A lot of people confidently opining on the Lindsay Clancy trial have clearly not watched any of it.
Witness after witness, including her ex-husband, has described how she was in crisis: intensely paranoid, scared to be alone, repeatedly begging for help. The prosecution has had a *very* hard time rebutting it. Some of the government's cross-examinations have been painful to watch, like when prosecutors asked her Catholic ex-MIL—who testified in Clancy's defense—if she was aware "murder is considered a mortal sin." At times they've been desperate.
If Clancy is acquitted by reason of insanity—and I think there's a chance she will be—a lot of people are going to be shocked and outraged. But this is quite literally why the insanity defense exists: because the law understands there is an obvious and meaningful difference between a sane person plotting out a murder, and someone who would otherwise never kill but does so because of a disease outside of their control.
No, that doesn't mean any normal person thinks murdering children is excusable—an accusation so profoundly stupid and bad-faith that I'd expect it from someone with the critical thinking skills of a 12-year-old. It means people recognize the distinction above.
Nor does it mean Clancy would go free, which a strangely large number of people seem to believe. She would be confined to a state hospital—which is a lot like prison in many ways—where she could plausibly remain for the rest of her life. The biggest question here is where, not if, she will be locked up.
It's a horrible case. Her children are the victims. What she did to them is beyond appalling. I feel awful for her husband, who has lost so much. And yes, I also have compassion for Lindsay Clancy, who did something terrible when it seems she was very ill, and whose life—no matter what the jury decides—is forever broken in so many ways. All of these things can be true at the same time.
If Lindsay Clancy is found not guilty by reason of insanity, a lot of people are going to react with absolute shock because:
A) They didn’t watch the trial.
B) They got their entire understanding of the trial from online talking heads who also didn’t watch the trial.
C) A very loud combination of A and B.
@medicalcorrupt@BrianEntin I mean… never again because now she’s in a mental hospital on a 1to1 due to suicidal thoughts still to this day and she has been in extremely regulated medication since…..? Ok
@bradyjesse13@SJM29917074@BrianEntin The 4am workouts when she had a 1 week old (sounds like mania) then put on the wrong medication for someone with an underlying bipolar disorder…. Ie mental break
But Karen Read's Voicemails
Didn't you hear the voicemails? Obviously that means she did it!
Wow, you cracked the case Scooby Doo. I guess we should just totally forget every other absolute bag of cheese supposed "evidence" that makes absolutely no sense.
Hair is magic, glass is magic, I can misremember things that make perfect sense under oath then later pretend I imagined it. Because that makes sense!
BuT tHe VoiCeMaiLs! Maybe if you thought your man was clipping Temu Heisenberg's wife and ignoring your calls you'd be upset too. Definitely not though, because blue paint! BLUE PAINT THOUGH. #freekarenread #karenread @freekarenread
@TM41142@BrianEntin@NewsNation Who exactly would you suggest he share that with? If he’s unsure if it’s something he should be concerned about or not and you’re saying his friends should not be there to “babysit” him.
Remember when Amber Heard´s PR was all about how she donated everything to hospitals and charities in media articles but now that she was been busted about that her stans say that wasn´t important?
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I’ve seen some people suggest a Polaroid camera and your pregnancy pillow and I wouldn’t have thought of those!!"
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