Sep 3, 2026 · 48 min
Hung jury tests insanity defenses as legal fights spread
Lindsay Clancy Jury Deadlocked & California Slayer Law
The episode connects a high-profile murder mistrial to disputes over trust inheritance, judicial threats, misconduct oversight, and standing in federal lawsuits.
- 1A deadlocked jury leaves Lindsay Clancy’s insanity defense facing possible retrial, plea negotiations, or continued psychiatric commitment.
- 2California’s Slayer Statute could restrict access to trust funds before a criminal conviction, linking estate law to defense financing.
- 3Threats against judges and challenges to judicial oversight expose competing limits on accountability, speech, and court access.
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Robert A. Mintz explains how a Slayer Statute may restrict access to trust funds even before a criminal conviction.
The brief
The Lindsay Clancy murder trial ended with a deadlocked jury, prompting questions about a juror’s deliberation and the difficulty of removing one after deliberations begin.
Robert A. Mintz explains Massachusetts’s insanity standard, the role of postpartum psychosis, psychiatric commitment after an insanity acquittal, and the prospects for a retrial or plea.
The discussion then turns to whether California’s Slayer Statute could block Nick Reiner from using family trust funds for his defense before a conviction.
The episode examines threats against judges, James Percival’s social-media campaign against immigration rulings, and a bar complaint that the Florida Bar declined to investigate.
It closes with congressional scrutiny of judicial misconduct and Supreme Court standing questions surrounding lawsuits over proposed federal landmark renovations.