the jury returns if they remain deadlocked.

"That will be a very telling sign," she said.

If the jury continues to fail to reach a verdict, the judge may read another instruction to the jury, specifically encouraging them to arrive at the verdict.

If a verdict continues to evade the jury, the judge may eventually declare a hung jury and a mistrial. The case may then be retried.

The jury is going home for the day after about 22 hours of total deliberations.

The jury sent no notes after the one they sent earlier Tuesday -- in which they stated they could not reach a verdict -- indicating an impasse.

The judge instructed the jury to continue deliberations on Wednesday.

Judge William Sullivan implored jurors to continue deliberating after they reported earlier that they were unable to come to a unanimous decision on Tuesday.

"I brought you back out because I know that this was a long trial, all right?" Sullivan said. "I know that there were over 80 witnesses, there were over 300 exhibits, but because of that, I'm going to ask you to go back out, keeping in mind all of the instructions that I gave you, to go out and to continue your deliberations at this time."

He continued, "Like I said, keep in mind the instructions that I gave you, reviewing the evidence, and I'd ask you to resume your deliberations at this time."

Jurors then left the courtroom to continue deliberations for a fourth day.

Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial reported to the judge on Tuesday that they were unable to reach a verdict, prompting Judge William Sullivan to ask them to continue deliberating.

The jury has been deliberating so far for about 18 hours total across four days.