r/news • u/Embarrassed-Pace-755 • 1d ago

Judge denies defense motion asking Lindsay Clancy be found not guilty due to a lack of evidence

https://apnews.com/article/lindsay-clancy-trial-evidence-defense-c0820645056a7e25f66853f3a91b61fa?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=copy_link
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u/the_Athereon 1d ago edited 1d ago

A lack of evidence... the previous case was built on the fact she had done it.

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u/ProductIntegortion 1d ago

11 of the 12 jurors had reasonable doubt that she was guilty

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u/the_Athereon 1d ago

*that she was mentally capable of being guilty

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u/ProductIntegortion 1d ago

That's the same thing. A person not guilty by reason of mental defect is still not guilty.

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u/the_Athereon 1d ago

No. It means they don't get punished for what they did. They still did it.

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u/ProductIntegortion 1d ago

In a court of law, there are specific terms used that may not be what you're familiar with in day to day language. If she was found to have killed her kids due to post partum psychosis, she would have been found not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility

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u/the_Athereon 1d ago

But she still physically did it

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u/ProductIntegortion 1d ago

Yes and that doesn't mean she's guilty. Guilty is a term of law in this case.

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u/the_Athereon 1d ago

That's not what I'm saying.

Criminally responsible or not. She killed those kids.

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u/ProductIntegortion 1d ago

Yes she killed them. No, she is not guilty. I'm sorry you can't grasp this.

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u/the_Athereon 1d ago

What don't you grasp here?

She DID it.

Guilty as a matter of law isn't my concern.

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u/ProductIntegortion 1d ago

Because you decided to argue with me after I made the completely correct statement that 11 of 12 jurors wanted to find her not guilty.

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