GS-4CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY AND MENTAL ILLNESS
A Jury Was Asked to Judge a Mind It Could Never Fully See Into
The mistrial, declared on September 4, 2026, after jurors could not agree on Lindsay Clancy's criminal responsibility, has reopened public debate on how courts should handle killings committed during severe psychiatric episodes. In Massachusetts, once an insanity defence is raised, the burden shifts to the prosecution to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant retained substantial capacity to appreciate the…
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