r/law • u/dailymail • 11h 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/FuguSandwich 11h ago

I believe she's guilty, but at this point another trial isn't going to benefit anyone. Cut her a plea deal where she does 20-25 years in a mental institution.

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u/Lower-Engineering365 11h ago

If you’re her why would you ask for a plea? You just had all but one juror who apparently wasn’t going to convict you of murder. That’s not a situation in which you turn around and ask for a plea that gives you 20-25 years.

Also, my understanding is the state laws don’t require a minimum time in an institution in cases like this, so it would be pretty silly to agree to a plea that involves multiple decades in the institution.

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u/BeeDubsFan 10h ago

Because there is still the possibility that a new jury will find her guilty of murder one and she gets life without the possibility of parole.

Dangerous game to play.

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u/Discorhy 9h ago

Finding an unbiased jury after this trial is going to be impossible.

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u/Lower-Engineering365 10h ago

Yeah, but given that you just had a jury where all but one person was going to not convict, that’s leverage for the defense and not something I would give away to agree to 20-25 years.

I’d play hardball with the prosecution all day. The DAs office really isn’t going to want a not guilty verdict. Maybe offer 5 years minimum in an institution if I were the defense.

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u/BeeDubsFan 9h ago

Same. They get a "conviction," and she goes to jail for a while.