Casey Anthony Trial (merged)

[MassHavoc]

 

[JOVE23]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIMoUgUCtkQ[/media]

 

[klemmer]

There are two tragedies in the " Case of the Week"



1. A little girl is dead.

2. The media is going to prostitute her out in the name of ratings.



As citizens, we deserve better. As a society, we fail to demand it for the most part.

 

[MassHavoc]

There are two tragedies in the " Case of the Week"



1. A little girl is dead.

2. The media is going to prostitute her out in the name of ratings.



As citizens, we deserve better. As a society, we fail to demand it for the most part.

yep. Don't think for a second that the "news" organizations weren't praying for this even though they were predicting it.

 

[supraman]

The real question is would you still pork Casey?

 

[BiscuitintheBasket]

Shut up! Don't you have somewhere to mod or somethng like that.

Oh Crap I am at the wrong place again

 

[BiscuitintheBasket]

I dont know if she did it exactly but she knows what happened. The stories of her and her parents are so bizarre that I think they were in on it too

My thoughts as well. Time will tell, as with how flightily they are, if any of them knew what happened they will slip...it just might take 10+ years.

 

[Kerfuffle]

Our justice system failed today. I am very angry about this. Watching the lawyers tonight on TV confirms my beliefs. These are criminal attorneys and judges saying that you can convict for capital murder based on circumstantial evidence. I don't understand why some here automatically seem to equate circumstantial as automatic acquittal and fail to prove your case. I cannot wait to see what these bozo jurors were thinking.

 

[bri]

I pray that this selfish ***** never has another child. It really angers me when there are so many people out there that are unable to have children that would provide good, safe, loving homes. She is a perfect example of just because you can reproduce doesn't mean you should.

 

[BiscuitintheBasket]

Our justice system failed today. I am very angry about this. Watching the lawyers tonight on TV confirms my beliefs. These are criminal attorneys and judges saying that you can convict for capital murder based on circumstantial evidence. I don't understand why some here automatically seem to equate circumstantial as automatic acquittal and fail to prove your case. I cannot wait to see what these bozo jurors were thinking.

Not being convicted on hersey is the foundation of the US justice system...so nothing failed, some just are unhappy with the result. Besides there really was very little hard or even semi-ridged evidence anyway. Suppose you would still consider justice worked if you yourself were on trial for the exact same situation and lost?. Shooting for the moon on the murder charge was part of the "fault"...

 

[R K]

I pray that this selfish ***** never has another child. It really angers me when there are so many people out there that are unable to have children that would provide good, safe, loving homes. She is a perfect example of just because you can reproduce doesn't mean you should.

And for every one Casey Anthony situation there are 100's of other children, and 100's of THOUSANDS Through out the world, that are in very similar situations without advocacy or publicity.



The Court of Public Opinion can be a *****. Unfortunately, or fortunately for this defendant, the Court of Law is different. They had this girl convicted three years ago, long before the trial began.

 

[Kerfuffle]

And that's why you wouldn't be on a jury.



Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the jury have to come to a unanimous decision?

I've been on a jury 3 times in my life - 2 were auto accidents, 1 was gang related murder. Nothing comparable to this Casey trial. But, I was the foreman on all 3 and I can tell you I'm a tough prick in the deliberation rooms. On one of the auto accidents the defendant clearly caused the accident but she was a a hot blonde with a huge rack and believe me I loved every minute she was on the stand. But when it came to deliberate I knew the evidence proved her guilt. But, some of the other jurors felt sorry for her - and that she was so young and innocent looking. So in the end we had to settle for a 90% guilty charge - and only awarded the plaintiff 90% of her damages. So there definitely are intangibles that creep into deliberations - including sap jurors wanting to play Jesus and pardon the accused. The other auto accident I was the foreman for was nothing exciting and was a slam dunk guilty verdict - not sure why that one even went to trial. The murder case ended up in a guilty verdict but that was tough to coax out of the holdouts in the room - even though we had a fricking signed confession from the defendant.

 

[Kerfuffle]

Not being convicted on hersey is the foundation of the US justice system...so nothing failed, some just are unhappy with the result. Besides there really was very little hard or even semi-ridged evidence anyway. Suppose you would still consider justice worked if you yourself were on trial for the exact same situation and lost?. Shooting for the moon on the murder charge was part of the "fault"...

This was not a case built around hear-say - there was plenty of evidence although circumstantial. Hear-say is not admissable.

 

[Kerfuffle]

I pray that this selfish ***** never has another child. It really angers me when there are so many people out there that are unable to have children that would provide good, safe, loving homes. She is a perfect example of just because you can reproduce doesn't mean you should.

Who knows bri - maybe in 10, 20, or even 30 years she'll be back on trial for another one. Kind of a like some of those 'black widow' cases they run on the A&E channel. Once a murderer always a murderer. Even OJ couldn't stay out of trouble. She going to find that freedom will be a prison in itself with the paparazzi following her and her family for quite some time. And it's well deserved. I didn't care for the grandparents either and the grandmother trying to raise doubt by saying she did the searches for chloroform and not Casey.

 

[BiscuitintheBasket]

This was not a case built around hear-say - there was plenty of evidence although circumstantial. Hear-say is not admissable.

Circumstantial is the same, no facts just pure speculation and twisting of that speculation into "fact".



But would you feel the same about the result if it was you in place of Casey

 

[TSD]

Who knows bri - maybe in 10, 20, or even 30 years she'll be back on trial for another one. Kind of a like some of those 'black widow' cases they run on the A&E channel. Once a murderer always a murderer. Even OJ couldn't stay out of trouble. She going to find that freedom will be a prison in itself with the paparazzi following her and her family for quite some time. And it's well deserved. I didn't care for the grandparents either and the grandmother trying to raise doubt by saying she did the searches for chloroform and not Casey.

Kerfluffle, how the hell do you know the grandmother didnt do the searches? How do you know the grandmother didnt kill the kid? This is the whole damn point. Please point me to the evidence that beyond a shadow of a doubt says that.....You cant because there isn't any.



You just don't "think" that must be the case, therefore it must be so. You better hope if you or a family member never ends up on trial for a crime they didn't commit and a group of people like you on a jury.



You are no better than the people that were all screaming for the duke Lacrosse players heads.

Circumstantial is the same, no facts just pure speculation and twisting of that speculation into "fact".



But would you feel the same about the result if it was you in place of Casey

of course he wouldn't. Its easy to be all fire and brimstone, convicting people because your "pretty sure" they did it and locking up or killing innocent people is ok as long as you get all the bad ones (but generally, that basically means the real perp gets away so you still dont get all the bad guys).



That's all well and good until it affects you.





Heres an example. Basically if my ex girlfriend got murdered and dumped somewhere on any given weekday night, im pretty damn sure a prosecutor could make a pretty enticing circumstantial case against me.

 

[jakobeast]

We weren't in the court room, nor in the jury room. We don't know what all the evidence said to the jurors. Yes it was on tv, but court tv is like a watching a hockey game on tv. It isn't the same, and you do miss a lot that is going on. I will say I think she did it, or at the very least, knows what happened and who did what. She does probably deserve to be in prison, along with a majority of her family.



But, just because you should be in there doesn't mean you should be put there just because.



The state failed this little girl. They didn't prove that she did in fact kill her. Everything points to the fact that Ms. Anthony killed her daughter, that she covered it up, and that she was ok with that. However, just because she partied and had a great time while her daughter was missing doesn't prove she killed her. It proves she was a horrible mother.



There is/was enough doubt to not convict her. If she was convicted of murder in he first, she would have more then likely gotten the death penalty. If there is any doubt at all, then the jury, and the judicial system did right. It is said that it is better that 10 guilty people go free then 1 person wrongly accused spend an hour in prison. I fully back that 100%. I would not want to be wrongly convicted for anything, let alone murder 1.



Regardless, if this seemingly scum of a woman is truly guilty, she will **** up and wind up in prison eventually.

 

[R K]

I believe the word you are looking for at the end Jako is "karma", and you may very well be correct.



Either way solid post buddy!

 

[klemmer]

Our justice system failed today. I am very angry about this. Watching the lawyers tonight on TV confirms my beliefs. These are criminal attorneys and judges saying that you can convict for capital murder based on circumstantial evidence. I don't understand why some here automatically seem to equate circumstantial as automatic acquittal and fail to prove your case. I cannot wait to see what these bozo jurors were thinking.

Wow. Your stupidity extends beyond hockey.

 

[klemmer]

She going to find that freedom will be a prison in itself with the paparazzi following her and her family for quite some time. And it's well deserved.

Welcome to the ignore list along with your buddy Stu.