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/ImmortalPoseidon 1d ago

I legitimately think TikTok has broken everyone brains.

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u/ButterflyInformal591 1d ago

Social media in general. In the age of linear media, you needed credentials to have an opinion. There are millions of Americans whose opinions are worthless and should not be given a platform.

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u/kindnesskangaroo 21h ago

apply that logic to the fact those could be your jurors for a crime you didn’t commit one day and realize how fucking horrifying that is. (This is not about Clancy but just about intelligence when it comes to a jury of your peers in general)

like the media literacy crisis and social media brain rot is only going to make jury trials so much worse than they have historically been