The Shealey Law Firm, LLC

The Shealey Law Firm, LLC The Shealey Law Firm, LLC is a criminal defense and personal injury firm dedicated to providing exceptional representation to our clients. Trust is everything.
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Our clients are our family. From DUI defense to personal injury law, we can help you with a variety of legal issues including the most serious criminal charges. Being accused of committing a crime and facing time in the Columbia, SC, jail is scary. Don't try to get through your criminal case without professional assistance from the criminal defense and DUI attorneys at Shealey Law Firm, LLC. When

you're ready to fight for your freedom, call 803-929-0008. Shealey Law Firm, LLC, in Columbia, SC, offers free consultations and are available 24/7.

09/03/2026

Does a majority-woman jury change the odds of an NGRI verdict?

In the Lindsay Clancy case, the jury’s gender makeup has sparked a bigger question: could having a majority-woman jury matter when the defense is arguing Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGRI)?

There’s research on gender differences in attitudes toward mental illness, criminal responsibility, and punishment, but what do the numbers actually tell us?

And more importantly: could those differences translate into a different outcome at trial?

We’re breaking down the gendered statistics, what they can—and can’t—tell us about this jury, and why NGRI cases are so difficult to predict.

Would you expect a majority-woman jury to be more receptive to an insanity defense?

09/01/2026

You heard it here, from a forensic psychiatrist: someone with psychosis can still make plans, can still act out their normal day-to-day routine, in fact that’s the case more often than not.

What does this mean for Lindsay Clancy?

09/01/2026

What could happen if Lindsay Clancy’s case results in a hung jury and leads to a retrial…

09/01/2026

What could happen with Lindsay Clancy’s case if this results in a hung jury? 🤔 We talk about what a retrial could look like for Patrick next…

09/01/2026

We dove into a wide range of topics today following the closing arguments for the Lindsay Clancy case and the deadlocked jury. Favorite this page so you don’t miss a moment! 👀

09/01/2026

We’re filming our second round of discussion following the Lindsay Clancy’s closing arguments and jury deliberation. Drop topics and questions you want us to cover!

08/28/2026

One psychiatrist. Three major cases.

Dr. Phillip Resnick has a surprising connection to Casey Anthony, Andrea Yates, and Lindsay Clancy… three cases involving mothers accused of the unimaginable.

Dr. Phillip Resnick was the final key defense witness for Lindsay Clancy.

Resnick personally evaluated Clancy and testified that she was “frankly psychotic” at the time, describing a delusion in which she believed an outside force was controlling her.

He also called the acts “altruistic filicide” — when a parent, through a distorted belief, thinks they are protecting their children as a result of this act.

Three cases.
One forensic psychiatrist.
And decades spent studying one of the darkest questions in criminal psychology:

When does severe mental illness become a defense?

08/27/2026

Lindsay Clancy: Closing arguments are finished and the jury has been given very lengthy instructions… Now we wait.

08/27/2026

Part 2: Is Patrick Clancy’s affect worth the discussion? What do you think is the cause for his “odd” behavior on the stand?

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