Lindsay Clancy fixation and alleged plot to poison husband emerge as accused mom claims psychosis
An Illinois mother accused of strangling her 2-year-old son was suffering a "psychotic episode" when the child was killed, her high-profile defense attorney says, even as prosecutors allege she was plotting to poison her husband.The competing accounts come as Corie A.Walsh's attorneys accuse jail officials of failing to provide her prescribed psychiatric medication after hospital doctors recommended she receive around-the-clock psychiatric care upon her discharge, according to the defense.The sharply different portrayals of Walsh's mental state underscore a central legal question likely to shape the case: whether evidence of severe mental illness can satisfy Illinois' legal standard for insanity.ILLINOIS MOTHER CHARGED WITH MURDER IN DEATH OF 2-YEAR-OLD SON IN CASE DRAWING COMPARISONS TO LINDSAY CLANCYAndrea Lyon, a prominent defense lawyer who previously served on Casey Anthony's legal team, said in a statement to Fox News Digital this week that Walsh's actions were driven by mental illness.Corie A.
Walsh, 38, in a booking photo provided by law enforcement.Prosecutors are asking a judge to deny her pretrial release following the death of her 2-year-old son.
(Will County Detention Facility)"This is a tragedy for the Walsh family, all of whom are mourning the loss of this child," Lyon said."It is also a tragedy in that Corie herself was experiencing a psychotic episode at the time this happened."MOM ‘VERY INVESTED’ IN LINDSAY CLANCY CASE HIRES CASEY ANTHONY ATTORNEY AFTER ALLEGEDLY KILLING SON: DOCSWhile Lyon described Walsh as experiencing a psychotic episode, legal experts say a psychiatric diagnosis alone does not determine whether someone meets Illinois' legal standard for insanity."The definition of insanity is, as a result of a mental defect or disability, that you're unable to appreciate the criminality of your conduct," Richard S.
Kling, a clinical professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law and former Cook County public defender who has handled insanity ...