Jury rules Casey Anthony Not Guilty

[finecrazydud]

"The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic."-Joseph Stalin
its sad and all, and yes she was only found not guilty by reasonable doubt but more important things need to be reported

 

[Madara XIII]

Being found guilty would probably have been better for her. She would have gone to prison, may or may not have gotten the death penalty, may or may not have even lived long. No, now she has to go back outside to a world that has seen her face plastered all over the place as the "woman who allegedly killed her child and tried to cover it up". You try getting a job like that. Sure, she could write a memoir, and people will buy it, but even OJ's estate went to shit because everyone knew he did it.

This woman's life is screwed regardless. Did she get away with it, perhaps. Is she going to feel the repercussions to her dying day. Most likely. I would not wish this woman's future misery on my own worst enemy.

LOL True. In the words of Chris Rock

"I'd rather be guilty and people know I did it rather than getting off and have everyone think I did it"

Oh I don't know, people like this seem to just slip back into society. Heck, in Canada we have a convicted kiddy molester and child murderer who, amongst other crimes, helped her husband to drug, rape, and kill her own little sister... and she's on the street, living her life, and even found someone dumb enough to make a baby with her.

First of all...that is f*cking sick and disgusting. I mean it. Secondly, you're probably right that she'll fall back into society. Either way I feel like this is a serious loss of my faith in the justice system. Especially how the prosecution failed miserably. Should have gotten more solid evidence.

 

[Katana314]

I'm fine with it. I'll consider the facts...

- This woman is scarred by the media for life, and may not be able to show her face to anyone around her again
- She certainly lied, but it's certainly possible she's innocent. SOMETHING convinced the jury. Keep in mind, readers of this article haven't seen all the facts. The media may not have seen all the facts. The jury has.
- If she IS guilty, this woman is not at all likely to kill someone again, especially after this whole trial. The purpose of criminal justice is not for the dead to assume revenge; it is to act as a deterrent against further crimes. Problem solved.
- If she IS guilty, no mother could live without horrible nightmares of her moment of anger.

There, all said and done. No reason for anyone to worry about it anymore.

 

[DracoSuave]

The prosecution dropped the ball. They figured she would be convicted on the charges alone and offered little evidence. I will not give my opinion on her guilt or innocence, just saying it was a poorly prosecuted case.

This.

It does not matter, in a fair criminal system, whether it is likely she killed her children. Your concerns of 'Well, it looks like she probably did it' is meaningless. A jury isn't to look at whether she is the best suspect.

NONE of those things are good enough in a fair court system.

What matters, and all that should matter is:

Is there absolutely no reasonable doubt?

It does not matter that she lied to police. The defense showed she had a history of pathological lying. They showed she was abused by her father, and that triggered her need to lie... thusly removing the 'she lied so she's guilty' scenario from legal consideration.

The defense brought up that the body could have been moved by the one finding it, to which the prosecution could not rebut. If you're a prosecutor, and your case hinges on 'We found the body in her possession' you better damn well prove it was there and it could not have been moved. Finding it is NOT enough.

The defense brought up the idea that her father could have been a reasonable and possible culprit. It does not matter one bit that it's less likely her father did than the defendant. It matters that the prosecution did not rule out her father, and thus, did not prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt.


Be GLAD you have a justice system where 'Welp, he looks like a good enough suspect, case closed!' is enough to convict. Where a case has to be worked to the point where prosecution must be air-tight. It's one of the few recourses you have against an unfair law or a police state.

 

[Madara XIII]

At least we nailed Blago up here in Chicago.

It still doesn't make me feel better after hearing this tho.

Girlfriend trust me! That boy Blago deserved it considering he's already committed enough fashion crimes with that rats nest he calls hair *Snaps Fingers*

Girlfriend?! Twice in one day I'm called a girl, why?

I hope you choke on your third eye Tobi!! You're not even the main bad guy, we all know Kabuto is gunna be the last villain standing!!!

/joke

Yeah, it was much like this (the feeling anyway) when his first trial happened, but luckily the jury didn't reach a verdict and he was put on trial again.

Doesn't look like this can happen here tho.

MWAHAHAHAHA My evil Mustache has intimidated you so! Hehehe I was just doing the "girlfriend" thing as a sign of my sassyness when it comes to men who just don't know how to style their hair. I mean damn it's just a tragedy!

Secondly, SCREW KABUTO!! I will not have Orochimaru's walking dildo triumph over me! NEVER!! You have invoked my wrath!!!

Now sit back and watch as Smoke and Sub-Zero destroy your ego!!

 

[Kryzantine]

I haven't been following the case that much, but the people in here are just proving to be a violent mob.

Perhaps I would be a tad skeptical if this was somebody with a bit of money, or a famous person with an amazing lawyer (OJ, hint hint), but this is a 25-year old woman who doesn't appear to have much wealth. There is no way she would buy a jury. Consequently, the verdict was made on a strictly legal basis, and here's where the words, "beyond a reasonable doubt" matter most. The defense sufficiently showed that the evidence against them was lacking. Whatever happened to innocent-until-proven-guilty? She lied to the police, does that mean she drowned her 2-year old daughter in her backyard swimming pool? If she was convicted, she could have gotten the death sentence, and for what? The media calling her out as a child murderer and a month of lying from a grieving mother? We are more civilized than that!

Do any of you know what the pressures that mothers who lose their children face in America? One of my friends died about two years ago from meningitis, and the mother ended up being somewhat ostracized from her community, because everyone thought she could have made her daughter's life less stressful, or she could have called an ambulance in the morning instead of the afternoon. This is among a relatively nice community, too.

Imagine what this woman would have to face when her community finds out her daughter drowned in her backyard swimming pool? To them, the responsibility is on the mother to make sure things like that don't happen. So she panics, she lies to the police, she doesn't know what to do. I don't know about the partying personally, but I can suggest that is a rather natural psychological reaction for a younger woman. She wants to get her daughter out of her mind for a bit, she goes to a club and has some drinks and dancing. Had she called the police as soon as she realizes her daughter is dead, the immediate suspicion would be on her. And you know what? She'll still be ostracized from her community.

She's fucked either way, people! She gets ostracized from her community either way! And you people want to fucking stone her to death?

She was found not guilty, and we might not know the truth for a while, but we're still treating her as not guilty either way, and it should not be spoken about again. This is a prime example of a legal system that does things RIGHT, not wrong. The prosecution went to trial with their evidence, the defense argued against that evidence, the jury heard both arguments and returned their verdict - guilty on lying, innocent on everything else, because the prosecution could not prove their point on that. That is the verdict and I hope it gets respected. And if we continue to treat her as a murderer, or heaven forbid someone goes for a revenge killing, THAT is the failure of America.

 

[Ironic Pirate]

Not having followed this case, shouldn't we not judge the person if they aren't considered guilty? I mean, she might not have done it, but now everyone will think she's the one that "got away". Her life is pretty much ruined because of that, even if she didn't kill anyone.

It is a she, right? I really have no idea about this, I tend to avoid courtroom stories until the end because they go on forever.

 

[chronobreak]

Everyone who has watched the trial with close scrutiny has all the information that the jury had access to. I don't see a problem with other people making their own informed personal judgements. I agree that there was not sufficient concrete evidence to convict her on murder one, maybe the prosecution shouldn't have set the bar so high when they knew they only had circumstantial evidence. To not even get her charged with negligence is a travesty.

Besides, someone killed that little girl, unless she duct-taped herself, and somehow ingested chloroform, and put herself in the woods after death in a bag. I don't see a problem with speculating who did it, as someone needs to be held accountable. If the judicial sector can't do that, than the public sector will certainly take up the task, be it by disagreeing with the verdict, scrutinizing the trial, or by other means.

And, for all its faults, I still am glad the American justice system has moments like this to remind us of the need for impartiality and innocence until proven guilty.

 

[boag]

I'm fine with it. I'll consider the facts...

- This woman is scarred by the media for life, and may not be able to show her face to anyone around her again
- She certainly lied, but it's certainly possible she's innocent. SOMETHING convinced the jury. Keep in mind, readers of this article haven't seen all the facts. The media may not have seen all the facts. The jury has.
- If she IS guilty, this woman is not at all likely to kill someone again, especially after this whole trial. The purpose of criminal justice is not for the dead to assume revenge; it is to act as a deterrent against further crimes. Problem solved.
- If she IS guilty, no mother could live without horrible nightmares of her moment of anger.

There, all said and done. No reason for anyone to worry about it anymore.

until she gets a book deal and makes millions.

 

[almostgold]

Innocent until proven guilty guys. I regularly google how to chloroform and kill babies, have trace amounts of chemicals relating to the decomposition of human remains in my trunk, and wait till call the police till after 31 days from when children go missing. Doesn't mean anything.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

and somehow ingested chloroform,

They don't have any proof she ingested chloroform. Chloroform is one of the chemicals that the body produces in decomposition; there's no way of telling if the chloroform that was present was caused by decomposition or if it was the cause of death. The whole chloroform thing came up because someone did some google searches for it on Casey's computer, but that's not enough evidence in itself to say Caley was killed with chloroform. There's a reason the medical examiners couldn't come up with the cause.

 

[Chris Sandford]

Im glad she got not guilty.
They had no cause of death on the victim, no murder weapon, and the motive was "let me kill my child so i could party."

 

[Madara XIII]

Thanks for the chuckle. If only Noob was in the jury....

Ha! That'd be a hell of situation and I'd honestly love to see that.

Btw Noob,

What WOULD happen if you were on the Jury?

 

[RaikuFA]

these idiots who say shes innocent will buy her books, watch her tv show and all that crap. like i said our systems so corrupt we can let killers become famous

 

[AgDr_ODST]

its been said before I know but i'll say it again.....None of you who are decrying this as a miscarriage of justice(ie that she should've been found guilty), calling Casey a horrible *****, wishing ill on her were there none of you know the all facts or know all of what happened in the courtroom(just as I wasn't there either). Fact is she's been found not guilty while the truth(which may never truely come to light) could be that she really is guilty.....just as it could easily have been the reverse and she could've been found guilty when she really didn't do it. I'll try not judge her either way but I do think that the jury did make the right call based on the weak case the prosecution presented compared to the strong defense put forth by Caseys lawyers

 

[RN7]

Even if she's not guilty, doesn't mean she isn't innocent. But that doesn't matter. The truth is irrelevant. All that matters is what you can prove and you can make people believe. This is a prime example. So what if the evidence pointed to it. The jury was made to believe she's not guilty so...there. American legal system winning out again. Totally.

 

[Bassik]

Honestly, the OPs mother is an idiot.

Yes, people who react emphaticly to situations are usually idiots. Not us cold, logical, emotionless robots!

 

[The Apothecarry]

So, guilty of lying to investigators but not murder?...

How often do lying and murder not go hand in hand?

 

[Android2137]

Does this mean that everyone's going to shut up about it now? Because really, I've had it with this case! It's all my mom watched on TV anymore. Why were we giving it so much media attention? It's not like she's the first and only mother ever to be accused of murdering her baby.

 

[Cormitt]

The prosecution dropped the ball. They figured she would be convicted on the charges alone and offered little evidence. I will not give my opinion on her guilt or innocence, just saying it was a poorly prosecuted case.

Hard to disagree with this. From what I've watched on CNN this afternoon it looks like they dropped the ball worse than I thought. Granted the evidence was primarily circumstantial but at some point too many coincidences have to lead to guilt. Bottom line, they got lazy with the effort to prosecute.