When jurors make money writing books and value their decisions on monetary reward, yes it is broken to some degree. People get convicted rightfully so with very little evidence, yet this case had mountains if you in fact followed it. A non-guilty verdict is likely going to be more valuable to the jurors that want to speak out and write books. That is the sad part of this whole affair. Blame the media that rewards bad behavior. The parents apparently have signed a 2 million dollar deal to profit off the death, of which they have profited enormously from already. The perjury on the stand knowing where the profit was is sad.
Attacking the Jury is unacceptable. Casey is disgusting. Citizens who join Mobs are worse. They Jury followed the Law. If the Citizens do not like the Law change the Law. The State bungled the case. The Law is not there to get justice for Caylee Anthony. It is there to protect the citizens from a tyrannical government and Mob Rule.
I think you're onto something there. I'd like to see a law that would prohibit jurors from accepting money for interviews or books resulting from a murder trial, regardless of the verdict. Somehow, it's unseemly that these people are taking money and vacations--really any rewards--other than their jury pay--for the verdict they reached.
It might not have happened here (then again, it might have), but what's to prevent a jury from deliberating on which verdict would bring in the most bucks, rather than innocence or guilt?
The media would not cover this story if the public wasn’t interested and if it wasn’t profitable. Same with publishing companies. Fact is the public is to blame.