I have to toot my own horn a little bit here, Rush style.
During the trial I made the comment that I thought the software program “CacheBack” was JUNK SOFTWARE!
I don’t know if you’ve heard but the software developer has now admitted that he found a huge error and that “chloroform” was only searched once, not 84 times as he testified in court and all the talking heads like Nancy disGrace latched on to.
He claims he sent the info to the prosecutor’s office but was ignored. The Prosecutor’s office says he sent the new info to the wrong address. I think it’s being investigated.
What little I have is from www.news13.com/casey under a “chloroform” heading.
Toot away, libertylover! Good find and good comment. Here's the link,
Mistake in chloroform evidence in Casey Anthony case
" It was the piece of evidence the state said showed premeditation.
Prosecutors alleged Casey Anthony researched chloroform to kill her daughter.
But now, the software developer who took the stand said there was an error.
At first, a computer software program showed chloroform was searched 84 times. However, that developer is telling the New York Times after he redeveloped it, it was only searched once."
John Bradley told the Times he immediately emailed prosecutors, called them and the sheriff's office.".........
..................Bradley said, "I gave the police everything they needed to present a new report. I did the work myself and copied out the entire database in a spreadsheet to make sure there was no issue. Then I turned it over to them. The No. 1 principle for them is to validate the data, and they had the tools and resources to do it. They chose not to."
Late Tuesday afternoon, the state issued a response to Bradley's comments in the New York Times.
They said during jury deliberations, Bradley sent more information regarding errors to the wrong address, "but was able to deliver information to prosecutors on the evening of July 4th. On July 5th prosecutors prepared a Notice of Supplemental Discovery for defense but it was never provided because the jury had reached their verdict."
Legal Analyst David Fussell said had the jury found Anthony guilty, this could have been grounds for a mistrial."
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The chloroform seemed interesting, but from what I had read, (plus your comments), I wondered how provable or reliable the information was. I ignored the chloroform when it came to premeditation. To me, it came down to what the jury believed about the duct tape. Tearing off one piece of duct tape, then another, then another while afixing it to a child's air passages would have been enough to establish premeditation (if it was prior to death). I had a hard time believing Casey Anthony would have put it on sometime later because the baby was leaking fluids out of those orifices. She would have also been leaking body fluids from the pelvic area. The "ick" factor of placing duct tape to attempt to hold in body fluids would have negated putting a heart sticker on the duct tape. The analyst was not able to (or just didn't) take a picture of that heart shape because her testing destroyed the adhesive where the heart shape "something" had been placed.
The prosecution made a mistake focussing on the chloroform. This was the most confusing piece of evidence. LOL, the moron mom (Cindy) perjured herself over the chloroform stuff.
Either way, Casey Anthony was found not guilty. It is what is. But, your comments about the "84" searches uncovered with this software were spot on.
Good job.