Casey Anthony Trial

[BetteDavisEyes]

It's OJ all over again.

Poor little Caley.

Seeing that bitch smiling now makes me want to throw things at the TV. I'm so furious.

[IrishLake]

I don't understand. If Casey was found guilty of lying to the police, what would motivate her to lie besides saving her own ass? That makes no sense whatsoever. I'm praying a mistrial is declared due to juror misconduct. That baby didn't kill herself.

[BetteDavisEyes]

Maybe it's pregnancy hormones that have me in tears over this case.

Let me guess. Soon, she'll be giving interviews to Oprah, Barbara Walters, Diane Sawyer. Then she'll go on The View & other shows like that. Pretty soon, she'll get her own reality show or end up on Dancing with the Stars or something like that. She'll be on the cover of People, In Touch & other entertainment magazines pimping herself out as a model/actress.

In the meantime, little Caley will never get justice.

[ThetaPrincess24]

A lawyer friend on facebook just said, "A jury is made up of 12 people not smart enough to get out of jury duty."

Now that the jurors are free to speak to the media, I'm intersted in hearing how they came to this wonderful conclusion.

[BetteDavisEyes]

Originally Posted by ThetaPrincess24

Now that the jurors are free to speak to the media, I'm intersted in hearing how they came to this wonderful conclusion.

Frankly, I don't even want to watch their interviews right now b/c I feel so sick to my stomach after watching this joke of a verdict. I agree with IrishLake. I just don't understand how they reached this verdict.

[AOIIalum]

Originally Posted by BetteDavisEyes

Maybe it's pregnancy hormones that have me in tears over this case.

Let me guess. Soon, she'll be giving interviews to Oprah, Barbara Walters, Diane Sawyer. Then she'll go on The View & other shows like that. Pretty soon, she'll get her own reality show or end up on Dancing with the Stars or something like that. She'll be on the cover of People, In Touch & other entertainment magazines pimping herself out as a model/actress.

In the meantime, little Caley will never get justice.

I firmly believe Caley will get justice one day, somehow, somewhere. As for the media access, let's hope that for once it doesn't happen. I'm sick of Casey Anthony, just like I'm still sick til this day of OJ Simpson.

[KSig RC]

Originally Posted by ThetaPrincess24

Now that the jurors are free to speak to the media, I'm intersted in hearing how they came to this wonderful conclusion.

I'll give you the short version:

-No direct physical evidence of defendant's involvement, plus

-No provable cause of death, plus

-A certain definition of "reasonable" doubt.

On the bright side, after the verdict (and the, shall we say, lax rebuttal), we might finally have to confront the bare facts: prosecutors are often exceptionally good at locking down very specific kinds of cases at a 99% clip, and often not all that good at actually performing for a jury in a court of law.

[DDDlove13]

This case is the most ridiculous and sickening thing ever. The jury should be ashamed! I live in Orlando and people are RIOTING over it, I'd be scared for my life if I was associated with the case in any way.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

I'll give you the short version:

-No direct physical evidence of defendant's involvement, plus

-No provable cause of death, plus

-A certain definition of "reasonable" doubt.

On the bright side, after the verdict (and the, shall we say, lax rebuttal), we might finally have to confront the bare facts: prosecutors are often exceptionally good at locking down very specific kinds of cases at a 99% clip, and often not all that good at actually performing for a jury in a court of law.

Yeah, the little I saw of this case made me question these exact things. Just because she did a lot of things that look suspicious doesn't rise to the level of direct evidence. I feel sorry for jurors. It's hard to follow the letter of the law when you may have that gut feeling that someone is guilty but the State hasn't proved it beyond a reasonable doubt.

[AnotherKD]

I hate to rationalize it by saying that I think the family was trying to cover up for her (not wanting her to be found guilty and be put to death) that they told so many half-truths that the jury didn't know what to believe. It's just sickening.

ETA: 3 guys here at work are talking about how the decision by the jury was fair and just. I'm having a bit of a hard time reeling it in and am glad I'm leaving soon, because otherwise I'd want to jump in that argument.

[Senusret I]

A Greekchatter just defriended me on facebook because of my opinions on the REACTION to the verdict.

LMAO

[FSUZeta]

the jury is smarter than i thought. they will not speak to the media after all-the chickens!

i am flabbergasted with their verdict.

[KSUViolet06]

Were there any other charges on the table aside from 1st degree (ex: 2nd degree or manslaughter?)

[ThetaPrincess24]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Were there any other charges on the table aside from 1st degree (ex: 2nd degree or manslaughter?)

Aggrevated Manslaughter was and she was found Not Guilty of that too.

[KSig RC]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

Yeah, the little I saw of this case made me question these exact things. Just because she did a lot of things that look suspicious doesn't rise to the level of direct evidence. I feel sorry for jurors. It's hard to follow the letter of the law when you may have that gut feeling that someone is guilty but the State hasn't proved it beyond a reasonable doubt.

We need to be careful here, though - while the case was largely circumstantial, circumstantial evidence is still evidence, and should usually be given the same consideration as direct evidence (per instruction of law).

Hell, most of the time circumstantial evidence is more reliable than eye witness testimony. It's hard to say whether jurors correctly applied the law as given to them, but it does seem like a pretty straightforward decision path.