If we have already convicted her in our minds did she really get a fair trial?
That thought rattled around in my brain for quite some time today. My exposure to this case is just about zero. Let's say on a scale of 1 to 10 with a 1 being a coma patient and a 10 being a complete media hound I would be a 3. I was peripherally aware of Florida v. Casey Anthony, only because of information bleed through.
I have never heard nor seen any coverage of the case. The only thing I know is the fact that there was a court case that had the attention of many people or at least that was the information gleaned from the media outlets reporting on it. Today a verdict of not guilty was returned by a jury of her peers.
So I've decided to delve into the information and see what comes up.
First stop on the internetz is CNN's Summary of Proceedings
All right looks like a very nice set up concerning the 6 weeks of testimony.
Lots of video but hey its highlights.
"From the prosecution, jurors heard a time line of the defendant's activities before her mother reported Caylee missing: parties, drinking and sleepovers with men." -Is "sleepover with men" legalese speak for fuckin?
"No one else benefited from the death of Caylee Marie Anthony," said assistant state attorney Linda Drane-Burdick in her opening statement. "Caylee's death allowed Casey to live a good life, at least for those 31 days." - Ah. Gotcha. The prosecutions motive for the crime.
From the defense, jurors were presented with an image of loving mother, whose dysfunctional family forced her to live in a state of denial. They argued the family held dark secrets, including that Casey was sexually abused by her father and brother.
The defense also revealed their theory of the case: Caylee drowned in the family pool as the result of what Baez called "an accident that snowballed out of control." He said it was an accident to which Casey's father, George Anthony, was privy. Baez said George Anthony tried to cover up the drowning at Casey's expense. - Classic Everyone did it but Me
Internet searches as evidence. I must say those particular words are quite leading.
The testimony of Casey's father is powerful.
The Next Is an AP Story via the Columbus Dispatch
Prosecutors hammered away at the lies Anthony told when the child was missing: She told her parents that she couldn't produce Caylee because the girl was with a nanny named Zanny, a woman who doesn't exist; that she and her daughter were spending time with a rich boyfriend, who doesn't exist; and that Zanny had been hospitalized after an out-of-town traffic crash and that they were spending time with her. - Wow thats not even a good lie. Seriously Zanny was the best she could come up with? talk about having to come up with a name at the spur of a moment and then being stuck with it to cover a lie.
Prosecutors also focused heavily on an odor in the trunk of Anthony's car, which forensics experts said was consistent with the smell of human decay. But the defense argued that the air analysis could not be duplicated. - This is true. Science does like repeatable tests.
Baez said the toddler drowned and that when Anthony panicked, her father, a former police officer, decided to make the death look like a murder by putting duct tape on the girl's mouth and dumping the body in the woods. Anthony's father denied that. -More of the spread the blame game.
". . . unless she (Casey Anthony) was seriously mentally ill, and no available evidence showed that. -Hmm i may not be a psychologist but I'm pretty sure based on what Ive read and watched in the last few hours that she very well might be a sociopath.
Then there is the prosecution's second alleged motive for murder. At 2½ years, Caylee was getting to the age where she could reveal her mother's lies. But her parents, and anyone close to her, was probably aware of her propensity in this area.-Ok this combined with the fathers testimony that I has me thinking that perhaps his suicidal thoughts or what not, could be stemming from the fact he realizes he has raised a sociopath. Or that he has always known and wasn't able to save his granddaughter. Then again, what do I know?
All right what else does the internetz hold?
A take on the media's role
The New York Daily - Not exactly reporting the story so much as filtering it
So what do I think?
Casey Anthony is in all probability a sociopathic succubus.
Is Casey Anthony a good mother?
If you are a parent, you don't wait 31 days to report your kid missing, I imagine its more like 31 seconds in regards to a 2 year old.
Did she kill her daughter?
Based on what I've watched and read over the last 3 hours, I'm going to have to say yes.
Do I think the prosecution had an air tight case?
Not by any means.
Am I happy with the Verdict?
Happy or Unhappy doesn't enter into the equation.
Is there reasonable doubt?
I'm going with yes.
Is Justice Blind?
Don't know, but it sure is retarded sometimes.
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