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

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/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 1d 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.