One of the dumbest juries in the history of juries. The foreman was (correct me if I’m wrong here but I think) a gym teacher who was interviewed, and you could tell he thought he was so smart. The sad thing was that I recall some FReepers at the time who agreed with the verdict.
It wasn’t that that they agreed with the verdict, it was that the prosecutors could never connect the mom to the body. Had the jury found her guilty based on their presentation of evidence, it would have been overturned on appeal; they couldn’t prove she did it, they didn’t even try. They counted on the bad publicity to convict her.