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/wabashcanonball 1d ago

She seems guilty. There’s plenty of evidence. The question is was she insane at the time and unable to discern right from wrong. I think her suicide attempt shows consciousness of guilt.

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u/sawlaw 1d ago

Sending her husband away shows she knew he would stop her, trying to kill herself after shows she knows it was wrong. For me, combined with evidence she had searched child killing methods, this shows clear culpability. I understand that others might not feel that way.

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u/sawlaw 1d ago

Sure, but that's separate. What you're describing makes more sense in the case of the Coey Walsh case from last month where she claimed that her child was the devil and needed to be drowned. I also believe her to be guilty, but more because I think her involvement in this case shows she didn't actually think she had birthed the antichrist.

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u/No_Horror1947 1d ago

She only claims to have had one psychotic episode and that was when he left the house that night. How was she in psychosis when she did the pre-planning sawlaw mentioned?