Real simple case. Woman has baby. Baby disappears. Woman says baby is with baby sitter. No baby sitter exists.
Some time later baby's remains are found in a swamp.
The fact the woman lied about the baby in her custody is more than suspicious.
The only thing to do after that is figure out the charges.
This jury was given a wide choice of charges. They elected to decide the woman had lied to the police.
Hmm.
Not sure I'd let those folks get a mortgage!
Fur Shur I wouldn't let Casey Anthony loose in my house or around my younger relatives.
No, no, no.
They couldn’t say what caused the death. Technically, every single death is a heart attack. But the state has to prove that some act of the Defendant caused the death. The expert couldn’t even say what caused it from a legal point of view.
I Prosecuted for 25 years and in following this case am not the least bit surprised in the verdict. I have found that juries tend to take their assignment seriously and they will typically not fin guilt just because something looks suspicious even if it looks REALLY suspicious.
This doesn’t mean she didn’t do it, it just means that the State didn’t prove her guilt.
We don’t want that to change I wouldn’t think.
And finally, I have also learned that unless one is in the courtroom to hear all the evidence, you really don’t have a feel at all for guilt or innocence.