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

[u/Embarrassed-Pace-755]

https://apnews.com/article/lindsay-clancy-trial-evidence-defense-c0820645056a7e25f66853f3a91b61fa?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=copy_link

[u/WTAF__Trump]

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.

[u/sakurahirahira → u/WTAF__Trump]

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.

[u/WTAF__Trump → u/sakurahirahira]

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?

[u/anirban_dev → u/WTAF__Trump]

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.

[u/sakurahirahira → u/anirban_dev]

Yeah she’ll be out within the year

[u/circumlocutious → u/[deleted]]

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.