I am shocked too.
I am totally appalled at the talk on Freeper...” I want to smash her head” and on and on about how terrible our justice system is and trashing the jurors.
I just expected more support and pride of our system here...we have had a virtual mob here. If this is how ‘conservatives” talk, you are right, we are in big trouble.
I suspect it is the economy that has caused many to suffer and get frustrated with the direction this country has taken. Or it could just be the dumbing down of America. FR used to be one place one could read rational dialogues. Recently it's been reading like Oprah or the View.
I think emotions are just running high, right now. This little girl was the definition of innocence and sparked the protective instincts in any/all parents worth a hill o’beans.
The fact that the mother was out partying vs. grieving or even showing any fear of being found out had this been an accident/cover-up, was shocking to a lot of people.
It’s good that she gets some additional time for the lies. I guess she will not spend any time in prison, only jail at this point, which is a far easier venue.
It’s too bad that LE were not able to get to the truth at the beginning of this investigation, but I doubt they understood the dynamics of this family and what all could disappear if this turned out to be a murder vs. a missing child. The one person who probably had the strongest misgivings, insured that possible evidence would be destroyed in that car when she claims to have cleaned it and other items that existed in that car, because it “smelled”. (I believe all that “alleged cleaning” took place before LE could secure the car.)
LE can’t unring that bell. Going forward, that same person kept insisting that the little girl might be found (at least for a while), but still seemed to try to protect the “suspect”.
It’s a wierd case. It was a wierd defense. It worked for them (at least temporarily). I doubt there will be another case similar to this one; this was a unique family and situation.