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Actually, the jury did what the jury is supposed to do--they ruled on the facts they had and whether First Degree Murder had been committed by the defendant beyond a reasonable doubt.

Imho, the prosecution did not deliver facts to them that could have them rule any other way than the way they did on the charge.

With malice and forethought is the standard for Murder One, and it is entirely credible that the child's demise was the unfortunate result of her mother's neglect, not a murder conducted with malice and forethought just so she could party.

Dear God, every day thousands, if not more, lousy mothers dump their kids somewhere so they can party--sometimes disappearing for days, and the kids are alive when they are dropped off.

So here is a credible alternative: Kid is left in ahot sealed vehicle in a carseat and dies of heat prostration while mommy is partying. There is an attempt to make a credible coverup of the neglect by making it look like an abduction. Research is done, the body prepped, and the body sits for a few days before being dumped. Found much later, there just isn't the physical evidence to determine cause of death, and not that it was murder.

People do stupid stuff in a panic, even more stupid than the stuff that got them to that point.

Have a reasonable doubt, the jury did--and that is just one possible scenario. I have little doubt that the mother's actions, directly or indirectly, led to the child's demise, but that doesn't fill the criteria for the charges brought. I think that is why some jurors are supposedly feeling conflicted, too.

If the prosecution had opted for a lesser charge, there is a good chance they'd have made it stick and the jury would have come back with a guilty verdict.

Sometimes the correct verdict doesn't fit what actually transpired, and that is a weakness of our justice system. It is not what happened, but what can be proven that counts.

In the meantime, the media continue to flog the case, as if there isn't anything else going on.

To do that, they have to ignore the developing 'Gunwalker', "Operation Fast and Furious" investigation, "Operation Castaway", and God only knows whatever else the BATFE and DOJ have been up to, something that promises (if the story gets traction) to be as much of or more than a scandal as Watergate, but with plenty of dead bodies, including American LEOs.

The pattern is established, the OJ trial provided the Media smokescreen for the Congressional investigations of Waco and Ruby Ridge--only the physical evidence tied OJ to a definite murder.

Yes, it is sad the child is dead, and I have little doubt the principals in the case, including the recently acquitted, know far more than they are telling, but the BATFE operations have racked up multiples in body count, and the final tally won't be in for a while.

The actual reasons for the operations may be even more heinous than the operations themselves.

All over the press? Barely a peep on the way to the commercials...

YMMV