Gee, I listened to Mark Levin right after the verdict.
He is a lawyer, and pretty sharp minded conservative one, at that.
He said on the air, he did NOT believe the PROSECUTION proved the case, beyond a reasonable doubt.
He said they showed the mother was an awful, despicable human, and that the child was dead.
But he said they failed to prove the child was murdered, or that the mother was the murderer.
Apparently to Levin, the jury got it right, not wrong.
Yes, I know. First of all, I watched the trial. Unless I am mistaken, I believe Mark said he did not watch the trial but only read updates. I disagree with him.
If you recall, the jury also had an aggravated manslaughter choice. If they thought it was an accident, that verdict was an option.
Apparently the jury felt Caylee died of natural causes, because Casey walked free with no punishment whatever for "losing" her daughter, never bothering to report her missing at all and lying about where she was, and then having the child turn up dead.
Does the expression "getting away with murder" ring any bells here? BTW, seventy percent of the country disagrees with this verdict, according to polls:
http://www.christianpost.com/news/casey-anthony-polls-majority-of-public-disappointed-over-verdict-51908
OK, I can buy the not proving Casey murdered Caylee, but to say it wasn’t a murder at all? WTF? 2 year olds don’t put themselves into garbage bags and throw themselves into shallow graves. It certainly WAS a murder. And Casey knows who did it. BTW, who is the father of Caylee? I saw a “fiancee” mentioned, but never a mention of the father of the toddler, who he is, what he does, where he is, etc.
Was Levin a defense lawyer?
ALL the lawyers said that they didn’t prove their case.....I TOTALLY disagree.....Common sense should have trumped everything.
He was completely correct. This is not the fault of the jury. This is the fault of the prosecution. They should have never gone for Murder 1 or Aggravated Murder. There was no evidence of premeditation and no evidence of aggravated assault - none. The cause of death was never determined. THAT is the kicker. If you don't know the cause of death, you can't call it murder. It really is that simple.