I Know Longer Believe

[fall08CP]

This case has absolutely exhausted me since 2008. I remember sitting in the break room at work in Orlando when the story first broke news.

Although I believe Casey is indeed guilty, I don't think it was possible to prove so. This doesn't mean that she's innocent, but reasonable doubt is terribly difficult to overcome with the proverbial smoking gun.

That said, I would rather have a guilty person walking free than an innocent person sentenced to death. This is what our system protects, like it or not.

 

[joviroxx]

Vinnie Politano just said it. According to her story, she knew Caylee was dead. She let that poor child rot and get eaten animals! Even if she didn't kill her like she claims, to let her daughter rot away in a swamp is inexcusable! She should be found guilty of something!!

 

[LuvCuteBoys]

I am sorry, but I am of the belief that probably 99.99999% of the people on trial, weather guilty or not, have put themselves in that position. I don't know of anyone that just randomly gets arrested for serious crimes. You are known by the company you keep.

It's because of this attitude that I'm incredibly glad our system requires us to prove guilt and not innocence.

That said, I would rather have a guilty person walking free than an innocent person sentenced to death.

Agreed. 100%


I believe she's guilty and I was stunned by the verdict. Not having been in the courtroom, I can't say that they made the wrong decision. They were talking on our local talk radio that part of the problem may have been the charges brought against her and that finding her guilty of a lesser charge wasn't an option. I don't know if that's true or not, but it sounds like it could make sense at least.

 

[jodifla]

Again, I can almost guarantee you that this won't happen to me. I bet most of these people had priors for something, were int he wrong place at the wrong time, most likely in a high crime area. Maybe purchasing drugs, or trying to pick up a prostitute. I don't believe that any law abiding citizen that stays in an area that isn't know for crime or isn't hanging around with the wrong crowd or dong drugs will get arrested for any serious crime. I believe 100% that they put themselves in this position.

AS far as that family, I didn't read thw whole thing,d but this day in time,there is no way that I would put any child that is disabled in anyway alone with someone that I didn't know. AGain, they did something that put themselves in a position of question. YOu can't trust anyone these days.

And what about all the poor people who live in those crime-ridden areas, but aren't criminals themselves? They don't have the option of moving.

It was a SCHOOL AIDE that basically accused the family....do you personally know every employee of the schools?

 

[jodifla]

This case has absolutely exhausted me since 2008. I remember sitting in the break room at work in Orlando when the story first broke news.

Although I believe Casey is indeed guilty, I don't think it was possible to prove so. This doesn't mean that she's innocent, but reasonable doubt is terribly difficult to overcome with the proverbial smoking gun.

That said, I would rather have a guilty person walking free than an innocent person sentenced to death. This is what our system protects, like it or not.

Absolutely agree.

 

[daughtersrus]

Here is a link that may help. It's very specific as to what was required to come up with a guilty verdict.

http://insession.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/04/jury-instructions-in-the-casey-anthony-trial/


On a side note, I have a feeling that we will get the same result if/when Drew Peterson ever goes to trial for the murder of his 3rd wife Kathleen.

 

[LilyWDW]

It's because of this attitude that I'm incredibly glad our system requires us to prove guilt and not innocence.

I agree with you. In fact, that attitude SCARES me. It is thoughts like that that require trials by a jury of your peers. It is thoughts like that that make "beyond a reasonable doubt" a requirement.

Do I personally think she was guilty? Yes. However, I do not believe that the prosecution proved their case beyond a reasonable doubt. There were many questions unanswered or not proven. I may not agree with the findings, but I understand the findings.

 

[twalton]

I have a feeling the OP would be changing their tune very quickly were they ever accused and tried of a crime they didn't commit...

 

[kinntj]

I left the other thread, but thought I would pop in here to answer.

It's not perfect, but I would rather have this one than any other. I'm not saying ICA is innocent, but if you were in that chair and you were truly innocent, wouldn't you want this outcome?

She's already a felon. She seems to have lying and stealing down. she'll be back.

 

[mamacatnv]

I left the other thread, but thought I would pop in here to answer.

It's not perfect, but I would rather have this one than any other. I'm not saying ICA is innocent, but if you were in that chair and you were truly innocent, wouldn't you want this outcome?

She's already a felon. She seems to have lying and stealing down. she'll be back.

Like OJ

 

[Feralpeg]

I am shocked and horrifed at today's verdict but I still believe in our justice system. Could it use some improvement? Sure. But it is still a pretty good system.

Casey will get hers. No worries about that.

She may not go to jail, but her life will be hell from now on. She will be seen as a pariah. She won't have any real friends. She will have lost her family. She will be in fear of her life every day.

I think the system worked the way it is supposed to work.

 

[NEVERENOUGHWDW]

I would argue with you that there was physical evidence. Everything from smells, tape, location of bones, 31 days, lies, etc... If you want a smoking gun well then, most criminals will be out free. I would think you need to see a totality of the evidence and evaluate it. Like I said before, if you need one particular piece, such as a picture or video, you don't need a jury.

Couldn't agree more.

For the people that don't think not reporting your child missing for 31 days is not the strongest form of child abuse I am saddened.

Just a note I just came out of my car and it's 90+ degrees and it didn't smell like death....

 

[PeterPan09]

She may not go to jail, but her life will be hell from now on. She will be seen as a pariah. She won't have any real friends. She will have lost her family. She will be in fear of her life every day.

I think the system worked the way it is supposed to work.

No it won't. She'll be out partying again by the weekend with the same crowd that she was before-now free of the encumbrance of her child.

I understand how she was found not guilty of Murder 1, and like some others here it gives me faith in the system. It should take a crapton of evidence to put someone to death.

However, I believe that there will be another judgement day for Miss Casey, and I don't think that Judge will need to be provided with evidence. I think He'll have all He needs.

 

[kidshop]

I did not watch this trial other than clips on CNN. Is it people's opinion that the prosecution did not make it's case because of sloppy work or because the evidence just wasn't there? I heard on the radio that the medical examiner couldn't even determine a cause of death.

OJ got off because of sloppy work by the police and prosecutor. I'm just wondering if the same is true for this case.

From the reports I have heard I do think Casey either killed her daughter outright or had a hand in doing so.

Her cause of death was homicide by undetermined means. All that was left of her after 6 months in a hot swamp was bones. She was triple bagged and had duct tape over her mandible and lower face into her hair. Those things point to homicide. Accident victims aren't usually bagged and thrown into wooded areas.

 

[pigletgirl]

However, I believe that there will be another judgement day for Miss Casey, and I don't think that Judge will need to be provided with evidence. I think He'll have all He needs.

Ditto!

And its going to be alot worse than anything here on earth.

 

[lakelandgal70]

Honestly, this verdict makes me believe in the justice system even more. It would have been so much easier for those jurors to find her guilty but they didn't. They followed the rules and came to the only conclusion they could.

Couldn't have said it better

 

[lizanne]

Can you tell me how she wasn't found guilty of child neglect for not reporting her own daughter missing for nearly a month. I think the prosecution did there job quite well, You can lead the horse to water but can't make them drink,

I guess she didn't report her missing because she knew she was dead. Her attorney said so in his opening statement. She knew she was dead from day one.

I think the jury came to the right conclusion based on the evidence presented and the instructions given by the Judge. She may have been responsible for her daughter's death, but where was the evidence.

I would like to see her spend a long time in jail, but I don't think the prosecution proved their case.

The system may not be perfect but not many things are.

 

[joviroxx]

I guess she didn't report her missing because she knew she was dead. Her attorney said so in his opening statement. She knew she was dead from day one.

.

And letting her daughter rot in a swamp and have animals eat her isn't worthy of a child abuse conviction?

 

[jodifla]

And letting her daughter rot in a swamp and have animals eat her isn't worthy of a child abuse conviction?

Legally? No. Child abuse supposes a live child, not a dead body.

 

[Michelle67]

I haven't followed this case closely because we do not have cable television either. However, it sounds to me as though the prosecution failed to present a strong enough case, and the jury did what it was legally bound to do by admitting that and declining to convict. It's a shame, then, that the prosecution didn't take the time to build their case before they filed charges. There is no statute of limitation on murder, so they had all the time in the world to make sure it was a rock solid case before they proceeded. There's no excuse for letting the media attention and emotion of the situation rush a case to court. This is what happens when you do. Do I know for sure that that's what happened here? No, of course I don't. But clearly for whatever reason the charges were filed before enough evidence was there to prove them, and that was a mistake. You hear people yowling and carrying on all the time about why someone isn't being arrested and prosecuted, when "everybody knows they did it." Well, this is why. What "everybody knows" ---or thinks they know---and what can be proven are two entirely different things, and it is certainly the prosecutor's job to know that.

If there was in fact a juror who stated that she "didn't like to judge people," then the prosecution dropped the ball there too. There is no limit to how many people you can toss off a jury for cause, and an unwillingness to "judge someone" is a big bright glaring cause.

FWIW, I would love to have seen that woman go down for whatever her role was in the loss of this beautiful, innocent child. I wish the prosecution had waited until they knew and could prove exactly what that role was.