And there you have it. 100% correct. Overcharged and stuck with a bungled investigation driven by the media frenzy. Thank you.
While I thought Ashton’s arguments were sound and he made great points, I was greatly distracted by his constant uncapping, sipping, and recapping of his bottled water.
I hope that the jurors had access to bottled water of their own during the arguments, otherwise it would be an even worse distraction to them.
I am very disappointed in the verdict because I thought Linda Drane Burdick really made the case for guilty in her closing. The whole thing leaves me with a sadness over the state of our legal system and fear that the jury system has become saturated with jurors who feel it is wrong to judge anyone who can claim that their actions as adults are the result of wrongs done to them when they were children.
This verdict is a complete rebuke of not only the prosecution but the police. They too were shown to be inept and incapable of a thorough investigation.
They were told where the body was by the meter reader 3 or 4 times, yet felt more compeled to berate him for llaughing when the cop slipped and fell in the mud than search for the child’s body.
The alternate juror everyone has been interviewing all days said it was George Anthony and the police who were not credible in this case. And it bears mentioning that George Anthony is a retired homicide detective...