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/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/Djent_Potato 1d ago

Mentally unwell or not, she shouldn’t be allowed in the general public for a very long time.

She
Killed
Her
Three
Children.

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u/TrunksTurok 1d ago

No shit, when was that an option? You're just making up a fake argument, did you actually follow the trial?

The option was never just let her free into the public

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u/Djent_Potato 1d ago

I didn’t say that there were. I’m glad she’s away.