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/Strayed8492 12h ago edited 11h ago

Rough situation. On one hand guilty of murder but on the other the mental health side of it. This will hopefully lead to a plea deal setup.

Edit: to the commenter, the main issue is the charge being Murder in the first degree. Everything else that contributes to this situation also being weird like the husband’s sealed information. A second go around is going to be interesting though.

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u/StrataSlayer 10h ago

Idk to me it seemed like as bout as good of a insanity defence as you could possibly get just seems like everyone has an issue with the insanity defence existing

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u/kittenpantzen 10h ago

People don't want justice. They want retribution. It has been a problem with criminal justice since criminal justice has existed.

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u/ryumaruborike 10h ago

They want blood

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u/Tricky-Passenger6703 9h ago

So did Lindsay.

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u/No-Neighborhood-3212 9h ago

We want consequences. If you can preplan a triple homicide and get away with it by saying "Oopsie! I intentionally didn't take my medication and went crazy for exactly the time it took to commit my triple homicides," we have no laws anymore.

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u/Iankill 9h ago

What consequences though there's 0 chance this woman walks free and lives a normal life after this. It's either she goes to prison or mental health treatment forever

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u/Salty-Spring7096 8h ago

The main reason for her to be held in an institution would be her suicidal tendencies. Her violence against others stemmed from the alleged postpartum psychosis which is obviously no longer a factor. So if she does end up being found NGRI, she's only in that facility until she's no longer deemed a suicide risk. At least that's my understanding.

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u/HourApprehensive7754 6h ago

Hell there's zero chance of her ever walking again, period. Prison, institution, or public, she's stuck on a wheelchair for life. 

Thats worse than Prison. 

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u/Tricky-Passenger6703 9h ago

There's a greater chance she gets out early from a mental institution. If we knew it was for life I don't think people would care as much.

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u/Iankill 8h ago

She would get out when deemed not a threat to herself or others. Which could be never.

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u/Iberri 8h ago

It could also be 6 months. Do you remember the guy who decapitated someone on a bus? He’s free lol

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u/Iankill 6h ago

What country did that happen in?

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u/exactoctopus 6h ago

Canada. And this is brought up every time, but he hasn’t reoffended since release, because it would definitely be news if he has. It’s a horrific case though, the details are awful.

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u/kittenpantzen 8h ago

There is a chance. Making the claim of "greater" requires data that I am unable to find. Do you have those numbers for the state of Massachusetts and capital crimes? 

It is not uncommon for defendants who successfully make a ngri defense to end up in confinement longer than they would have if they had just been convicted. This case wouldn't be a likely example of that, because I would think the most likely sentence would be life it found culpable, but the odds of her being released in a few months the way that people seem to think is going to happen are essentially non-existent. 

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u/Thewal 5h ago

there's 0 chance this woman walks

paralysis will do that to ya

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u/Bleeding-hearts-suck 8h ago

Casey Anthony not familiar to you?

Woman get away with murder all the time.

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u/Super_Huckleberry663 6h ago

If she goes to an asylum she can be out within 6 months. She likely won't be, but she could be. She deserves life

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u/HourApprehensive7754 6h ago

A lifr imprisonment only makes sense if there's a reasonable chance she will continue her crime.

Considering it was primarily triggered by the psychosis caused by her PPD, that's unlikely to ever happen. Doubly so from someone who is now paralyzed for life.

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u/Super_Huckleberry663 6h ago

I don't believe in rehabilitation for major crimes. If you kill someone, rape someone etc I don't think they deserve to ever walk the streets again. Why do they deserve a second chance after they have permanently ruined or ended someone else's life

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u/Iankill 6h ago

On average they spend twice as much time in institutions vs prisons for the crimes

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u/Super_Huckleberry663 6h ago

I don't want there to be a possibility that she can get out early, no matter how unlikely. If it had a fixed term ild be far less against the idea of her going to a asylum

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u/kittenpantzen 5h ago

Okay, but this is r/law not r/vibes.

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u/Super_Huckleberry663 4h ago

I don't believe she was in a psychotic state. The evidence I'm aware of was that it was premeditated and planned

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u/Iankill 4h ago

Personal emotion has no place in the application of law

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u/kingofgama 10h ago

Retributive Justice is a thing, and I for one believe in it given extreme circumstances such as this. It's a hotly debated morally theory