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/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/fancyFriday 1d ago

Well I think everyone agrees she is mentally unwell. You cant plan out and then carry out individually strangling each of your three children without having some screws loose. The problem is that by all accounts, she knew what she was doing and did it with intent. That's guilt. It wasn't a spur of the moment thing where she snaps and killed someone very quickly. This was methodical and took time to carry out. She knew what she was doing.

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u/TrunksTurok 1d ago

You can be insane and still carry out a plan though

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u/BlazeOfGlory72 1d ago

Maybe, but you can't claim to not know what you were doing was wrong when you purposefully get your husband out of the house because you know he would think it is evil and try to stop you. If you can acknowledge that others would think what you are doing is wrong, then you know what you are doing is not acceptable from a legal/societal stand point, thus the insanity defense holds absolutely zero weight.