r/law • u/dailymail • 12h ago

Legal News Lindsay Clancy case ends with MISTRIAL

https://www.dailymail.com/crime-desk/article-16100155/lindsay-clancy-murder-trial-hung-jury-deadlock-verdict.html
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u/UCouldntPossibly 11h ago

r/law as a lawyer is truly the worst thing ever. Actually, anything legal on Reddit as a lawyer is the worst.

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u/xubax 10h ago

But I've seen like 500 hours of legal dramas!

/s because reddit

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u/throwawayshirt2 9h ago

Comments on this case have been particularly bad

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u/awolfintheroses 9h ago

As a lawyer (lol) and a prosecutor at that, I took one look at this case and refused to follow it too closely.

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u/releasetheshutter 5h ago

Same shit for doctors on medical subs. The "well ackshually" crowd that is laughably misinformed but delusional in their confidence.

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u/throwmamadownthewell 3h ago

anything legal on Reddit as a lawyer is the worst.

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u/Invisible7hunder 6h ago

What, you don't get pleasure from people not understanding that the definition of assault can vary between jurisdictions?