How is truth found in Casey Anthony's avalanche of lies?
"Snip"By Anthony Colarossi, Orlando Sentinel
9:37 p.m. EDT, June 25, 2011
Whether Casey Anthony testifies or not, legal analysts, trial observers and mental-health experts agree the defense team must try to explain her behavior and her raft of lies in the wake of her daughter's death.
Lori Butts, a forensic psychologist from Davie who also holds a law degree and does criminal-case consultations. Such traits are "what makes a psychopath."
"They get themselves caught up in their lies," Butts said. "She creates her own reality."
She doubts Anthony, 25, is mentally ill, however, because she's too lucid, precise and logical.
Butts noted the difference between "mad and bad" prevaricators. Earlier in her career, Butts worked with women who killed their children. They were psychotic, and their delusional minds caused breaks with reality. They were insane, she said.
Sociopaths, on the other hand, lie "to get over" for their own advantage, Butts said. They're just bad.
"They're lying in order to get what they want, whether it's attention or money," Butts said. "In this instance, it's to hide the fact that her daughter is dead."
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