Posted on 07/06/2011 3:53:51 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CBSMiami.com) – The outrage over the not guilty verdict in the Casey Anthony trial has reached the Florida Legislature.
Wednesday, Representative Bill Hager, R-Boca Raton, introduced what is being called, “Caylee’s Law,” according to the Orlando Sentinel.
The law would make it a felony for a parent or legal guardian to fail to timely report a missing child in cases where the parent knew or should have known that the child was possibly in danger, the Sentinel reported.
Rep. Hager said that the law will “ensure that parents are held responsible for their actions.” He continued, “It will also assure that we put justice on the side of those among us who are most vulnerable. And finally, it will put an end to the kind of irresponsible and outrageous behavior we observed with Caylee’s mother.”
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I’ve no problem with spelling out that failure to report a missing child within a reasonable period is a crime. But “reasonable time” needs to be defined very carefully.
I’m still of the opinion the prosecution failed to prove Mrs. Anthony killed her child. Moreover, based on the evidence presented, I do not believe she killed her daughter.
Certainly she’s not even a likable pathological liar. But that does not make her a killer. Even if the jury collectively or individually believed she killed the little girl they could not find her guilty of murder or manslaughter based on the evidence presented. She may have been guilty of lessor crimes, but the prosecution did not include those crimes in the indictment. Ergo, the jury was not asked to judge her guilt with regard to those points.
I understand this may not be what you want to hear. A little girl died. She was dumped by someone to rot in a forest for a month. Not a pretty picture. You, and me as well, want someone to pay for this atrocity. I pray that someone does pay for the crime he/she committed. But guilt must be proved. If Mrs. Anthony did it she must live with herself. Then she will be judged by God.
If the jury failed to follow the law and/or his instructions the judge could throw its finding out.
Seems we had an ambitious prosecutor who wanted to make a name for himself in a sensational murder case. Problem: His ambition and/or stupidity blinded him to all of the possibilities. Once he became aware Mrs. Anthony was a pathological liar she became his sole focus. The prosecutor proved the woman is a pathological liar. Unfortunately he did prove beyond a reasonable doubt she killed her daughter.
Your post # 142 is excellent, and expresses my opinion as well.
The prosecution laid a load of carp on the table and asked the jury to mkae sense of it.
They did what should have.
My only beef is that the manslaughter charge should have been given more weight, because it can reasonably be deduced that Casey had some knowledge of what happened to her daughter or who did it.
That being said, the prosecution did a poor job, and a third rate lawyer like Casey’s was allowed to triumph.
It is obvious that Casey is protecting someone—she knows what happened to her daughter, and alhough she probably did not kill her daughter, she knows what happened or allowed it to happen.
The truth will come out. It always does eventually.
>>Just try to explain to me or anyone else the PRICE of a child?<<
We kill over 40,000 people on our highways every year, many of them children, yet we still drive cars. We have established the price. It is freedom.
Life is risk. You do not stifle the autonomy of the family unit granted BY GOD just to meddle to save a few children’s lives. It is not the conservative way. It is the liberal way - the government knows best.
Liberal is as liberal does. And with liberals it is so often “for the children”.
Sorry to be so blunt about it, but that is what is happening here. And I will take responsibility for my OWN children, thank you very much. The government can butt out.
>>ON this FORUM, being called a LIBERAL is in eveyone thoughts and INSULT any way you want to cut it.<<
The word “liberal” has meaning. Maybe it would soften the blow if I said that those who agree with this law or any like it are agreeing with a liberal position.
But then, that makes them liberals, at least on this issue.
Any way you cut it.
not another attention grabber whore from south florida.
This is ALREADY law. Neglect laws cover this issue.
Nobody is jumping up and down over the other cases where wrongful convictions have taken place.
no more laws just because some politician can say “for the children.”
it is ALREADY law. this politician is just being an attention whore.
GPS every child with full video and audio feed.
“its for the children.”
BTW this WILL be used in divorce cases every time the child is late from comming back from the mother or father.
The parent will have a duty to report
The cops will have a duty to arrest
child protective services will have a duty to take the child
The child will go to a foster home
The judge will have to have a hearing
The child will still be in a foster home (and royally mentally screwed up)
The child will miss school
Make jurors take IQ tests. The jurors thought admonition was a ticket to Disney World.
JURY DUTY FOR DUMMIES
Any graphic artists here? JURY DUTY FOR DUMMIES (need a book graphic).
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