Casey Anthony Trial

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by kiteflyersmom

I didn't read the whole thread but my take on the question of why THIS child? The same reason why Nancy Grace is popular and why we enjoyed seeing Simon humiliate people. People tend to be facinated by awful things. From the beginning we had a kid missing, a mom out partying and whoring around, and lots of inclusive proof that made an armchair detective out of many people. Oh, and let's not forget the freakshow of a family with all of their lies! Pretty lurid stuff, actually.

Obviously.

[kiteflyersmom]

Oh...and another thing that has bothered me.... Zanny the Nanny- I know she made up the whole nanny things but I wondered if she picked the name as a result of using Zanax to shut the kid up.

And maybe Frog will hit me with another "Obviously" LOL.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by kiteflyersmom

Oh...and another thing that has bothered me.... Zanny the Nanny- I know she made up the whole nanny things but I wondered if she picked the name as a result of using Zanax to shut the kid up.

And maybe Frog will hit me with another "Obviously" LOL.

That would be a negative, because it's Xanax.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by kiteflyersmom

And maybe Frog will hit me with another "Obviously" LOL.

LOL.

There are so many questions, some of them are directly related to the case and others are not.

***
That's also why I don't think "common sense" has anything to do with this case, not even extralegally. An attorney on HLN just said "that doesn't seem like common sense." What is considered common sense is subjective. And, more importantly, reasonable doubt weighed more heavily.

ETA: And if I hear one more person on the news say "another O.J. Simpson".... I know the O.J. trial was the first big public murder trial that many people can think of. This is proof positive that people are especially concerned with perceived miscarriages of justice when they think it has hit home---which is essentially what some of us have been saying in this thread.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by kiteflyersmom

Oh...and another thing that has bothered me.... Zanny the Nanny- I know she made up the whole nanny things but I wondered if she picked the name as a result of using Zanax to shut the kid up.

And maybe Frog will hit me with another "Obviously" LOL.

I figured Zany rhymed with Nanny.

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

I figured Zany rhymed with Nanny.

The "nanny" was named Zenaida. I assume Zany is a nickname.

ETA- Who is by the way suing Anthony for having her name dragged into this mess.

[ThetaPrincess24]

Originally Posted by BluPhire

Best quote of the night so far

"I seriously haven't seen nancy grace this furious since her bungling henchmen let those dalmatians escape."

LOL!

[BluPhire]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

The "nanny" was named Zenaida. I assume Zany is a nickname.

ETA- Who is by the way suing Anthony for having her name dragged into this mess.

Yeah and Jane Velez-Mitchell was about to jump out of her chair and into a holy ghost dance when she broke the news.

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by BluPhire

Yeah and Jane Velez-Mitchell was about to jump out of her chair and into a holy ghost dance when she broke the news.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by 33girl

All I can say is, if the jurors really were the awful people many are saying they are...wouldn't they have just taken the easy way out and found her guilty and given the public what they're screaming for? They'd be automatic heroes instead of having to put up with the harassment and death threats they're sure to be getting soon.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/casey_antho...ry?id=14005609

Casey Anthony juror Jennifer Ford said today that she and the other jurors cried and were "sick to our stomachs" after voting to acquit Casey Anthony of charges that she killed her 2-year-old daughter Caylee.

"I did not say she was innocent," said Ford, who had previously only been identified as juror number 3. "I just said there was not enough evidence. If you cannot prove what the crime was, you cannot determine what the punishment should be."

The jury's jaw dropping not guilty verdict shocked court observers, but it was also a difficult moment for the panel, Ford said in an exclusive interview with ABC News. No one from the jury was willing to come out and talk to the media in the hours after the verdict.

"Everyone wonders why we didn't speak to the media right away," Ford said. "It was because we were sick to our stomach to get that verdict. We were crying and not just the women. It was emotional and we weren't ready. We wanted to do it with integrity and not contribute to the sensationalism of the trial."

Instead of murder, Casey Anthony, 25, was found guilty of four counts of lying to law enforcement and could be released from jail as early as Thursday.

Ford praised the jurors.

"They picked a great bunch of people, such high integrity. And there was high morale," she said. "We all joked. We are like a big group of cousins."

Casey Anthony Prosecutor: 'All Came Down to Cause of Death'

Earlier today, the prosecutor and an alternate juror agreed on why the jury had refused to convict Anthony: They couldn't prove how little Caylee Anthony died.

"It all came down to the evidence," said Florida state attorney Jeff Ashton on "The View." "I think ultimately it all came down to -- at least from what the one alternate said -- it came down to the cause of death."

Russell Huekler, one of five alternate jurors who were present for all the testimony and sequestered along with the 12 other jurors, said today that he would have delivered the same verdict and that he was shocked by the public outrage over the trial's outcome.

[AGDee]

I think they are all Nazi's .. this is like Nazi Germany with Hitler as the judge.

(Because it was time for Godwin's Law)

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by BluPhire

But then they would have to sit through sentencing.

Remember one had a cruise this week.

She's still getting sentenced. Also, lol u trollin

Originally Posted by kiteflyersmom

Oh...and another thing that has bothered me.... Zanny the Nanny- I know she made up the whole nanny things but I wondered if she picked the name as a result of using Zanax to shut the kid up.

And maybe Frog will hit me with another "Obviously" LOL.

Sorry, do you even go here?

Originally Posted by DrPhil

LOL.

There are so many questions, some of them are directly related to the case and others are not.

***
That's also why I don't think "common sense" has anything to do with this case, not even extralegally. An attorney on HLN just said "that doesn't seem like common sense." What is considered common sense is subjective. And, more importantly, reasonable doubt weighed more heavily.

ETA: And if I hear one more person on the news say "another O.J. Simpson".... I know the O.J. trial was the first big public murder trial that many people can think of. This is proof positive that people are especially concerned with perceived miscarriages of justice when they think it has hit home---which is essentially what some of us have been saying in this thread.

OJ comparisons should go die.

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

http://abcnews.go.com/US/casey_antho...ry?id=14005609

Saw this today. This would be an example of someone with enough at stake, a juror, that a physical reaction makes some sense. I do want to clarify what I said last night with a 'if you're having a physical reaction, it's because you're personalizing this story and need to take five big steps away from the keyboard, TV, and go spend time with family, loved ones, puppies and/or your favorite stuffed animal.'

/was tired last night, not sure if I made the sense I wanted to.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by AGDee

I think they are all Nazi's .. this is like Nazi Germany with Hitler as the judge.

(Because it was time for Godwin's Law)

u r so wrong for this

[lovespink88]

Just saw a status: "it still amazes me that bartenders and servers can possibly go to jail if they over serve someone and they get hurt and Casey anthony can kill her daughter and get away with it!!"


I don't even.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by AGDee

I think they are all Nazi's .. this is like Nazi Germany with Hitler as the judge.

(Because it was time for Godwin's Law)

LOL D FTW.