Posted on 07/06/2011 6:31:34 PM PDT by Hojczyk
Casey Anthony juror Jennifer Ford said today that she and the other jurors cried and were "sick to our stomachs" after voting to acquit Casey Anthony of charges that she killed her 2-year-old daughter Caylee.
"I did not say she was innocent," said Ford, who had previously only been identified as juror number 3. "I just said there was not enough evidence. If you cannot prove what the crime was, you cannot determine what the punishment should be."
The jury's jaw dropping not guilty verdict shocked court observers, but it was also a difficult moment for the panel, Ford said in an exclusive interview with ABC News. No one from the jury was willing to come out and talk to the media in the hours after the verdict.
"Everyone wonders why we didn't speak to the media right away," Ford said. "It was because we were sick to our stomach to get that verdict. We were crying and not just the women. It was emotional and we weren't ready. We wanted to do it with integrity and not contribute to the sensationalism of the trial."
Instead of murder, Casey Anthony, 25, was found guilty of four counts of lying to law enforcement and could be released from jail as early as Thursday.
Ford praised the jurors.
"They picked a great bunch of people, such high integrity. And there was high morale," she said. "We all joked. We are like a big group of cousins."
Casey Anthony Prosecutor: 'All Came Down to Cause of Death'
Earlier today, the prosecutor and an alternate juror agreed on why the jury had refused to convict Anthony: They couldn't prove how little Caylee Anthony died.
"It all came down to the evidence," said Florida state attorney Jeff Ashton on "The View."
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And yes. JESUS. The name above all names.
She did display shock when she was shown pictures of her deceased daughter. Perhaps after lying to herself for so long she finally accepted the truth.
Unfortunately we will never what thoughts were running through her mind or how sane she was and became after her daughter was missing.
It seems like her family itself was very messed up and being raised in that family didn't allow her to develop correctly in her mental capacity.
I love my tag! It’s relaxing.
yeah - I heard Hannity today trying to wrestle with the fact that the evidence AS A WHOLE has to be looked at AS A WHOLE.
He was stabbing away desperately and seemed oddly worked up about it. There’s something not quite right with him.
That’s too far-reaching for my common sense. Go watch the trial. You’ll see.
There you go, primo example...They believe the girl yet they let him go. Well if they believed her why did they let him go? Because they got confused with the reasonable doubt stuff. Jurors equate circumstantial evidence with direct evidence, they will not convict unless they see something akin to a HD video of the crime in progress which is insane. It’s an insane loophole defense lawyers exploit to the max which lets a-holes like OJ, Robert Blake and this Anthony psycho get away with murder.
Please see post #75
No....it was the Medical Examiner's job....and she said that it couldn't be determined.
So are you asking them to be superior to the expert?
And forget any wild theories that the defense threw out there to blow smoke. They, ultimately, were immaterial.
It came down to:
When did she die?...We don't know.
Where did she die?...We don't know.
How did she die?...We don't know.
Even the prosecutor, in his summation said :" Somebody in that house killed that child!"
Well, sir, if you don't know which one, why are you asking us to send her to the death chamber?
The State filed higher charges than the evidence could support.
Had they gone for gross negligence (for the 31 missing days) they would have gotten it.
Yes.....that is less than what she deserved....but it is more than what she got.
So save your ire for the prosecution. They failed....not the jurors.
>>He was stabbing away desperately and seemed oddly worked up about it. There’s something not quite right with him.
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He knows his initial reaction to defend Casey was wrong, This must have been pointed out to him via thousands of emails/text messages, etc.
He needs to swallow his pride. We all make mistakes.
Roger Hedgecock (talk show host from San Diego) was also crawdaddying.
This injustice can’t be defended indefinitely.
Please see post #75
Please see post #208.
Gee....that was fun.
Every time I think this sick little twit is going to walk out of the jail free as a bird, I want to throw up.
Even one of the jurors admitted she was certain Casey murdered he own child, yet acquitted.
And she went so far as to say that the other jurors felt “sick to their stomachs” in acquitting murderer.
If that’s your definition of justice, then celebrate your hollow victory.
A murderer has been acquitted, and justice has been denied.
Pop the champagne corks.
This isn’t a victory for justice.
This is only a reaffirmation of due process.
It is a reminder to the state that they have to prove their accusations to 12 citizens.
It comes down to ...was a murder committed.
The answer is most definitely - yes.
The next question is....who did it.
Again - a no brainer considering the evidence.
There are murderers sitting in jail now despite the fact they hid bodies so well they were never found - or bodies were so decomposed that official cause could not be determined.
Those juries managed to spend time using their common sense.
Convictions are attained all the time with no body at all. Case in point, Scott Peterson. One consumate liar there also. Now, tonight, we hear a female who stayed 8 days with Casey, saying she discussed chloroform before Caylee’s body was found. She will guest on Dr. Drew tomorrow night.
I have said many times that Baby Caylee is safe with Jesus.
Nancy Grace and Shepard Smith have spent plenty of time exploiting Caylee. I have nothing more to add.
I don’t know who did it. Probably Casey, possibly George. Where does Ray Kronk come in?
Still have questions.
sick family. Lies and secrets. I don’t know.
The jury doesn’t need to be concerned with alternate theories, just proof of the state’s theory.
But what I believe and what the prosecution proved are two very different things.
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