A notorious cannibal killer known as the ‘Butcher of Tompkins Square Park’ was found not guilty by reason of insanity, according to Sunny Hostin. During a recent episode of The View, Hostin admitted she played a pivotal role in securing this verdict for the perpetrator.
Hostin, an attorney, revealed she was a holdout juror in the Daniel Rakowitz case—the 1991 incident involving the ‘Butcher of Tompkins Square Park.’ She described the killer’s actions: “He did not mean to kill her, and once he killed her, he panicked. He chopped up her body, yes, boiled her body parts, tried to commit the perfect crime, and then … he fed her body parts to the unhoused.”
Hostin explained that she believed Lindsay Clancy, who strangled and killed her three young children, was not criminally responsible due to insanity. “The insanity defense has been around in Massachusetts for 182 years, so I think it’s well established,” she said. “I thought absolutely that she was not criminally responsible by reason of insanity.”
When asked about the connection, Hostin added: “And the reason I felt that, I feel so strongly about this holdout juror is because I was a holdout juror in a case, in the Daniel Rakowitz case.”
