Casey Anthony Trial - Page 13

VandalSquirrel · #1 07-07-2011, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by PiKA2001

I wonder if she's going to go back to mom and dad's house after she threw them under the bus..well maybe her brother will take her in....oh yeah, she threw him under the bus too.

Halfway house with supervision and rehabilitation programming while on probation?

Not sure about the details as I haven't read into it today.

katydidKD · #2 07-07-2011, 03:54 PM

http://abcnews.go.com/US/casey-antho...ry?id=14020260

BluPhire · #3 07-07-2011, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by katydidKD

http://abcnews.go.com/US/casey-antho...ry?id=14020260

These is why "The will of the People" is always laughed at. The people can be real stupid.

KSig RC · #4 07-07-2011, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by katydidKD

http://abcnews.go.com/US/casey-antho...ry?id=14020260

Sweet! It's like a drug tax stamp law, but for kids dying!

Wait, drug tax stamps are silly, redundant, and awkward to enforce? And they're corner-case laws to attempt to get around existing issues with the legal system? And here, the thing you're getting around almost never happens, and when it does, you're simply adding onto a life sentence?

I will sign that petition post-haste, and sing its praises from the top of Mount Sarbanes-Oxley!

ASTalumna06 · #5 07-07-2011, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by katydidKD

http://abcnews.go.com/US/casey-antho...ry?id=14020260

Caylee went missing 3 years ago, and this comes only two days after people heard a "not guilty" verdict and became enraged because of it.

I wonder what would have happened (or not happened) if she was found to be guilty?

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Originally Posted by KSig RC

I will sign that petition post-haste, and sing its praises from the top of Mount Sarbanes-Oxley!

You crack me up.

AOII Angel · #6 07-07-2011, 05:13 PM

I foresee a future movie plot involving parents who don't report their child missing because kidnappers threaten to kill the kid if the cops are involved. The twist...the parents are arrested because they don't notify the police within 24 hours that the child is missing.

Oh the drama that will ensue...

DrPhil · #7 07-07-2011, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by KSig RC

Sweet! It's like a drug tax stamp law, but for kids dying!

Wait, drug tax stamps are silly, redundant, and awkward to enforce? And they're corner-case laws to attempt to get around existing issues with the legal system? And here, the thing you're getting around almost never happens, and when it does, you're simply adding onto a life sentence?

I will sign that petition post-haste, and sing its praises from the top of Mount Sarbanes-Oxley!

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Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

Caylee went missing 3 years ago, and this comes only two days after people heard a "not guilty" verdict and became enraged because of it.

I wonder what would have happened (or not happened) if she was found to be guilty?

You crack me up.

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Originally Posted by AOII Angel

I foresee a future movie plot involving parents who don't report their child missing because kidnappers threaten to kill the kid if the cops are involved. The twist...the parents are arrested because they don't notify the police within 24 hours that the child is missing.

Oh the drama that will ensue...

I agree.

There are pros and cons to everything. I am not signing this petition. If this law is ever passed, I hope they consider the complexities of it all.

VandalSquirrel · #8 07-07-2011, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by AOII Angel

I foresee a future movie plot involving parents who don't report their child missing because kidnappers threaten to kill the kid if the cops are involved. The twist...the parents are arrested because they don't notify the police within 24 hours that the child is missing.

Oh the drama that will ensue...

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Originally Posted by DrPhil

I agree.

There are pros and cons to everything. I am not signing this petition. If this law is ever passed, I hope they consider the complexities of it all.

I'm having a Miss Cleo moment with so many scenarios. People attempting to leave abusive situations with their children, how it will shake out in communities who have a distrust or aren't treated fairly by law enforcement for whatever reason, custody battles. Or the child was killed by the person who is supposed to report so they make up an abduction disappearance story that targets someone and creates problems for innocent people, and that child is still dead regardless of reporting.

I'm pretty sure Law & Order SVU used a Caylee scenario already and with the verdict another one won't be far behind, definitely a Lifetime Movie.

I wish people would have been this moved or impassioned by the dozens of other children who haven't received "justice" and didn't get media attention. This isn't the solution to the problem of violence towards children, but I guess people can feel like they did something

until something else gets their attention.

sigmadiva · #9 07-08-2011, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel

I wish people would have been this moved or impassioned by the dozens of other children who haven't received "justice" and didn't get media attention. This isn't the solution to the problem of violence towards children, but I guess people can feel like they did something

until something else gets their attention.

I get your point, but if people don't know about a particular child, then why expect John Q. Public to become upset about it.

I presume we all understand that there are missing, abused and exploited kids out there. There have been similar cases in the Houston area that certainly received local attention, but for some reason did not make national attention. Maybe a local case that received some national attention is Andrea Yates. She is the NASA area mom who drowned her 5 kids.

Why the Anthony trial became so nationally sensational, I can't remember.

Kevin · #10 07-07-2011, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by katydidKD

http://abcnews.go.com/US/casey-antho...ry?id=14020260

Not surprising that Oklahoma State Rep. Wesselhoft is in on this. That guy sponsors any legislation he can rip from the headlines. Every time a pit bull attacks someone in Oklahoma, he's on TV talking about breed specific legislation.

Fortunately, I think his term limit is almost up.

As to the legislation, reactionary legislation from events which almost never happen? What could possibly go wrong?

One petition I've seen was calling for a federal law (completely unconstitutional). This law can't be used to go after Anthony, so what's the point? Is this a common thing?

DrPhil · #11 07-07-2011, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevin

This law can't be used to go after Anthony, so what's the point? Is this a common thing?

No, it is not common. It is an extremely rare occurrence. I posted the links to the story of the boy missing since 1999.

This proposed law is inspired by anger over Casey Anthony (and those like her) and justice for Caylee Anthony (and those like her). There are pros and cons to that, as well.

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Originally Posted by dekeguy

If that cracked you up you should see me in a wig and barrister's gown with a hard wing collar and barrister's bands.

Sexy.

DrPhil · #12 07-08-2011, 01:42 PM

DrPhil · #13 07-08-2011, 09:20 PM

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43691279...rts/?gt1=43001

AGDee · #14 07-08-2011, 11:07 PM

I feel for the mom who wakes up in the morning to discover that her baby has died of SIDS some 5 or 6 hours before and she could be convicted for failing to notify anybody within 1 or 2 hours of death, under this law.

PiKA2001 · #15 07-08-2011, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by AGDee

I feel for the mom who wakes up in the morning to discover that her baby has died of SIDS some 5 or 6 hours before and she could be convicted for failing to notify anybody within 1 or 2 hours of death, under this law.

I don't think it's intended to work like that. I thought it was based on the discovery or knowledge of your kid missing or dying.