Not Guilty
Casey Anthony was found not guilty of all the charges that would have incurred jail time. The charges she was found guilty of are misdemeanor offenses. Since she has already been in jail for three years, I am surprised that she was not released pending sentencing.
I had not yet heard. Thanks for the info.
I think this verdict has now shown some of my friends and relatives to me in a new light. I have been saying that she would be found not guilty because the prosecution never proved anything except that she was/is a liar. Everything they offered was circumstantial. Maybe she did kill her daughter, but the prosecution didn’t prove it beyond a shadow of a doubt. I think prehaps she might serve a couple of years or no more time. I guess we’ll know Thursday.
I haven’t been following this case at all, but it does remind me of a case I knew personally. I even nursed the baby of the case from my own breast before she died. The first “adopted” child of the mother, a four year old girl, drowned in an irrigation canal when the father was away. The mother had expressed extreme jealousy of the child’s biological mother, but no other evidence could be found against her for the death, so the drowning was considered an accident.
The mother gave birth to her own baby girl. Doctor’s checkups indicated neglect and malnutrition in the infant, but it was chalked up to maternal inexperience. One night the child began to cry inconsolably. The mother covered her with a pillow and suffocated her to death. Last I heard, mom was in the local jail. I don’t know where she is today.
I know it is absolutely necessary that a person be found guilty without a shadow of a doubt, before they are prosecuted, but it is a shame that, with this woman, two lives had to be sacrificed before anything was done about her.
As tragic as the case is, I very much dislike the media latching on to one such case and making it into entertainment. Is it a human interest story or yellow journalism? They do this again and again. I for one didn’t care what was in Anna Nicole’s fridge. (film at 11:00)
Many tragic things happen. To focus on ONE and fill the airwaves with it obsessively and neglect information that we need for democracy to be intelligent I find annoying.
Theres a 3 year old Child DEAD! -and the Killer Mother is off and free to party it up! “Bella Vida!”
-Thats My thought on this…
The prosecutor over played his hand. He did not have any evidence of Murder 1, but tried to convince a jury otherwise. He probably could have gotten her to plead guilty to accidental manslaughter. He must have thought this case would put him in the governor’s mansion or something.
By law she has been found not guilty except for lying. If I were on the jury I would have had to find that way too because the prosecutor just didn’t prove anything. I don’t think that they had anything on Casey Anthony when they arrested her and were hoping to get a confession or plea deal out of her. Basically, the police and DA rushed their case simply because of the media attention.
That said, my belief (which with $1.50, might get you a cup of coffee) is that she had a hand in that child’s death. Whether accidental or intentional, the child died as a result of her mother’s actions. Someday, if they don’t just close their investigation on this case (because if Casey didn’t do it, somebody did), the smoking gun against Casey Anthony might be found, but because they rushed everything it won’t make a bit of difference.
Metalfan says that an accused person is innocent until proven guilty, then criticises the jury for not proving someone innocent. That is totally illogical. Metalfan also asks for proof of the unanimity of the jury. But he cannot himself provide evidence that proves the mother guilty. ” The only thing the prosecution was able to prove was that Caylee Anthony died somehow and somewhere” – you cannot convict someone on these grounds. Metalfan, how would you feel if you found yourself in the dock on such shaky evidence and were found guilty of something that you didn’t do and there was no evidence to prove that you did.
That Americans take trial by TV so seriously reduces our legal system to the level of a sports event. Anyone arguing for innocence or guilt must think their water cooler opinion matters? The truth is, we may never know. Those who sat riveted in front of the TV think they heard everything the jury heard. They did not. They didn’t even get the full Cliff Notes. Many fell for the “bad mom”, “party girl” argument. This was an emotional appeal from the DA and it played well in the media. Was it an accurate portrayal? Or a way to sell soup and car insurance? (Ratings)
WE MAY NEVER KNOW. That everyone is so convinced that they do, makes me very distrustful of the American mentality.
Two things. The law states that a person is innocent until proven guilty. Since she was not proven guilty, by law she is innocent. Secondly, the judge polled each jury member as to whether they did agree with the verdict on each charge and each jury member replied in the affirmative.
Those of us not on the jury only know what the media told us. The media had already convicted her and had no reason to provide us with any facts that disagreed with their views.
The case was doom from the Ghetto. Not many cases won with “circumstantial” evidence. I wonder, why Casey’s attorney did not go through with the notion of claiming his client as insane. The woman seems to be a social path or insane IMO.