NOT GUILTY: Casey Anthony grins at most controversial verdict since OJ

I'm with you - sort of. I'm not ready to hang on to any particular theory. In the days before widespread viewership of national all news cable channels there was the case of Diane Downs (I lived in the town where it happened and saw plenty of coverage). She attempted to murder her three children in order to return to a single & free lifestyle. She shot her three kids and herself (in the arm) with a .22 She may have even gotten away with it but for poor choice of weapon so two of her kids survived - and her daughter was able to testify as an eyewitness at her trial.

So yes, a mother can do that.

But I am a firm believer in the government's burden of proof and as to the felony murder charges the government did not prove them. Death by negligence may have been a worthwhile pursuit with the swimming pool story being an issue at trial, but the state put it's case in a neat little box that excluded anything but intentional murder, and even though such a charge existed on paper the issue wasn't tried.

I didn't have the time or inclination to sit through the weeks of live trial coverage but based on what I heard in the various after action reports, the jury's verdict was, while not right or just in the emotional sense, nonetheless correct.

And another day of judgment will come.

181 posted on 07/06/2011 7:07:42 PM PDT by Clinging Bitterly (We need to limit political office holders to two terms. One in office, and one in prison.)

So yes, a mother can do that.

And another day of judgment will come.

182 posted on 07/06/2011 7:08:00 PM PDT by Clinging Bitterly (We need to limit political office holders to two terms. One in office, and one in prison.)

To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

183 posted on 07/06/2011 7:10:51 PM PDT by bannie ("The gov't that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul." ))

COUGH!COUGH!COUGH!BS!COUGH!COUGH!

184 posted on 07/06/2011 7:12:33 PM PDT by bannie ("The gov't that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul." ))

To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

The judge specifically told the jury that they did NOT have to omit their common sense.

That jury was loaded with stupid and/or dishonest people. I’ll never again give ANY excuse to shirk my jury duties.

185 posted on 07/06/2011 7:16:46 PM PDT by bannie ("The gov't that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul." ))

Her legal status is “Not Guilty”. “Innocence” is a moral concept, not a legal one.

186 posted on 07/07/2011 11:15:52 AM PDT by NorthStarStateConservative (I'm just another disabled naturalized minority vegan pro life conservative.)

To: NorthStarStateConservative

Thanks for the clarification.

187 posted on 07/07/2011 3:20:02 PM PDT by Misterioso (Atlas Shrugged isn't a prophecy--it's an autopsy.)

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