Casey Anthony Trial

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Originally Posted by katydidKD

Alleged sexual abuse*

That's not how it works. Go fuck yourself.

Originally Posted by HannahXO

While I agree that race/class issues play a part in all of this, there is a simpler explanation: there was a suspect, with a clear motive, on trial. It was not a perfect case, so there was a lot of suspense involved. She had a chance of being caught. Those three other children? Who knows if there was even a suspect. Or conversely, it was a cut-and-dry conviction with no drama. This was interesting to the public because there was a 50-50 chance of someone going to jail for this little girl's murder. Only 50-50, no more, no less. (OK not technically if you get into the statistical analysis, but the simplified version is that there were 2 possible outcomes- conviction or acquittal.)

But we cared before there was a trial. And the same biases affect media coverage of investigations, and thus the quality and thoroughness of the investigations. The fact that 'drama' is how we decide what we care about is not particularly more promising. And we don't cover cases involving minorities the same way because it's not dramatic... why? Because of the bigotry of low/shitty expectations?

I still come down to what do WE as the viewers do about it? Stop watching Nancy Grace and the like might be something, but what else?

Will any kind of investigation continue? While I personally believe Casey is veryyy guilty, I can see how there was not enough evidence to convict her. And while she cannot be tried again, will there be any investigation to absolutely rule out other suspects? If Casey is innocent (actually innocent, not just "not guilty") then someone who killed this child is walking free. How does the justice system handle that?

If they don't have any other suspects, or at least strong suspects, then no, they probably won't do anything unless they think they can convict her for something else (or someone else for accessory or something). The justice system did its job, the prosecutors apparently didn't, but the system did.