Casey Anthony NOT GUILTY & Sentencing Thread 6

[walden]

Not me, partner. Your posts are comical at best, but keep on trying...

We have an apparent under-bridge-dweller. Let us not encourage it. I'm sorry I responded to it at all.

Can we move on? Do we think that Casey will return to the bosom of her family after the statement? I think not. I understand that the family accepts the verdict. I hope the family rejects her lying murdering little butt and does achieve some kind of closure, as messed up as they are. I hope George has a good therapist and does not commit suicide after his name has been blackened for ever. I very much hope that Lee Anthony runs far, far, away from the whole family because I actually believe that he is the only one of them with an iota of sense and the vague possibility of a healthy life in the future.

The statement abbreviated and cut and pasted (bolding by me):

"While the family may never know what has happened to Caylee Marie Anthony, they now have closure for this chapter of their life. They will now begin the long process of rebuilding their lives. Despite the baseless defense chosen by Casey Anthony, the family believes that the jury made a fair decision based on the evidence presented; the testimony presened; the scientific information presented; the rules that were given to them by the Honorable Judge Perry to guide them. The family hopes that they will be given the time by the media to reflect on today's verdict and decide the best way to move forward privately. "

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

talking to Gerald(which is his real name)

Is it really Gerald and not Geraldo?

Do you realize that Jeff Ashton was the first prosecutor to ever have DNA introduced in to a court room?

Show some respect.

Jeff Ashton is awesome.

I agree. Let's suppose that my husband was dying of heart failure and only had weeks to live. The doctors all knew that his illness was terminal. So if he died in his sleep and I threw his body in the woods and didn't report his death to authorities for 31 days wouldn't I be charged with something. Isn't that illegal in and of itself?

Not if you lie and do hot body contests, proving you grew up in a dysfunctional home.

I am so very sad that justice for Caylee was not served today. I do believe that she was guilty and that the evidence proved that, but i guess the jury sees it differently than i do. I still have difficulty wrapping my head around the fact that out of 12 people, nobody could get reasonable doubt does not equal without a doubt................and that to me is what caused the verdict.

I hope the jury is content with their decision as they have to live with it and i myself would not like to have to decide somebodys fate, but would if ever called upon. So many questions and so little answers that nobody will ever know other than Casey. I really think that she has herself convinced that the story she tells is the truth and will have no problem moving on from this while the rest of her family struggle to find a new normal. Dispite all her families faults i do feel bad for them and hope to never experience what they have.

Thanks to everyone for your contributions...its been an interesting read to see everyones view and take on things even when different than mine.

I've heard that that is the hardest concept for a jury to understand.

A commentator on HLN (can't keep them straight) said that usually, jurors have a vested interest in their community, and that being from another county, this jury didn't...easy to do their thing and walk (get on a bus) away.

Im finding it harder to deal with folks who are hiding behind the "its our system" explanation to accept that a killer has gone free.

All I hear is that criminals have a right to be acquitted because there is no smoking gun. How did we ever convict anyone before DNA, video, audio and th like? Common sense people! A jury is there to judge and evaluate. To peruse the evidence, to really examine it,not sit on their butts and wait for the evidence to slap them in the face! After nearly 2 months of testimony, they reviewed the evidence in 10 hours? I call BS!

Once again, I agree!

Yep this..............seem there is alot of confusion between reasonable doubt and without a doubt.

Wait, why was Scott Peterson convicted and not Casey Anthony?

Isn't waiting a month to tell ANYONE your toddler is missing a crime? Neglect? Something????

She did nothing wrong except lie to police? Unbelievable.

Well, if I were Scott Petersen, I'd be filing my "'s'not fair" motion.

It is a sad fact that you cannot strike someone from the jury for being as dumb as a box of rocks.

That, it is.

Someone who "can't judge people" shouldn't be on a jury but the defense played dirty pool and no number of smiley faces is going to take that fact away.

Yup.

Kevin Beary, retired Orange County Sheriff, broke my heart talking about finding Caylee's bones on Dec 11, 2008, and what the investigators who were there that day are feeling now.

I hope what JVM is saying is true...that it's just too politically incorrect to give tons of money to someone like her, after the whole thing with OJ and his book. Hope so.

 

[mellvswdw1]

Tell that to Scott Peterson who sits on death row convicted due to circumstantial evidence. Maybe he should've hired Baez ...

That is what I don't get another case where things were promised in the opening and not delivered, however in this case the defense was not held accountible. In the SP trial I felt he was guilty of sin, but after 44 hours of deliberation, I thought they would find him guilty. I guess my thoughts of a jury coming back fast has been blown away.

 

[disneysnowflake]

There are seriously people hanging out by the Anthony's house? Why? I don't understand why people do that kind of thing.

 

[joviroxx]

There is really no proof that casey was guilty,and I thought the jury made the right descision. You have to prove a case without a reasonable doubt. I have a feeling there is a lot more to this story, and the grandparents are into it up to their eyeballs. As a juror you have to absolute proof to put someone to death. That's a big responsibility. Judgement can't be based on emotion which is what people on this board have a tendency to do.

I guess I just don't get what people who say there is no proof, want as proof, besides some CSI smoking gun? What more proof do you need? I find there is a big confusion between reasonable doubt and possible doubt. No one is arguing death, just guilty of at least Murder 2?

For those that agree with the verdict but feel she IS guilty... what makes you think she is guilty? Then, how could the prosecution have proven it?

Editted: Not sure why Im getting caught up in debates... Its over and done with. Sad, but it is what it is....

 

[mrsksomeday]

Ugh! Im having a tough time with this verdict. Every time I think Im getting on with it, something gets to me again. I keep coming on here to see if someone post something that will make sense of it all......

You guys are great though! RIP Caylee!

I feel the same way, you wrote what I was thinking.

5 threads did not get closed until 250 pages...

Let us not make this one get closed prematurely.

I was thinking the same thing. I am worried the debates will get this thread closed. Please if you don't like someone else's opinion, ignore it or put them on ignore.

 

[sss4911]

I might have. But when you have THIS much evidence you better be darn sure. From following this case for 3 years , I know which pieces of evidence I kept looking at. I watched those jail visits repeatedly. I read a lot of her friends depositions more than once. I read and reread Dr G's autopsy report. Even after reading all these, during the trial, I looked at some again. Not unreasonable to expect a jury to do the same.

We don't know they didn't look at any of the evidence during the deliberations. They didn't talk afterward...so who said this?

All of the evidence was in the deliberation room with them...they only thing they had to ask for if they wanted to hear again was the testimony.

 

[DVCconvert]

[QUOTENo, that would be you who admitted that you have no more legal credentials than anyone else here, while you bash other posters knowledge of the law. That would also be you who can't even keep which side won today.... In case you missed it, you have said you're not qualified to have an opinion and apparently didn't even realize it][/QUOTE]

Congratsulations! You've now become what you've enjoyed bashing me as!!

If I were you, I'd now attack you for confusing a typo with some hidden agenda or position....wrapping in all hate and an acidic varnish

 

[Mosoh]

If you're right...then we have something in common

You echoing me is not something in common, its parroting

Give it up ... unless you can point to why they voted as they did you really are not the beacon of knowledge you think you are.

I think they threw the letter of the law out the window - jury nullification. You think, all I can figure - is they voted and you're all giddy she walks.

 

[SweetJoy]

I find it very interesting how many people come out of the woodworks on this thread but have not chimed in at all during threads 1-5 ...

Nothing to say throughout the whole trial until it's over with ... interesting, indeed.

So? What difference does that make? Only posters from threads 1-5 welcome on thread 6?

 

[CurlyGirl]

I was shocked that the jury took only 10 hours. The Phil Spector jury took 19 days. Robert Blake's jury took 15 days. The Charles Manson jury took 9 days. The Michael Jackson jury took 7 days. The Timothy McVeigh jury took 4 days. The Scott Peterson jury took 12 hours. The OJ jury took 4 hours.

Makes you wonder why Charles Manson took so long when there were far more ties to his guilt ...

 

[MyManGoofy!]

There is really no proof that casey was guilty,and I thought the jury made the right descision. You have to prove a case without a reasonable doubt. I have a feeling there is a lot more to this story, and the grandparents are into it up to their eyeballs. As a juror you have to absolute proof to put someone to death. That's a big responsibility. Judgement can't be based on emotion which is what people on this board have a tendency to do.

Once again, reasonable doubt is NOT beyond all doubt nor does it require absolute proof.

While I will agree there is plenty of emotion involved in this case, that does not negate the fact that many minds (legal or otherwise) found the evidence put forth by the prosecution did in fact prove that Casey Anthony was the only person that could have been responsible.

 

[dnoyes]

I find it very interesting how many people come out of the woodworks on this thread but have not chimed in at all during threads 1-5 ...

Nothing to say throughout the whole trial until it's over with ... interesting, indeed.

That is NOT true.

Anyone on threads 1-5 that said anything other than "kill the *****" was sent away bloody. Trust me on that.

While I'm at it, IMO Ashton is the reason she walked. I would have given him the "flying Mathew" long before that guy did.

 

[DVCconvert]

You echoing me is not something in common, its parroting

Give it up ... unless you can point to why they voted as they did you really are not the beacon of knowledge you think you are.

I think they threw the letter of the law out the window - jury nullification. You think, all I can figure - is they voted and you're all giddy she walks.

I'll echo as long as I please thank you
You should give it up....it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure it out why they voted as they did...the jury did not find the evidence presented by the STATE (happy now) convincing enough to do so.

And please do not assume I'm "all giddy she walks"...my comments are simply directed at the real world fact she was not convicted.

 

[happygirl]

Keep it classy Cheney Mason.

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/268924_1989324244995_999998016_32117573_7319525_n.jpg

That has to be photoshopped

 

[mhsjax]

Keep it classy Cheney Mason.

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/268924_1989324244995_999998016_32117573_7319525_n.jpg

Real nice

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

There are seriously people hanging out by the Anthony's house? Why? I don't understand why people do that kind of thing.

They are there as they hold the same constitutional rights as the now acquitted-of-murder Casey Anthony has. She used her 5th amendment right to remain silent and got her fair trial. They are exercising their right to NOT remain silent and gather for protest (as permitted by the First Amendment) support or whatever at the Anthony home.

So long as it stays peaceful, I do not begrudge their right to do this.

 

[mellvswdw1]

Is it really Gerald and not Geraldo?:

Unsubstantied accounts say that he was struggling to get a job as Gerald, so when he changed his name he was hired....ask my DH he has said that since I have known him(8years). He could have been a juror today, but it would have been hung!

 

[mhsjax]

That has to be photoshopped

I believe it. He was very unhappy with the media.

 

[JaneBanks]

I'll echo as long as I please thank you
You should give it up....it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure it out why they voted as they did...the jury did not find the evidence presented by the STATE (happy now) convincing enough to do so.

And please do not assume I'm "all giddy she walks"...my comments are simply directed at the real world fact she was not convicted.

Then maybe you should just stick to why she wasn't convicted instead of insulting people.