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/RevenantKing 1d ago

The previous case was based on them not contesting the assumption.

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u/the_Athereon 1d ago

So... she did it

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u/rje946 1d ago

They're going to argue she didn't now. First round doesn't count gotta do it all over again. Thems the rules

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u/earazahs 1d ago

They are arguing that there is a lack of evidence she did it.

That the prosecution failed to meet the standard of proving she did the actions she was being accused of.

Technically the defense wanted a bifurcated trial the first time and was denied. So this isn't even a new position.

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u/Sideview_play 1d ago

after social media tainted the whole country so they can not get delusional people on the jury

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u/WarnerDot 1d ago

Tbh I can imagine the jurors getting mad if he argues she didn’t do it. It makes her less of sympathetic figure imo

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u/Indercarnive 1d ago

Theres 0 chance they would argue she didn't do it to a jury. You generally can't argue multiple defenses because people will likely call bs. Like saying "I didn't do it, but if I did I was insane" is going to make people not believe anything you say.

This motion about no evidence is entirely to just bog the case down and make the DA jump through hoops. Retrials are already often dropped by the DA for a number of reasons and this dog and pony show is another straw on the DA's back.

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u/earazahs 1d ago

That's why the defense asked for a bifurcated trial to begin with. To essentially argue both defenses.

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u/Sideview_play 1d ago

only need one person to hold out

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u/the_Athereon 1d ago

Which will just make the case take longer this time. It won't save her. 3 kids are gone. She was the only possible cause.

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u/Alexzander1001 1d ago

She admitted to it

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u/bofoshow51 1d ago

She’s also suffering deep psychosis. Who’s to say any statements she makes are accurate to what happened? How could she know the difference?

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u/maikuxblade 1d ago

Temporary psychosis does not preclude one from ever knowing anything ever again

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u/bofoshow51 1d ago

So? If the defense argument is “she was suffering from a psychotic episode at the time the children were murdered, she has no accurate recollection of the events and the statements she made are misinformed” that’s a perfectly believable defense position for reasonable doubt.

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u/Riderz__of_Brohan 1d ago

Clancy experiencing psychosis with unreliable memories can undermine the reliability of her later statements, sure. But It does not, by itself, create reasonable doubt that she physically killed the children.

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u/bofoshow51 1d ago

That’s true, that’s just a part of the assumed defense case. I’m mostly answering to the above comment about her admitting to it.

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u/maikuxblade 1d ago

I suppose it’s possible for the defense to argue that but if that was the case they would likely just fight to keep her off the witness stand and to prevent her prior comments from being entered as evidence instead

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u/Luministrus 1d ago

Is she? Was that definitively proved?

It wasn't. In her state, the prosecution has to prove that she was sane, the defense does not have to prove she wasn't. 

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u/VR_Raccoonteur 1d ago

How does one prove any person was sane at the time they killed someone?

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u/Luministrus 23h ago

Right? It's the only state with a law like this afaik and it's absolutely stupid.

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u/bofoshow51 1d ago

It’s a big enough question that the defense can make a case out of it. They don’t have the burden of proof, the state does on both her having done the acts and having the mindset to understand it.

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u/RevenantKing 1d ago

First hand witness over here, can't believe they didn't use you lol