Say What? Casey Anthony NOT guilty ...

This is, and has been true for many years. Frankly, I have not followed this case. It had all the earmarks of another OJ for me, and one of those in a lifetime was all I could stomach.

I wasn't there. I don't know what happened. I have stayed away from the media reports on this because it is my opinion that until a jury reached a verdict, there WAS NO NEWS TO REPORT. Nothing but speculation.

At least not since the crime itself occurred. The media goes on a feeding frenzy with stuff like this and they do not care about facts, responsibility or outcome. All they care about is putting out a story.

 

You have to respect the verdict, whether you agree with it or not. No one knows the truth except for casey or imo her father.

 

I was shocked by the verdict. Shocked that the jury is familiar with their duties as described in the constitution, actually.​

I also think she's guilty. She did it herself, or knows who did (conspired) and in the LEAST is guilty of neglect for not reporting the kid missing.​

However, the job of the jury is to decide between guilty beyond any reasonable doubt, or if they're not guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. They didn't come out and say they believed she was 100% innocent. That's not their job.
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Believing that it's better for 10 guilty people to go free than for one innocent person to be convicted, our founding fathers set up this system, the same system we just saw in Florida, so that in order for there to be a guilty verdict, the prosecution has to prove it's case "beyond a shadow of a doubt". The jury isn't allowed to decide based on emotion and suspicions like the general public is allowed to, and they were sequestered away from the media frenzy. The media automatically assumes a person is guilty and informs the public the person is guilty before the matter even goes to court.​

This, in my opinion, was an example of a guilty person going free, however I think it's a small price to pay to live in a society free of Salem Witch Trials and lynch mob justice.​

This girl will probably live the rest of her life in fear of reprisals from the public, the news junkies who paid more attention to this story than to the evil deeds of the criminals in Washington DC. She will never be able to get a decent job, and she will have death threats, & will probably have to change her name and get plastic surgery.​

I just hope she doesn't get a million dollar book deal and paid TV interviews, but I wouldn't be surprised if she does.​

 

I don't think you'll get a bit of argument out of anyone regarding this.

And this is the one major thing I will somewhat agree with you on. Because of the circumstances of the case, giving them an all or nothing is tantamount to making it about "legal" instead of about "justice."

When was that? I honestly do not recall what case you are talking about here, but it's not outside the realm of possibility...been around a long time.

Still, I'm not sure how that relates to a mother killing her 2 year old daughter and because she and her family are some of the biggest fark-ups living and breathing today, she got off with the help of complete sleaze.

Meanwhile, a 2 year old child was cheated out of a life and murdered. How do you reconcile that? Even if it all played out as she claimed...child died in the pool and they panicked...even if you throw away the evidence of her partying days, her desire to be rid of her daughter, her tattoo, etc. etc. etc...throw it all away and accept that it was all some big accident...

...a 2 year old child still died at the very least due to gross negligence and then was thrown away like so much garbage.

3 years?

Pfffft.

This country is in the shape it's in precisely because of the sleazebags that call themselves lawyers today. We are here because it is a LEGAL system and not a JUSTICE system, as was so perfectly pointed out.

And this trial, like the OJ Simpson trial and countless lesser known trials across the nation, is all the evidence needed to convict us on apathy and downright barbarism.

But hey, the upside is that there's always SWAT.

The prosecution rests.

 

Living in central Florida for half my life, I've seen the area grow up. Areas that were once orange groves are now subdivisions. Perhaps once where there was a retention pond, a mall now sits.

Gotta love progress, right? And with that progress comes problems: more people moving in than out, social and economical lines become blurred.

This trial made us ALL in central Florida nervous. And when that verdict came down as "Not Guilty," of course, we were all shocked as much as all of you are on this forum. But think about this, and take this for what it's worth:

Say you were in another country, and the police there say you allegedly committed a crime. In other countries, it's pretty black-and-white. Either they say you're guilty or you're not. Some countries don't even have a system of jurisprudence. Then what? They slice off a finger or shoot you on the spot.

Now say you allegedly commited that same crime here in America. What do you have that other countries don't? You have your day in court, you have a compentent defense, and a right to a trial by a jury of your peers. And the ones who prosecute you have to PROVE YOUR GUILT beyond a reasonable doubt.

I don't know about you, but I'll take my chances here in America.

 

I think you cut right to the heart of the matter, kid. Good job.

 

I agree 100% with you,they wanted to go home and didn't take there time to go threw details of the evidences and I think they rush throw it.Heck one juror has a cruise to take this week.. And I don't know if anyone else heard,but 4 of the 12 have criminal records!Hold thing make me sick.No justice for Caylee

 

Stacking the jury is the first job of any trial attorney, whether prosecution or defense.



The legal system functioned as it should have. She will have to make peace with her Creator now. That's not up to us.

 

Does it make it so shocking that she's not guilty because there is a young girl involved. Or did evidence really show her to be guilty? Mind you I was not following the case. Hell I thought it was a guy because the way Casey is spelt.

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That's sad, too. It functioned as it should have because it can and is manipulated as it is in most major trials anymore and it was stacked with a jury that really didn't give a #### about justice when it all boiled down. They cared about being done.

Deliberation time? 9 hours total over 2 days.

That's deplorable on a case like this.

I agree with an earlier poster that said "I'll take my chances in America," but that doesn't make it a good system. It's simple the better system.

For now.

That, in the end, is the system that WILL work and justice WILL be served.

RIP Caylee Anthony.