What do you think the jury was punishing the prosecution FOR?
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Evidence,like the chloroform searches.
The state never came back and cleaned up that mess... 84 vs 1 search— even after they had made a huge deal of it with witnesses.
Long sidebars etc during the defense case, ones where whole days were missed.
Ashton laughing and being a bit of a smart azz.
Several things but mostly for not clearing up evidence, such as the chloroform.
I could drop the chloro and still find her guilty, others maybe just pitched the whole case over it?
wanted to add, they listened to the defense...
There was a bug in the dinner, they sent the dinner back and left the restaurant. That was punishing the state, in my opinion.
I picked the bug out and could still see it was spaghetti and meatballs, though less appetizing.
OK, your response just confirms to me that the jury was really, really, stupid.
Does it REALLY matter whether or not there were 84 searches or 1 for chloroform? NOT A BIT.
If this jury let a murderer walk just to punish the prosecution for inconveniencing then they are among the most selfish people on earth. I think they’re just DUMB.
What are the odds against the following CHAIN OF EVENTS occurring:
Someone with a motive to murder their child, discovered that their child had accidentally died, then was stupid enough to risk murder charges by covering it up, taped the skull with duct tape (despite having no reason to do so), searched for “chloroform” EVEN ONCE (probably only done by a handful of people every day, most of them involved in science or education), and also coincidentally had traces of chloroform in their trunk, plus a hair matching that of the deceased victim?
Here’s all the evidence the prosecutor should have needed to persuade a reasonable person beyond a reasonable doubt:
Caylee is dead.
Casey had motive.
Casey covered up the death.
(These three are indisputable.)
No one else had both opportunity and motive to kill Caylee.
There was duct tape found on the skull.
Someone searched on “chloroform”.
Traces of chloroform were found in the trunk.
A hair matching the remains was found in the trunk.
Each one of these last five pieces of evidence can be called into question. The MOST LIKELY explanation for each is that Casey killed Caylee, but it’s possible to come up with bizarre alternative explanations for each, as the defense did. However five highly unlikely occurrences become an impossibility as a chain. Prosecution should have made that case. But jurors should have been able to figure that out without help. You can get lucky and win a statewide lotto... you can’t get lucky and win it 5 times in a row.