Casey Anthony TRIAL THREAD #1

[momrek06]

I'm here!!!

Thanks MaryAnn!!!

 

[Crazy4Disney72]

I will be at work, and I'm a preschool teacher so I'm in the classroom with kids, can't even listen to the trial, so I am looking forward to reading all the updates when I get home! LOL, my son had pinkeye late last week and I was fanatical about washing my hands after doing his drops in his eyes, but now I'm kind of hoping that maybe I will wake up tomorrow and my eyes will be all red so I can't go to work!

 

[Heidict]

Present and account for. See everyone at 9am sharp.

 

[PigletsPal2]

MaryAnnDVC - How did the wedding go? Have you started another thread about it? Much more pleasant subject than Casey Anthony trial!

Queen Colleen

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

MaryAnnDVC - How did the wedding go? Have you started another thread about it? Much more pleasant subject than Casey Anthony trial!

Queen Colleen

It's this coming Friday! It's just a small wedding, but it's been quite the contrast between putting together the details of a wedding, and watching jury selection and now the trial. In between watching the trial tomorrow, I've got several wedding phone calls to make. (Hope I remember to call! ) It's like the trial is disrupting the wedding plans, and the wedding plans are disrupting the trial!

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

Here's a good article that momrek06 posted on the Jury Selection thread. Reading this just 9 hours before the start of the trial makes it all the more chilling.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/05/23/florida.casey.anthony.trial/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn

 

[joviroxx]

Bumping up!

Just getting it ready

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

Bumping up!

Just getting it ready

An article from this morning:

http://www.wesh.com/casey-anthony-extended-coverage/28001897/detail.html#ixzz1NGcXxK6c

A blurb from it:

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Fifty courtroom seats will be available to spectators each day of the trial, which is expected to last up to eight weeks. A line of people waiting for the proceedings stretched around the courthouse by 5 a.m.Some said they have been following the case and want to see Anthony in person. Others said they wanted to hear the full story as it is told in court.

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[MaryAnnDVC]

http://www.wftv.com/news/27970046/detail.html

Details On Jurors For Casey Anthony Trial

Seat 1
Juror # 1398
» White female in 60s
» Very articulate and well-dressed counselor
» Nancy Grace: "I choose not to watch."
» "I value life. I also value our criminal justice system as it has evolved. I accept the death penalty."

Seat 2
Juror # 1019
» African American male in 30s
» Opposed to the death penalty and barely avoided being death disqualified
» Low interest in case and not much knowledge about it
» "God makes the final judgment."

Seat 3
Juror # 1055
» White female, age 32, who has moved back in with her mom
» Student in RN program
» Has little knowledge of, nor interest in, case

Seat 4
Juror #1319
» African American woman, about 40
» Reluctant to judge people, "That's for God to do."
» Prosecution (Batson rule) tried to preempt challenge her. Defense objected that she was being eliminated just because of her race. Judge agreed
» Plays games like Farmville
» Doesn’t watch news
» No opinion on DP

Seat 5
Juror # 1429
» White female in her 60s
» Retired, 11th grade education
» She had a DUI in 1998, and her son and grandson both had drug problems

Seat 6
Juror # 1025
» White male, aged 33
» College graduate
» Has had a lot of travel in his job as chef/salesperson

Seat 7
Juror # 1007
» White female, 41 years old
» Three years of college, one major was sociology
» Her mother was an attorney
» She is very bright and reads two papers
» She says she doesn't really want to be on the jury but will serve because "It's how I was raised."

Seat 8
Juror # 3015
» White female in 50s
» Service rep and former manager for Verizon
» Says she has relatively little exposure to pretrial publicity
» Moderate attitudes toward the death penalty

Seat 9
Juror # 3185 » White male, aged 53
» Revealed his name is "Jim" and said friends told him they heard his voice
» Has never married.
» Grew up in San Francisco Bay area
» 6 out of 10 on the death penalty scale.
» Nephew is a cop
» Says of law enforcement: "Pleased to have them protecting us."

Seat 10
Juror # 3310
» White male, aged 57
» Has never married.
» Says he had little exposure to Anthony case
» Also a Verizon employee. He seems to have a low level job (retention specialist) for a guy with a BA in Business Administration
» He gave almost perfect answers to questions from judge, as though he really wanted to be on the jury
» Death penalty scale: 6 out of 10. He said, "It's set. It's an unfortunate result of actions."
» His sister, along with her boyfriend, committed a violent crime against their dad. She spent time in prison.

Seat 11
Juror # 3016
» White male in 30s
» PE and Health teacher in high school, studying for an online masters degree in special education
» Watches little TV, never watches Nancy Grace
» Says it would be difficult for him to vote for death: "I guess I could consider it, but having to make that decision would be very tough for me."
» Very certain about his ability to be fair
» Called for jury duty but not selected for a jury

Seat 12
Juror # 3140
» White female in 40s
» Strong supporter of death penalty (10 out of 10 on scale)
» Worked at day care center and supports death penalty for first degree murder of a child
» Wants to be on the jury
» In response to "who are you" question, she said, "Old fashioned." "My kids think I'm a great mom."

Alt 1
Juror # 3093
» White female, 48 years old surgical tech
» Married with two adult children
» Likes sports on TV better than news
» She wasn't questioned extensively

Alt 2
Juror # 3170
» White male, late 40s
» American government teacher in high school and drop out prevention coordinator
» Would vote to repeal death penalty
» On third marriage
» Once arrested for DUI that was pleaded down to careless driving

Alt 3
Juror # 4013
» White female, 37 years old
» Works at car dealership
» She has 12-year-old son and lives with her parents
» She is a widower. Her husband died in prison where he was in on drug charges. Married for 14 years but they did not live together
» She was involved in some sort of check bouncing deal. Lawyers and judge talked about it in private and it wasn’t brought up again.
» She said a few times, “I hope she didn’t do it.” When asked to expound on that she said that she was hoping the girl would be found and said she was hoping that no crime had been committed
» Doesn’t really have opinion on DP

Alt 4
Juror # 4192
» White male, around 25
» Single
» Carpenter » From age 18-21 he spent time in Orlando. Went there to party at UCF, etc.
» Arrested and charged with possession and paraphernalia. Served probation
» Neutral on death penalty

Alt 5
Juror # 3308
» White male, 39
» Opposed to DP because of biased application
» He was the baseball ticket guy
» Long hair, looks kinda like Jesus
» Was almost gone, but instead of striking him both sides agreed that he would be the last alternate. This agreement happened outside of court.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Came across an article: http://www.clickorlando.com/news/27990525/detail.html

Mark Nejame (former attorney on Casey's team) strongly believes they are going with the accidental death defense. If so--would that make Baez the worst lawyer ever for letting his client sitting and stewing for so long?

Additionally, I recall in past discussions, that for FL--an accidental death on a young child with an illegal substance, could still be murder. But I would have to do some digging to find that. IOW--you can do something illegal to a child that causes them harm and subsequently their death and get off with just an "accidental" manslaughter charge. State can and does go for the murder conviction.

Either way--it is highly unlikely that defense can go with that theory without Casey taking the stand where she will subsequently get pummeled on cross examination by the prosecution.

Either way "accidentally did it" is much much much different than "had nothing to do with it".

Interesting.

 

[Desiree]

Subscribing.. Thank you all for keeping this thread up for those of us at work and can't watch!

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

Here we go....

 

[Dee77]

I am curious how long the opening statement for the prosecution will be? I am thinking it will be at least an hour, we'll see.

 

[klj27]

Here we go....

I was just thinking the same thing.

 

[Heidict]

OMG, the look she is giving. Like some poor sad puppy dog. She is really going to play this up.

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

Cindy and George (holding an open bible in his lap) are there. Also, Nancy Grace, Geraldo, and Ashley Banfield.

There is a wall behind Casey and defense team, so no one behind them can read notes.

Judge explaining the trial process to the jurors.

Casey looks nervous and flushed to me.

 

[Dee77]

It was reported that to ensure that no one behind them that could potentially read notes etc, the defense team was moved to a different position in the court room, Casey is now facing the jury head on.

Cindy is reported to be carrying a teddy bear.

 

[Dee77]

I also think that Casey looks nervous and flushed, she also looks like her eyebrows were scalped.

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

Cindy is reported to be carrying a teddy bear.

Really? I'm surprised they would allow that.

Jurors CAN take notes.

Just showed a shot of George...he looks ill. I can't imagine.

Female prosecutor speaking. Need to get the names...sure we will by the end of this trial.

She said that it's Casey Anthony's trial, but the story is about Caylee. Starting with the day she was born, how her grandparents doted on her. Casey is looking pretty distraught.

Going to watch now. If anyone comes across a transcript later on, post it!

 

[Desiree]

Does anyone know of a place where I can stream it using my cell phone? I can't get cnn video to work.