Posted on 07/12/2011 4:02:31 PM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist
Though a recent Gallup poll found that nearly two-thirds of America believes that Casey Anthony was guilty of murder, one of her defense attorneys considers himself squarely in the minority on that topic. "I do believe her story," defense attorney Cheney Mason told TODAY's Savannah Guthrie on Monday. "I believed it from the first time I met her"...
Mason said he met with Anthony in her home weeks before he officially became a member of the defense team...
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This is possible, sure.
"Bottom line:"
"1) Such plausible scenarios make it difficult to prove murder when there is no cause of death."
Not in this case because that still would have been murder.
"2) Casey technically didn’t “kill” Caylie, but was certainly complicit - is her attorney parsing words?"
But if she did what you describe then she did kill her. I don't just mean by some legal definition either. If she did those things that caused Caylee's death, then she killed her.
I’d say somebody is smitten.
Everybody keeps saying that. The facts are SHE NEVER CALLED THE POLICE. Cindy her mother did. It bears saying again. Would Casey have ever called the police if her mother had not?
She did, however say that zany the nanny was watching Caylee. Zany is the street name for Xanax. Could she have OD’d her daughter on xanax?
So far the 2 jurors and the 1 alternate that have spoken have underimpressed me. There answers to questions are lame and juror #11 who spoke to Greta last night sounded like a complete moron.
They do not know it is BS. They are in the Nancy Grace Cult and facts do not matter. Only the Cult. Soon they will be wondering where the Mother Ship is.
Well, not every second of her days have been behind bars. I believe she was taken (with police escort) to several places with Defense lawyers to review testimony etc. But, **I could be wrong**.
Are you an EOO on each thread you visit?
I agree. Every one that's opened their mouth so far has said things that were stupid and which indicated they didn't understand what they were supposed to be doing.
I was wondering about the voting patterns of the area where the jurors came from — Clearwater. It is a city on the coast which I think would probably make it a Democrat area.
There are ways that the power of a Cult over a person can be reversed. Intervention sometimes helps with the deprogramming.
Actually, you are the one sounding irrational. You just keep yelling “Nancy Grace!, Nancy Grace!”, as if that were the answer to everything. Sounds kinda loopy really.
mlo: She was. It was one of three possible charges the jury could have chosen.
Actually the option was aggravated manslaughter, which did not fit the manslaughter scenario presented to the jury.
It was a slick sabotage of the court process. The prosecution made sure that the charges - both murder and manslaughter - were too extreme for the evidence. Involuntary manslaughter would have nailed her, and possibly murder two. But that's not what they charged her with.
Yea, Casey kept making goo-goo eyes at Baez. She’s guilty & no one will make me think otherwise. Here in Fl. most of us think she did kill Caylee & now she will go out & party. The “idiot” jurors should be ashamed of themselves & I hope they give out their names. If they can make a stupid decision they should live with it & everyone should know.
Maybe she got away with something. But let it go, this is unhealthy. Better focus on something else. I rather have a few wrongful acquittals than a bunch of wrongful convictions. It is the price we pay for our own protections.
>Maybe you should consider the “FACTS” before you just post BS.<
I didn’nt claim my scenario to be anything but a possibility.
Siggh, the only BS isyour insolent reply, Faucetman
Mr. Mason said entirely different things publicly prior to getting on the profit train provided by the murder of a young child. Caylee has been a bonus payday for many. How much is he getting per interview in blood money I wonder??? 15k plus.
Norton's Theories:
1. Casey is a narcissistic child who grew tired of her favorite toy. Like generations of children, she simply dumped it in favor of something else - too bad the toy was a living being.
2. The judge screwed up by allowing the defense to define "reasonable doubt", the definition Foghorn Leghorn gave to the jury of Casey's (brain damaged) peers was way, way, too restrictive. The judge was responsible for assuring that the jury understood both circumstantial evidence and reasonable doubt, I did not see him come close to that prior to retiring them to deliberate the verdict.
3. Everyone seems hung up over murder although it was only one of the three alternatives the jury rejected. Manslaughter and child abuse were lesser included charges and either one would have stood on the evidence presented.
4. The jury simply did not want to convict, I've no idea why and expect that there were multiple reasons. The insignificant amount of time spent in deliberations and haste in using the grandfather as an excuse both point to that conclusion.
5. Mama Anthony is as willing a liar as her daughter and should be tried and convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice.
6. My nearly life long distrust of the justice system remains fully intact.
One of the charges which she was acquitted of was “aggravated manslaughter of a child.” Here’s the law on aggravated manslaughter of a child in the state of Florida:
“A person who causes the death of any person under the age of 18 by culpable negligence under s. 827.03(3) commits aggravated manslaughter of a child, a felony of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.”
That section 827.03(3) states the following:
“(3)(a) “Neglect of a child” means:
1. A caregiver’s failure or omission to provide a child with the care, supervision, and services necessary to maintain the child’s physical and mental health, including, but not limited to, food, nutrition, clothing, shelter, supervision, medicine, and medical services that a prudent person would consider essential for the well-being of the child; or
2. A caregiver’s failure to make a reasonable effort to protect a child from abuse, neglect, or exploitation by another person.
Neglect of a child may be based on repeated conduct or on a single incident or omission that results in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, serious physical or mental injury, or a substantial risk of death, to a child.
(b) A person who willfully or by culpable negligence neglects a child and in so doing causes great bodily harm, permanent disability, or permanent disfigurement to the child commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
(c) A person who willfully or by culpable negligence neglects a child without causing great bodily harm, permanent disability, or permanent disfigurement to the child commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.”
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