Posted on 07/11/2011 6:04:29 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
The woman, known only as juror number 12 left her job and went into hiding fearing co-workers would 'want her head on a platter'.
Her husband said before leaving she told him: 'I’d rather go to jail than sit on a jury like this again.'
He told NBC News he was worried for her health and had his bags packed ready to leave if his 60-year-old wife's name gets released.
The woman, who moved to Florida from Michigan fled the area, retiring from her job working at Publix Grocery over the phone because she didn't feel safe.
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I feel bad for people that speak just to speak, create pixel words just to interject in trying to sound sanctimonious but have a real lack of understanding. I guess that is why I laugh at people.
You and others make a big deal about people watching Nasty Grace and other shows--yet I see you are guilty of taking your opinion from a radio show. Snort. Levin, like all the others mentioned here, is a talk show host.
I would have voted to convict Casey guilty of neglect as soon as the prosecution gave evidence of her not reporting the baby missing for 31 days. On top of that she partied and got a tatoo that said 'beautiful life.'
What parent doesn't report a baby missing. That's absolute neglect...
Is that pretty much the mood of the other trailer park residents?
And they had to find that with the evidence presented to them in court. A big difference.
Exactly...
lol
nice.
Little do you know.
Were you in the courtroom for the length of the trial?
I wasn’t. As guilty as I think Casey probably is, my opinion is reflective of how the media presented the case. I have to respect the jury’s decision, as they were there for the length of the trial and heard both sides present their case.
The prosecution failed to present their case, it’s that simple.
Neglect IS considered child abuse.
Ah, so that’s what happened. Thanks.
No kidding!!! My daughter ran away from her babysitter. My daughter is autistic and retarded. When she was little she thought someone chasing her was great. Except she wouldn’t stop. She was 4 at the time and almost totally unable to communicate. More like a 1-2 year old verbally. I came home and the babysitter told me she’d run away and she couldn’t find her. I was on the phone right away to the police. I didn’t even hesitate. Someone found her about 2 hours later about a mile away, it was dark by then. The older couple found her wandering and took her to the police station. Those 2 hours were a nightmare. I was out in the neighborhood knocking on ever door asking if anyone had seen her. I was totally frantic. So this partying for 31 days without calling just makes me believe this woman is pure evil. I don’t give a cr*p what her past was like. There isn’t any excuse to behave the way she did, NONE.
I believe you missed the entire point. I live within walking distance of the courthouse here in Orlando, so everyone I know has been living and breathing this case since the girl went missing. I drive by the damn parking lot almost every day where Casey’s car sat when it was missing. While I tried my damnedest to ignore this whole thing, I have friends and relatives obsessed...not because of the media firestorm, but because so many in this community were heartbroken when the child was missing.
This was a tough case all along because the physical evidence had disappeared due to the lies of the defendant causing a massive goose chase for non-existent nannies and fake employers. The importance of a jury trial is as important than ever, but but much like our political system, it has been bent and abused in a hundred different ways over the years, and in recent times, the methods of jury shaping have become a multi-million dollar industry. With the massive media coverage of stories like this, identifying twelve people without prior knowledge is damn near impossible.
In this case, the state presented more than sufficient evidence to show that Casey had done everything in her power to sidetrack the investigation, had absolutely no concern about the location of her child, and showed that the evidence they did have on hand - car, duct tape, etc - showed that is was in fact done with resources in her possession. The defense presented a bunch of wacky ideas like child molestation by her father and drowning in the opening statements with absolutely nothing to support those charges. Yet somehow, the jury members and alternates that have spoke indicated that those unsupported statements had a bearing on the case. That is poor critical thinking. Logic and critical thinking are critical for a jury. Seldom is there a smoking gun. There is almost always room for some doubt. As many have stated, it is ‘beyond a reasonable doubt’ not beyond any doubt. For example, in the OJ case DNA matching the scene was in his car. Sure, someone else ‘could’ have put it there, but the evidence points to his involvement.
In this case, her car was missing, her mother reported it found smelling of decomposition, duct tape from their house was found on the child’s skeleton, and she spent 30 days lying to investigators. She also was seen throughout in video and audio as abusive to her family and uncaring. Does all this prove 1st degree murder...probably not...a prosecution would have had to make a masterful case to get that conviction. Does this show negligence of a child and most likely manslaughter? Certainly should require this jury more than a few hours to revisit the evidence and come to a thoughtful conclusion. Through selection of jurors and their willingness to accept wild accusations as fact, I believe we had a less than committed jury, and a case where there is now too much burden to get to ‘beyond a reasonable doubt’. Through more advanced tactics, too much edge goes to the defense in too many cases today. This level of burden of proof is very difficult to achieve when the playing field is tilted so much.
For what it’s worth, I heard that Levin show and I heard Levin misstate evidence presented by the prosecutors.
I lost respect for him, and would not base my opinion of this trial on what Mark Levin says. I expected more from someone of his caliber.
If you don’t know what evidence was presented in court, why are you arguing about this.
Sorry you had to go through that...
I agree with everything you said.
I think we knew her long term plans, and they needed to be executed before the Caylee’s birthday which was 55 days from the day she was murdered. She just needed to string it along a bit longer, but was stopped before then. It doesn’t matter now that she was found not guilty though.
Jonty - the trial was televised from opening to closing every single day - the public saw what the jury saw as well as sidebar discussions and attorney statements that the jury did not see. Even though there was all the hype from HLN or Tru, etc., many kind folks on FRepublic posted a link to an Orlando channel that had NO commentary whatsoever...
so the arguement that the public was “swayed” by the talking heads is nonsense.
No, circumstantial evidence is not proof.
It’s suggestible, but not proof. For example, you come across a person who has been stabbed, his wound is exactly 6.5 inches wide and 3 inches deep and it was done by a narrow blade. You learn that I have a knife precisely 6.5 inches wide and 3 inches deep.
That’s quite the coincidence and it’s higly suggestible that my knife might have had something to do with that wound, but it’s not proof that it actually had anything to do with that wound.
And I submit to you that all the circumstantial evidence does point to the likely hood that Casey is the most likely suspect, but all the defense has to do is show there are reasonable alternatives to the circumstantial evidence to create reasonable doubt.
That’s what the defense successfully did.
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