Why Lindsay Clancy May Never Truly Go Home

Why Lindsay Clancy May Never Truly Go Home

Published: September 6, 2026

Duration: 30:11

Five verdict options. One outcome that might not exist. Lindsay Clancy's jury has been weighing not guilty, not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility, first-degree murder, second-degree murder, and manslaughter — and defense trial attorney Bob Motta, who sat through all five weeks of testimony, says the split between them matters less than people think. 
Motta walks through what each verdict actually means: prison with no parole under some outcomes, commitment to a locked psychiatric facility with no maximum sentence under others. He points to Andrea Yates, who drowned her five children in 2001 and was found not gui...