Casey Anthony Trial

[KingWein22]

Casey Anthony was found not guilty of 1st degree murder, child abuse and aggravated manslaughter, but was found guilty of providing false information to law enforcement on 4 seperate counts.

What is your reaction to this verdict?


EDIT: Here's the article
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43636855/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/?GT1=43001

 

[Syphous]

I have no idea what you're talking about.

 

[cryogeist]

my reaction: utter bullshit
her mother said her car smelled like dead people...

 

[L3m0n_L1m3]

I mean really? I'm not entirely sure the jury was right in the head.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Cool. It's like OJ all over again.

Minus the bad-ass legal rhymes.

 

[let's rock]

So, what the fuck was the jury smoking?

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

I'd say justice was served. There was no evidence that she was guilty of anything aside from lying to police officers, and there was reason to believe she did that because she wasn't entirely right in the head. Despite what the media's coverage of cases like this lead people to believe, people are innocent until proven guilty. The prosecution had no proof.

 

[KingWein22]

I have no idea what you're talking about.

I provided the article.

 

[ward0630]

Well the jury may have made the right choice since there was sufficient reasonable doubt, personally Im convinced she did it, but she's still probably going to jail for lying to law enforcement. She's also not really a threat to anyone else, unless she has another child.

 

[manythings]

I have no idea what you're talking about.

Clearly since the hive mind keeps us all updated about what happens in the US. Even our own newspapers are only concerned with that news, nothing from anywhere else... ever.

 

[magnuslion]

My reaction is thus: The DA's office royally screwed the pooch. the duct tape video in particular was unprofessional and showed a staggering lack of either ethics or the court system, neither of which prosecutors can afford. Anthony is obviously guilty of extreme negligence at best, and actual homicide at worse, but it was the DA office's job to prove it, and they instead turned the entire case into something wackier than a looney toons marathon.

 

[GrimTuesday]

Well, I guess the jury found enough reasonable doubt to not convict her of murder. I think she is guilty, but she was found not guilty in a court of law, and she'll have to live with the fact that she murdered her daughter because she was an inconvenience.

 

[Nickolai77]

I'd say justice was served. There was no evidence that she was guilty of anything aside from lying to police officers, and there was reason to believe she did that because she wasn't entirely right in the head. Despite what the media's coverage of cases like this lead people to believe, people are innocent until proven guilty. The prosecution had no proof.

^This. If there is no conclusive evidence that someone did a crime they can't be found guilty.

Plus, as a side note if she was found guilty of 1st degree murder she would risk execution, and when someone's life is at stake you really really can't afford to have any doubts that the accused is guilty.

 

[Gigano]

It doesn't seem that it could be established beyond all reasonable doubt that the girl had been killed intently. If there's no established cause of death, and no conclusive evidence to link the body to the mother's vehicle, then such sentence doesn't necessarily seem incorrect.

...I'm surprised that, being a defendant, she can be charged with lying to the police investigating her case though. Doesn't the accused get the right to not incriminate themselves in the US?

 

[Lunar Shadow]

It doesn't seem that it could be established beyond all reasonable doubt that the girl had been killed intently. If there's no established cause of death, and no conclusive evidence to link the body to the mother's vehicle, then such sentence doesn't necessarily seem incorrect.

...I'm surprised that, being a defendant, she can be charged with lying to the police investigating her case though. Doesn't the accused get the right to not incriminate themselves in the US?

We do, but it's basically the refusal to not say a damn thing. And it makes you look guilty anyway.

Edit: Clarification, I mean it has the perception of being guilty, not that I beleive you are guilty ig you plead the fifth.

 

[Heart of Darkness]

I'd say justice was served. There was no evidence that she was guilty of anything aside from lying to police officers, and there was reason to believe she did that because she wasn't entirely right in the head. Despite what the media's coverage of cases like this lead people to believe, people are innocent until proven guilty. The prosecution had no proof.

This. Freaking this. Prosecution did not prove that Casey killed her daughter. Prosecution only proved that she lied to the cops. And I'm glad that the jury didn't allow their emotions to cloud their judgement in this case.

 

[Wolfenbarg]

It doesn't seem that it could be established beyond all reasonable doubt that the girl had been killed intently. If there's no cause of death, and no conclusive evidence to link the body to the mother's vehicle, then such sentence doesn't necessarily seem incorrect.

...I'm surprised that, being a defendant, she can be charged with lying to the police investigating her case though. Doesn't the accused get the right to not incriminate themselves in the US?

You do get that right, but if you cooperate and lie, that's against the law. The right to not incriminate yourself does not allow you to provide misinformation, as that can do a lot of damage.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

It doesn't seem that it could be established beyond all reasonable doubt that the girl had been killed intently. If there's no established cause of death, and no conclusive evidence to link the body to the mother's vehicle, then such sentence doesn't necessarily seem incorrect.

...I'm surprised that, being a defendant, she can be charged with lying to the police investigating her case though. Doesn't the accused get the right to not incriminate themselves in the US?

They do, but as the cops say when they tell you your rights "You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law." The fifth amendment allows you to stay quiet, but if you open your mouth and incriminate yourself, it's fair game.

 

[DeadlyYellow]

I have no idea what you're talking about.

Don't feel alone. Never heard of the guy until this post.

 

[BlumiereBleck]

Darn jury! Darn evidence! Darn Casey Anthony!