Casey Anthony TRIAL thread #2

[sorcerormickey]

Please tell me she's not in RI!

LOL No, MI. Thankfully I now live 1000 miles away.

 

[Belle0101]

Fake Judge -

BelvinPerry Belvin Perry



FACTOID: After Saturday sessions, once everyone clears the court room I like to turn off all the lights and pretend I'm in Fraggle Rock.

 

[sorcerormickey]

Fake Judge -

BelvinPerry Belvin Perry



FACTOID: After Saturday sessions, once everyone clears the court room I like to turn off all the lights and pretend I'm in Fraggle Rock.

Dance your cares away!

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

What if they get a juror with a lousy sense of smell? I can smell things long before anyone else will, but DD could have skunk right under her nose and barely notice it. When she finally does smell some godawful smell, half the time she perceives it as a "nice" smell. She would be a nightmare if the state tried "stink in a can."

Yeah, I'm thinking "Mmmm...that smells good!" wouldn't help things. LOL J/K I don't know. My DD's new DH seriously lost his sense of smell a couple of months ago and is only slowly getting it back. I'm guessing, like all evidence, each person will have to judge the value of it and all the other evidence, separately and combined.

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

Fake Judge -

BelvinPerry Belvin Perry

FACTOID: After Saturday sessions, once everyone clears the court room I like to turn off all the lights and pretend I'm in Fraggle Rock.

 

[plutotek]

It's not uncommon for law school graduates to take the bar exam several times before passing, which is not necessarily a negative. At least in CA, it was a very difficult exam and a pass on the first attempt is an exception, not the norm. However, in this case, he was probably able to pass after numerous attempts because he'd memorized the questions.

 

[plutotek]

Yeah, I'm thinking "Mmmm...that smells good!" wouldn't help things. LOL J/K I don't know. My DD's new DH seriously lost his sense of smell a couple of months ago and is only slowly getting it back. I'm guessing, like all evidence, each person will have to judge the value of it and all the other evidence, separately and combined.

Had a friend that literally has NO sense of smell, and hasn't since birth. She's never enjoyed the aroma of a turkey cooking on Thanksgiving.....of course, she's also never had to suffer through those pockets of pollution generated by a dead skunk, either.

 

[LisaR]

It's not uncommon for law school graduates to take the bar exam several times before passing, which is not necessarily a negative. At least in CA, it was a very difficult exam and a pass on the first attempt is an exception, not the norm. However, in this case, he was probably able to pass after numerous attempts because he'd memorized the questions.

Yeah, in fairness to Baez, I have heard that many people don't pass on the first try. I remember reading in Hilary Clinton's book that she wanted to be a lawyer in NY but she flunked the bar. She went to visit Bill in Arkansas and took the exam there. She passed that one and took it as a sign that she should be with Bill. Had she passed the NY exam on the first try, history may have been very different for those two.

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

But if you read the article, or at least the part I posted, it's not about not passing the bar exam. Here's one of the paragraphs:

His overall behavior, they wrote, showed "a total lack of respect for the rights of others and a total lack of respect for the legal system, which is absolutely inconsistent with the character and fitness qualities required of those seeking to be afforded the highest position of trust and confidence recognized by our system of law."

and

Before Florida Bar officials admitted him in 2005, he had to demonstrate that he had rehabilitated himself.

 

[chris1gill]

Just checking in... had so many errands, didn't get to see the case today.

Anyhow, I just want to point out, Bozo was not admitted to the bar DUE TO HIS BEHAVIOR AND LACK OF ETHICAL LEGAL STANDARDS. Not necessarily because he didn't pass the bar.

Instead, he'd defaulted on a student loan, didn't pay his child support, wrote a bad check and a host of other things were found by the board and they decided he wasn't worthy to practice law in their state..... If you go to the article from the Sentinel on page 1 you'll see all the reasons listed, it truly is great reading....

 

[plutotek]

But if you read the article, or at least the part I posted, it's not about not passing the bar exam. Here's one of the paragraphs: and

You're right. Just because you pass the exam doesn't automatically admit you to the bar. Think of it as a professional organization w/membership requirements. Our 'hero' had other issues, which delayed his admission to the bar, and based on what we're seeing, caused any skills he may have had to atrophy.

 

[Uncle Remus]

You're right. Just because you pass the exam doesn't automatically admit you to the bar. Think of it as a professional organization w/membership requirements. Our 'hero' had other issues, which delayed his admission to the bar, and based on what we're seeing, caused any skills he may have had to atrophied.

 

[tweezybird]

I've been wondering what the significance is with the gas can?

 

[lizanne]

subscribing

 

[EMom]

When I was in law school, there was a guy in my class who was brilliant. He had been a good portion of the way through med school and abruptly changed to law school. We wondered why he would walk away without finishing med school. He did seem quite fond of money and in general, doctors will make more money than lawyers.

Then word got out that he had not quit med school, but had been kicked out. If memory serves, he was using his wizardry with chemicals to make/sell meth and other goodies. He wasn't much for delayed gratification. The obvious question became, how does he think he will be able to get a law license when he will never meet the ethical standards?

It seems that after the first year he was made aware that even if he passed law school and the bar, that license would be out of reach. He quit. Don't know what happened to him after that. He made us shake our collective heads.....smart enough to have gotten through med school and law school and he threw it all away.

 

[Conservative Hippie]

My concern with them opening up a can is that it could be an OJ/glove moment. The prosecutors can't preview the smell (I don't think) because opening it prior to "the big smell test" will diminish the smell. So if they have a big dramatic "smell the smell" moment, and there's no, or very little, smell...then what?

What if they get a juror with a lousy sense of smell? I can smell things long before anyone else will, but DD could have skunk right under her nose and barely notice it. When she finally does smell some godawful smell, half the time she perceives it as a "nice" smell. She would be a nightmare if the state tried "stink in a can."

Both very good points. I have a lousy sense of smell due to horrible sinus infections and the overuse of nasal sprays. I have actually lost my sense of smell and taste twice, the longest was over a month. My best friend can tell if my son needs a diaper the moment she walks into the room but I have to pretty much have his bottom in my face!

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

Video of an appearance by George, Cindy, Lee and Baez back in July 2008 on The Today Show. Interesting to see now.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/25780342#25780342

 

[plutotek]

Video of an appearance by George, Cindy, Lee and Baez back in July 2008 on The Today Show. Interesting to see now.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/25780342#25780342

Gotta wonder if she was planning the molestation story way back then.

 

[richmond282]

I'm not debating any of that. The issue to me is that not that the cases are different, but the way in which people found out about them.

I think I'm beating a dead horse here. It is just very interesting to me.

A question for those on this thead. How did you first hear of this case? I'm certain that many went to webslueths once the case became widely known, but where did you get the facts prior to this?

I first read abot the case here on DIS.

 

[Nancy]

I first read abot the case here on DIS.

I had heard about it in passing..channel surfing and just caught bits and pieces. But I got really involved in it thanks to the original thread on the DIS. I even joined web sleuths back then.