I think the jury was too lazy to think this through. They just wanted to go home to Pinellas county. Her refusal to testify and her damning jail phone conversations are evidence of a guilty conscience.
I heard a woman juror say something to the effect that a guilty verdictor maybe death penalty would have caused an uproar. What? Jurors DO NOT need to blab after the fact. They should be anonymous. But her comment made me think they were swayed less by what they believed and more by what people might think. No real backbone anymore.
Pinellas County - same one where Terry Schiavo was executed...
All about the money and ratings and book/movie deals — Nancy Grace started the relentless coverage from the beginning, mainly because of the availability of “on-the-scene” footage from the local media in Orlando. This whole Anthony family is so skanky that it makes people feel better to see “well, at least we’re not THAT BAD!” All those Moms with PPD who are cooking their newborns in microwaves or drowning them in the lake just don’t have the same penache. Not enough post-homicide drama to carry a talking head show.
My son watched the trial mainly to see the arguments the lawyers presented. He created this video to show Nancy Grace’s true reaction to the verdict.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p04mWOwwH6E