article_snippet: The defense portrayed Spears as a caring mother and her young son as sickly, but the prosecution argued that Spears reveled in the attention Garnett's illness brought The woman.
article_snippet: Video showed Spears twice taking her young son into a hospital bathroom with a connector tube and her young son suffering afterward.
article_snippet: defense lawyer Stephen Riebling said the hospital video was edited to eliminate tender scenes between mother and son, including one where Spears puts two pairs of socks on Garnett. '
article_snippet: Also in evidence were many of Spears' postings on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and a blog and Spears' online research into the dangers of sodium in children.
article_snippet: Some experts believe that disorder fits Spears' actions.
article_snippet: On her blog, (above) Spears posted emotional messages about the 5-year-old's death.
article_snippet: The Journal New reported in May 2014 that a friend of Spears described Spears behavior at Spears son's death bed as 'weird' and not befitting a grieving mother. '
article_snippet: Spears was more concerned about what everyone else was saying, or what investigators were asking people, or what people were saying on Facebook, than putting all that aside and taking care of Spears child,' a friend of Lacey Spears recalled.
article_snippet: Following her son, further disturbing details have emerged about Spears behavior.
article_snippet: On Spears blog, Spears even wrote of the heartbreaking moment
article_snippet: Spears described Spears behavior at Spears son's death bed as 'weird' and not befitting a grieving mother .
article_snippet: — compulsive lying - Spears told lies about — compulsive lying - Spears partner and about being a mother .
article_snippet: 4) Exaggerated stories of their child being ill is another symptom - and in this case Spears obsessively detailed Spears child's illnesses onlinePeople with the condition also have borderline personality disorder, a psychiatric condition marked by problems with impulsive and reckless behavior, leading to unstable relationships.