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To: ari-freedom
Maybe because we’re not so gullible as to believe that the jury was as rational as you claim they are?

With your, obviously, vast understanding of the exhibits offered during the trial and the structure of the prosecution's case, pray tell what factual evidence did they omit from their deliberation? The forensics were weak, the theory presented of the crime was weak. No clear connection was established that offered any definitive culpability supporting the charges. The DA rushed to trial with a weak case.

The prosecution relied on attacking the character of the defendant. Is she a model citizen? Why heck no, but personal opinion of the defendant should not weigh in a jury's deliberation. Let's take it from the other direction: should a personal attack against an accuser in a rape trial alleging promiscuity and seductive behavior weigh in favor of the defendant as justification?

The lack of objectivity in most people is becoming palpable.

109 posted on 07/05/2011 8:30:57 PM PDT by RobertClark (On a long enough timeline the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.)
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To: RobertClark

There was chloroform in the car. The trunk smelled like human composition. Don’t tell me you believe she was drowned in a pool.


112 posted on 07/05/2011 8:44:10 PM PDT by ari-freedom (All we are saying....is give the military a chance)
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To: RobertClark
The DA rushed to trial with a weak case.

Say what? Recall that the state of Florida has been working to solve this case for three years and the DA works for the state. Short of a witness to the death of Caylee, plenty of convincing evidence was traced to Casey's car and the home where she and Caylee lived.

Can you honestly say that prosecutors vilified Casey by stating that she lied to her family and friends as to where Caylee was during that month?

No way! The jury had the right to know that she partied and got herself a tattoo while her little girl was missing. Anyone with a modicum of intelligence HAD to become highly suspicious at some point. Loving, caring parents would never react that way.

The smell of human decomposition and chloroform in the trunk, duct tape, Caylee's Winnie the Pooh blanket where she was found, etc. do not attack Casey's character; they are evidence.

Caylee did not commit suicide...that's for sure. Somebody is responsible for that baby's death and no evidence points to Cindy, George or Lee, or to a made-up Zenaida Gonzales.

No. The prosecution did NOT rely on attacking the defendant's character. Casey contributed that to the case all by herself with no apologies.

134 posted on 07/06/2011 11:51:25 PM PDT by IIntense
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