Casey Anthony Trial

[carol5208]

Eliza, I am almost 51 yrs old. I am telling you I would have hung that jury cause there would be no way she would have walked away without atleast aggravated manslaughter. It is sad, that now she will go on to make millions off the death of her child. I hope she moves out of the country after she rakes in all the dough cause I know she will never be accepted back into society here.

 

[pssh]

IMO....the jury is a big group of complete, lost, hopeless idiots. They claimed they didn't have enough evidence to charge her guilty but they actually did. All the pictures and videos of her partying after Caylees dissaperence and the stinky odor and duck tape found in HER car. I mean what else do you need? I'm VERY upset that, that creature will continue to breath air. She should have gotten life or at least the death penalty. Justice will be served one day for Caylee. But until then....I wouldn't show up in public if I was Casey. Ever.

I haven't heard about this, but if that is all the evidence they had, it isn't enough to prove that she killed her. As a jury you are supposed to make your descison based on the facts, not your feelings and certainly not an assumption.

 

[CleaTheChameleon]

I haven't heard about this, but if that is all the evidence they had, it isn't enough to prove that she killed her. As a jury you are supposed to make your descison based on the facts, not your feelings and certainly not an assumption.

Alright......BUT notice how i didn't state that the evidence i provided was the only evidence. It was only a piece of it.

 

[jessica]

Oh its all over the news here in California.

She got away with murder, unfortunately it's not the first time we've seen it. I mean not even child negligence? How upsetting.

 

[lisa h]

I've been following the case and I cannot believe it! I expected that she wouldn't get first degree, because they wouldn't want her to possibly get the death penalty, but I was sure of 2nd degree. Four counts of lying to a police officer, and out as soon as Thursday -- wtf?!?!?! Somebody please tell me what they jury thought was going on for 31 days while this baby was missing! Sickening ...

 

[allencg101]

I'm currently predicting a reality TV show, possibly on MTV: Casey Anthony, Scott Peterson and OJ live in a house together. Big Brother is Watching....

that show is going to have to wait seeing that oj is still in prison and not going anywhere for a long time!!! poor little girl she will get her justice some day. if not soon then december 21 2012!!!

 

[Lizardlover]

While I do think she is guilty, we have to remember that the jury was given very limited exposure to all of the things that went on and only heard what was said in the courtroom, a lot of what we heard on the news was speculation and may or may not have been brought up in court. It can be difficult for a jury to convict someone of such harsh offenses if there isnt rock solid evidence. JMO.

 

[Elizadolots]

OJ'll be out in 5. Maybe sooner.

That the woman didn't behave as people think she should have isn't really evidence. I saw Nancy Grace hyperventilating over the fact Casey Anthony had gone shopping at Target as though that somehow indicated she was an uncaring beast. I sort of wondered if maybe it just meant she needed tampons.

One of the alternate jurors was on Good Morning America this morning saying he would have voted exactly as the jury did based on the evidence presented. He said the jury opinion on the way Casey behaved was that it indicated she had a troubled childhood and it matched up with the behavior she'd shown before anything happened to Caley.

Apparently, if you only heard the evidence presented at the trial, not the hyperventilated rantings of Nancy Grace, it was clear the prosecution failed to make its case.

 

[Lizardlover]

OJ'll be out in 5. Maybe sooner.

That the woman didn't behave as people think she should have isn't really evidence. I saw Nancy Grace hyperventilating over the fact Casey Anthony had gone shopping at Target as though that somehow indicated she was an uncaring beast. I sort of wondered if maybe it just meant she needed tampons.

One of the alternate jurors was on Good Morning America this morning saying he would have voted exactly as the jury did based on the evidence presented. He said the jury opinion on the way Casey behaved was that it indicated she had a troubled childhood and it matched up with the behavior she'd shown before anything happened to Caley.

Apparently, if you only heard the evidence presented at the trial, not the hyperventilated rantings of Nancy Grace, it was clear the prosecution failed to make its case.

Totally agree^

 

[carol5208]

Totally agree^

DISAGREE!!! But we all are entitled to our opinions!

 

[CleaTheChameleon]

DISAGREE!!! But we all are entitled to our opinions!

I second that carol. I highly disagree.

 

[Rob G]

Could they not have made her do a lie detection test? I mean, it makes sense right?

 

[Lizardlover]

Could they not have made her do a lie detection test? I mean, it makes sense right?

Polygraph results arent always admissable in a court of law. There has to be certain criteria met. And for those who say that the jury was wrong, just remember that they only heard what was said in court, and from what I've heard the prosecution just didn't have a very strong arguement, if you want to blame someone blame them.

 

[Maurer3D]

I was expecting a hung jury after a week, for them to come back in less than 24 hours with that verdict is ridiculous. Its a shame that the judge didn't declare a mistrial when Casey's mom lied on the stand about the Chloroform searches.

 

[Elizadolots]

I was expecting a hung jury after a week, for them to come back in less than 24 hours with that verdict is ridiculous. Its a shame that the judge didn't declare a mistrial when Casey's mom lied on the stand about the Chloroform searches.

Why would that cause a mistrial?

I also think it's funny that people would disagree or agree with the statement that apparently, if you were just in the court room and didn't hear what Nancy Grace said, it seemed the prosecution didn't make its case. That's not an opinion, it is a fact: the jury said the prosecution did not make its case. They did that by unanimously voting that they had not proven her guilty.

I haven't offered an opinion on whether she's guilty or not. I just know that the prosecution did not prove it to the jury's satisfaction.

Here's an interesting article: Did Nancy Grace Assure Casey Anthony's Acquital?

As a practical matter, Grace’s only function was to conjure a media event sufficiently hot and bright to attract a competent legal team. The lawyers did the rest, coolly drawing attention to all the gaps in the prosecution’s narrative.

 

[ataraxia]

i cant believe she will walk. part of the agreement should be that all of her women parts are removed so she cant reproduce ever again.

 

[pssh]

Ugh. For those of you who would have voted to convict her based on your own opinions and assumptions, I hope (if I end up in court for something or other) I do not get any of you on my jury.

Again, the convictions are based on what was said in court (as it should be.) Think about all the cases where people were sent to prison before DNA testing and then were found innocent later. There wasn't rock solid evidence against them, but they still went to jail even though they were innocent. While we may believe they were guilty, they were not and were wrongly imprisoned. The same could be said for this woman if she in fact didn't commit the crime but was sent to prison because of assumptions. I dont personally think she is innocent, but it would be wrong to convict her because of my opinions and not facts.

Stefan (is that how you spell it) I said "if that was all..." I never said that you said that, that was all they said. Sorry that was so confusing.

 

[ataraxia]

Ugh. For those of you who would have voted to convict her based on your own opinions and assumptions, I hope (if I end up in court for something or other) I do not get any of you on my jury.

Again, the convictions are based on what was said in court (as it should be.) Think about all the cases where people were sent to prison before DNA testing and then were found innocent later. There wasn't rock solid evidence against them, but they still went to jail even though they were innocent. While we may believe they were guilty, they were not and were wrongly imprisoned. The same could be said for this woman if she in fact didn't commit the crime but was sent to prison because of assumptions. I dont personally think she is innocent, but it would be wrong to convict her because of my opinions and not facts.

Stefan (is that how you spell it) I said "if that was all..." I never said that you said that, that was all they said. Sorry that was so confusing.

evidence? LAFF! opinions? LAFF! the woman killed that little girl. are you a mother? i am going to say your not..actually i guarantee your not. point blank for my piece of evidence....if your child is gone. your not going to just sit along the side going to get tattoos, partying like your a high school girl while your child is missing. not hiding anything why not call the police to help the search she is not clearly not doing. POINT BLANK OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS BAD! i am a male not that this makes a difference but there is no way on this gods green earth if my child is missing will i just leave it to go past one day of notifying the authorities, not only that i will be a frantic wreck! OPINIONS?? im going to LAFF AGAIN!! how naive some are along with that jury.

this judicial system is messed up to base it on "Admissible evidence" that has to be scrutinized to the point of utter BS. OVER 400 pieces of evidence, that was more than enough to convict.

 

[Elizadolots]

Well said, pssh.

The fact that she didn't behave in the approved of "grieving mother" mode is not proof of guilt. There was a case here in San Diego where a woman was convicted of murdering her husband. The case was completely circumstantial. The big evidence was that she had behaved in ways that seemed wrong. She'd gotten breast implants, she'd gone on dates.

She was convicted and sent to jail.

Years later it turned out that evidence was mishandled by the prosecution and when the appropriate tests were done, the woman was vindicated and set free.

People do sometimes freak out when bad things happen.

Is that somehow a surprise to anyone?

Also, Casey Anthony had a history (as introduced by the prosecution) of behaving badly. The alternate juror I mentioned referenced that. He said that he thought her behavior was just more evidence of a very disfunctional family life, as shown by the prosecution.

My opinion? I tend to side with the alternate juror who said that he thought there was an accidental death followed by panic.

I fully appreciated the testimony of the expert who said everyone always calls 911 when a child drowns in a pool. That's the obvious thing to do.

Of course, the first order of business is to get the child out of the pool and it doesn't take Einstein to work out that a child is dead. Yes, I would still have someone call 911 and I would still start CPR and assisted breathing because I know that kids can come back from seeming to be dead.

I'm willing to allow for the idea that the Anthony family was not as well educated on emergency procedures and realities of survival as I am.

So, maybe faced with a non-breathing, no pulse child, they panicked and acted stupid.

That actually makes more sense then a deliberate killing. After all, she knew her parents would have taken the child, she had no reason do kill the child. I'm sure that was a major factor for the jury.

Edited to add: I am a mother

 

[mbondy]

Well I think you should be mad at the attorney general! He didn't make a good enough case. I think Casey Anthony is a complete psycho with some bogus story, she lied and lied and lied some more, didn't even file a missing childs' report. I think she knows what happened to her kid, whether she killed or not. But there was no motive and lots of doubt. Just because you party doesn't mean you kill your kid. There also was no real motive. Blame the prosecution.