Rep. Brandon Gill on Lindsay Clancy case

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    Justice demands the death penalty for Lindsay Clancy, according to Rep. Brandon Gill on FOX NEWS. He argues society has developed a dangerous habit of medicalizing evil instead of recognizing it for what it is. Mental health issues do not grant a license to murder children or anybody else. Gill expresses an enormous amount of sympathy for those three little innocent kids who were slaughtered but states he does not have an ounce of sympathy for Lindsay Clancy. What happened here involves a woman with potential problems murdering three innocent children, full stop. Whether she was hearing voices or not, that detail doesn't really matter regarding her culpability. She ought to be locked up and off of our streets for the rest of her life at the very least.

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    She is anything but brave. That viewer was exactly right. I mean, whenever I look at this, I have an enormous amount of sympathy for those three little innocent kids who were slaughtered. I don't have an ounce of sympathy for Lindsey Clancy. YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE I THINK WE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO DRAW A PRETTY CLEAR DISTINCTION BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG. YOU DON'T GET LICENSED TO MURDER YOUR CHILDREN OR ANYBODY ELSE JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS. BUT I THINK MORE FUNDAMENTALLY, WE'VE GOTTEN IN A HABIT OF MEDICALIZING EVIL. WHAT HAPPENED HERE IS A WOMAN, MAYBE SHE HAD SOME PROBLEMS, WE DON'T KNOW ALL THE DETAILS, WHO MURDERED THREE INNOCENT CHILDREN. FULL STOP, THAT'S IT. BECAUSE OF THAT, I THINK JUSTICE DEMANDS THAT SHE WOULD RECEIVE THE DEATH PENALTY. BUT AT THE VERY LEAST, WHETHER SHE WAS HEARING VOICES OR NOT, IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER. SHE OUGHT TO BE LOCKED UP AND OFF OF OUR STREETS FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE. IT'S A FAST