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How the Casey Anthony Case Came Apart
13 WMAZ ^ | 07/05/2011 | 13 WMAZ

Posted on 07/06/2011 12:09:07 PM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour

On Tuesday, the jury acquitted Anthony, 25, of murdering her child in June 2008.

The reason, legal analysts and court watchers said, is that despite the seemingly endless hype surrounding the investigation and trial, the prosecution's case simply didn't hold up. There was no forensic evidence such as DNA or fingerprints directly linking Anthony to her daughter's death. In fact, the precise cause of the girl's death was unclear.

"The prosecution put out a lot of dots, but they couldn't connect them,"

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: anthony; caylee
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To: vigilence
Obviously to cover up what she did to her.

But what is "what she did to her"? That's what wasn't proven. Did Caylee die in an accident and Casey try to cover it up? Did Casey intentionally kill her daughter? Did Casey flip-out and kill Caylee in a fit of anger? Did Caylee drown and Casey agree to cover it up to protect someone else? The prosecution didn't prove *what* happened, so she can't be found guilty of even manslaughter.

41 posted on 07/06/2011 12:40:26 PM PDT by FourPeas ("Maladjusted and wigging out is no way to go through life, son." -hg)
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To: MNDude

Thank you for putting into words the way the jury was cleary thinking in this case. I’m sure they were sitting in the jury booth dreaming of their time on Dr. Phil’s couch.


42 posted on 07/06/2011 12:40:30 PM PDT by The Toll
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour

The case was lost when the 7 women jurors heard the mother lie about searching for choloroform on the computer. That told them she wanted Casey to get off.

There was overwhelming circumstantial evidence that Casey killed the girl.


43 posted on 07/06/2011 12:40:34 PM PDT by LowTaxesEqualsProsperity
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To: Iron Munro

It seems they were afraid to make a judgment call

"Afraid" is the operative word. They were cowards who didn't want to feel responsible on the unreasonable chance they were wrong.


44 posted on 07/06/2011 12:40:46 PM PDT by Cinnamontea
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To: CitizenReporter
The prosecution proved the case. The jurors are idiots IMO

The prosecution overestimated the intelligence of the jury. People are no longer taught logic or deductive reasoning in schools. The State needed to work in a Logic 101 course and spoon feed "connect the dots" for the jurors.

Never assume people have common sense

45 posted on 07/06/2011 12:40:55 PM PDT by weston (As far as I'm concerned, it's Christ or nothing!)
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour
actually, there is no evidence that Casey was a bad mother....

as an elderly lady said to me yesterday, Casey will have a life long sentence now....no matter the jury....

46 posted on 07/06/2011 12:41:09 PM PDT by cherry
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To: CitizenReporter
The prosecution proved the case. The jurors are idiots IMO

The prosecution overestimated the intelligence of the jury. People are no longer taught logic or deductive reasoning in schools. The State needed to work in a Logic 101 course and spoon feed "connect the dots" for the jurors.

Never assume people have common sense

47 posted on 07/06/2011 12:41:12 PM PDT by weston (As far as I'm concerned, it's Christ or nothing!)
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To: The Toll

Too much common sense in that remark.


48 posted on 07/06/2011 12:42:11 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (When the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn (Pr.29:2))
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour

Virtually every single criminal case is circumstantial.


49 posted on 07/06/2011 12:42:13 PM PDT by LowTaxesEqualsProsperity
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To: subterfuge
I’m not even close to being an expert, but it seems like they should have held off on charging her...

I paid little attention to this case, but I have come to the same conclusion. When a case becomes so popular and the media frenzy is self feeding, I wonder whether prosecutors bring cases too soon because of undue political and public pressure. That public sentiment weighs heavily on the side that she deserved a guilty verdict, perhaps driven by the “experts” repeating this mantra ad nauseam, I find akin to the MSM “experts” telling Americans what a wonderful and intelligent man Obama is and how is administration is infallible. The MSM has a powerful effect on public opinion.

50 posted on 07/06/2011 12:43:20 PM PDT by stayathomemom (Beware of kittens modifying your posts.)
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To: CodeToad

Hundreds or perhaps thousands of parents have small children go missing without calling the cops????

We DO have problems!


51 posted on 07/06/2011 12:44:14 PM PDT by The Toll
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To: Just mythoughts

Every mother who murders her children in this country will now use the “my father sexually abused” me defense.


52 posted on 07/06/2011 12:44:31 PM PDT by LowTaxesEqualsProsperity
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To: Mjaye
Check out Cheney Mason’s remarks on this case as a “talking head” prior to his joining the defense team:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er2G0OszXEk

We know what these people are.

It's just a question of the price.


53 posted on 07/06/2011 12:45:44 PM PDT by Iron Munro (The more effeminate & debauched the people, the more they are fitted for a tyrannical government.)
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To: CodeToad; The Toll
“then same child turns up dead. YOU’RE GUILTY!

You left out the part of the comment about reporting it to the police!

You would make an ideal juror.

54 posted on 07/06/2011 12:46:08 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (When the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn (Pr.29:2))
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To: Free Vulcan

We have a SERIOUS problem with dumbed down jurist not understanding the meaning of reasonable doubt. Here is what Marcia Clark said about this today:

“By confusing reasonable doubt with a reason to doubt. Some believe that thinking was in play in the Simpson case. After the verdict was read in the Simpson case, as the jury was leaving, one of them, I was later told, said: “We think he probably did it. We just didn’t think they proved it beyond a reasonable doubt.” In every case, a defense attorney will do his or her best to give the jury a reason to doubt. “Some other dude did it,” or “some other dude threatened him.” But those reasons don’t necessarily equate with a reasonable doubt. A reason does not equal reasonable. Sometimes, that distinction can get lost.”

The O.J. trial had DNA and the dumb-ass jury still relied on what THEY definded as ressonable doubt....with that jury, ONLY a video of him killing Nicole could have convicted...they were guilty, as was the jury in the Anthony case, of leaning on ANY doubt...not resonable doubt.


55 posted on 07/06/2011 12:47:55 PM PDT by Moby Grape (Formerly Impeach the Boy...name change necessary after the Marxist won)
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To: Iron Munro

>>Justice was not served in this case - Casey got off on slimy, unethical legal tactics.<<

And the irony is, there are those who say they think Casey was guilty (as I do), yet the fact that she got off is proof that “the system worked.”

HUH?????


56 posted on 07/06/2011 12:48:38 PM PDT by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour
...the prosecution and the police screwed up the investigation and focused too much on her being a bad mother.

Agreed. Enough to despise her, but not enough to convict her. I saw this coming a mile away. I told anyone who was willing to ask that the jury would acquit, but it seemed that everyone was so emotionally convinced that she was guilty that they didn't want to believe it.
57 posted on 07/06/2011 12:49:28 PM PDT by Sopater (...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. - 2 COR 3:17b)
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To: Cinnamontea

Excellent post.

The Buckley quote is a true gem.

The man was not only a towering intellect, but prescient as well.


58 posted on 07/06/2011 12:49:55 PM PDT by EyeGuy (2012: When the Levee Breaks)
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour
I think everyone is too focused on first degree murder.
The jury acquitted on ALL charges except for lying to the police.

Seems to me that knowing your kid is in a plastic bag half submerged in a swamp, while spending over a month partying and telling people she is with a runaway baby sitter, is at least child neglect.
Or maybe you can't abuse a child if they are already dead?

Further, lots of people have been convicted solely on circumstantial evidence. Often far less than was introduced here.
I think the ground rules are motive (check), access (check), and means (check); Prosecution's closing was that ONLY Casey had all three.

Finally:
I can accept a verdict while still believing that the jury, for some reason, simply wanted to set her free going into the case.
However, if momma Anthony does not serve serious jail time for blatant perjury I'll have to revisit that acceptance.
As to emotion..."daddy and little brother raped me", "daddy hid the body", and "don't you understand my f&*%!ng involvement here?" are all pretty emotion laden statements.
And, there's much being made about imaginary friends, jobs, and fantasies in general, how come no one thought of that before the trial and determined Casey was too nuts to be held responsible?

59 posted on 07/06/2011 12:50:11 PM PDT by norton
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour

I was a prosecutor for 18 years. I learned early on that if a detective brought me a case and tried to sell it by telling me what a bad person the suspect was, I knew right away their actual evidence sucked and the officer knew it. That assessment was never wrong.


60 posted on 07/06/2011 12:54:37 PM PDT by henkster (Ethanol belongs in a beer can, not a gas tank.)
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