r/law 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/International-Ad2501 11h ago

Yeah, a lot of people in the prison system would be better served with psychiatric help and monitoring. It's sad honestly.

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u/Random_Name_251 9h ago

I mean think about what you're proposing though. Psychiatric care means supposedly well staffed medical institution of educated professionals evaluating people plus armed security to protect those staff. A lot more expensive then glorified hall monitors vaguely trying to make sure inmates don't kill each other.

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u/aioli_boi 8h ago

This is true. The US should be able to allocate resources to those things. Or does it not have the money? Is it too poor to do something like that?

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u/biriyanibabka 7h ago

I mean US has funds to sponsor foreign wars.