link posted at ABRAHAM LINCOLN online -- www.wasmarylincolncrazy.com/
In 1875, a Cook County, Illinois jury found Mary Lincoln, widow of martyred President Abraham Lincoln, insane. She was immediately taken to Bellevue Sanatorium in Batavia, Illinois. She spent four months at Bellevue before her release to her sister Elizabeth Edwards in Springfield. In 1876, another jury restored her status as a sane person.
Before her first hearing, Mary Lincoln had been experiencing problems with her mental health, but the rushed hearing with a limited defense implied a prejudiced judgment against her. Scholars today continue to debate whether Mary Lincoln truly was insane or whether she was railroaded by a thoughtless son.
In 2012, Mary Lincoln will receive two fair hearings—one in Chicago and one in Springfield—on the status of her mental health in a modern court setting with expert testimony for and against her. The audience, acting as judge, will decide her sanity based on the evidence in the trial. MCLE offered at the retrials in Chicago on September 24, 2012 and in Springfield on October 1, 2012.
When: September 24, 2012, from 5:30 pm to approximately 7:30 pm, Murphy Auditorium, 50 East Erie St., Chicago
October 1, 2012, from 6:00 pm to approximately 8:00 pm, Union Theater, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, Springfield
Who:
Cost: $35 per person.
http://www.wasmarylincolncrazy.com/retrial.html
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