Maybe if they had taken the death penalty off or even gone for just manslaughter there would have been “guilty” for some charge
“”Maybe if they had taken the death penalty off or even gone for just manslaughter there would have been “guilty” for some charge””
In spite of what our good friend Geraldo believes, they could have convicted her on the 3rd charge as handed down by the Grand Jury indictment - which carried a penalty of 34 1/2 months up to 15 years in prison.
There was a Special Finding to the 3rd charge:
They could have found-—that Casey Marie Anthony was/was not a caregiver for Caylee Marie Anthony at the time of the offense-—. It was on their verdict forms - tied to the Aggravaged Child Abuse charge:
(Grand Jurors) “”upon their oaths do present that Casey Marie Anthony, between the 15th day of June, 2008 and the 16th day of July, 2008, in said County and State, did willfully or by culpable negligence, in violation of (blah blah statutes), while a caregiver to Caylee Marie Anthony, a child under 18 years of age, fail or omit to provide Caylee Marie Anthony with the care, supervision and the services necessary to maintain Caylee Marie Anthony’s physical and mental health or fail to make a reasonable effort to protect Caylee Marie Anthony from abuse, neglect or exploitation by another person, and in doing so caused the death of Caylee Marie Anthony.””
Now in my opinion that would have fit very nicely. The prosecution wanted the death penalty so didn’t concentrate on the other charges which would have worked. It would have kept her off the streets for maybe 15 years but she wouldn’t have been found “not guilty.”
Gerald says she was a devoted mother and Caylee “loved her” so she MUST HAVE BEEN the caregiver!
Heck - I could have been on the jury and slept through the whole 30+ days and I could have found her guilty on that 3rd charge!