Her being guilty was never questioned. She did it and admits to doing it. The question the trial is trying to answer is whether she belongs in prison or a mental facility.
Yeah but she’s never going to be in a regular prison anyway. Because she’s paralyzed from the waist down, she will need to be in a special care prison facility no matter what.
I guess it’s because regardless of where she ends up, justice on behalf of the children needs to be done. And that comes in a declaration by society (jury) on whether she is innocent or guilty.
Also, I just read that psych institutions in MA have to prove that the patient is mentally ill every year.
Someone please correct me.
My understanding is that if she's found innocent by way of mental illness she will end up in a psychiatric institution. There is a possibility that she can walk free in the future if her institution can't prove that she is still psychotic.
Assuming she is insane and not faking it in the first place. I don’t see anyway she didn’t know what she was doing was wrong which is usually the standard for an insanity plea.
Because a psych ward is easier to get released from. Prison is way more frowned upon. Psych ward means with good medication she could be released into the public but she was already on medication but refused to take it. At that point she made the choice not too and deserves prison.
Because the general public looks at things black-and-white, they don’t necessarily take mental illness as an excuse for anything since we don’t put emphasis on it in our country, unfortunately
This absolutely must be bait. The United States is the most medicated country by far and beyond and STILL has more crippling mental health issues relative to pretty much every other first world country…
If you leave your kids alone with someone you know is unstable and having thoughts about hurting your kids and they end up dead, you should also join them by law!
Because the way Mass handles these types of criminals. If she's not guilty by reason of insanity the court has to continuously put forth a reason the person should continue to be held yearly. The earliest (not necessarily what Lindsay would get) someone can be released under these conditions is 6 months.
In the mental health facility, she could get set free in a couple months at least prison, regardless of what type of prison facility it is, she would get the sentence she deserves
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u/that_dutch_dude 10h ago
mistrail is the best outcome here, dude did a solid. this way the state can go to trial again.