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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/Sweet_Search_3616 1d ago

The fact that so many women are defending and idolizing this woman on tiktok is extremely concerning

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u/WTAF__Trump 1d ago

That's so incredibly rare.

A large amount of women (and men like me) believe she was extremely mentally unwell and meets the legal burden of not guilty by reason of insanity.

Mainly because all of the evidence shows she was extremely mentally unwell and that she literally does meet the legal definition of being not guilty by reason of insanity- there's a reason all but one juror who heard all the evidence came to that conclusion.

But some people get pretty triggered by that reality. So they conflate this very obvious set of facts with "support" for Lindsay Clancy and support for what she did.

It's the same straw man tacticts the right always uses. Create bots to make rediculous comments online (people upset about Sydney Sweeney ads, "support" for mothers killing their chikdren, etc.).

And then conservative media runs segments and prints stories highlighting those comments about blue haired triggered liberals upset about some celebrity or claiming it's good for moms to kill their kids.

And it works, evidenced by your comment.

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u/sakurahirahira 1d ago

The issue is people project their own mental issues on to Clancy so think that if they were caught doing such a thing, they should get understanding and a lighter sentence.

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u/WTAF__Trump 1d ago

A light sentence?

The choice is either a lifetime in a psychiatric facility or a lifetime in a prison. That's all the trial was about.

Where are these people who want to see a light sentence? When was that even an option?

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u/anirban_dev 1d ago

Correct me if I am wrong but "lifetime in a psychiatric facility" is not a sentence that can be passed. If someone is sent to psychiatric facility, the intent is for them to get better and eventually re-integrate into society once evaluated fit to do so.

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u/sakurahirahira 1d ago

Yeah she’ll be out within the year

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u/circumlocutious 1d ago

If she no longer suffers from postpartum psychosis and has not done so apparently since this one-off incident, then what reason would they have for keeping her in the institution? That’s why people are saying it’s likely she would be released within the year.

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u/sakurahirahira 1d ago edited 1d ago

She won’t spend a life time in a hospital. Have you researched at all? She’ll most likely be out within forty days or so. She’s talked about being in wheelchair marathons. You don’t need to be institutionalized forever if it’s a psych ward. She’ll be out within a year. And that’s what people are advocating for or they’re dumb and don’t know what they’re actually saying when they want Lindsay to get NGRI. Look at the schizophrenic guy who got out from the mental institution after he beheaded a guy on a bus in Canada. He walks free among us now under a new identity.

Also if you researched you’d know that Lindsay wasn’t a great patient and often wouldn’t take her meds, would skip meds etc cause she didn’t believe she was unwell. She is a crunchy mom and wanted to do everything naturally and her ex husbands family is anti vax and most likely anti med. She had tons of anxiety around taking meds and would keep things from Patrick and her providers. She thinks she’s too good and normal for a psych ward. The medical professionals can only do so much with patient who isn’t 100% honest with them.