If the jury felt there was reasonable doubt Casey killed Caylee, then at the very least she was guilty of this charge. If I had been on the jury I would have fought tooth and nail and Casey would either be convicted of at least Count Two or it would be a hung jury. The jurors that voted guilty initially had no guts and caved after a short time. That baby's life wasn't even worth more than a few more hours of their time. So sad. Not reporting your child missing for a month and partying the whole time may not prove you murdered the child but it sure is child abuse. If she knew her child wasn't missing then she had to have some part in her death or cover up, I don't see how that jury found her not guilty on all charges.
The next charge the jury could have found 25-year-old Casey Anthony guilty of. It carries a sentence of up to 15 years in prison. Juror No. 2 believed the mother was guilty of “culpable negligence” as required of that charge. He wasn’t alone.
The vote on Tuesday was 6-6 for manslaughter. The two sides hardened. They started talking over one another. The jury foreman calmed them all down.
Here the defense’s theory was key: They told the jury that Caylee accidentally drowned and the family tried to cover it up. But the defense also accused George Anthony of sexually abusing his daughter Casey — a charge he denied. The defense said the abuse trained Casey Anthony to lie and live in denial.
The jury didn’t believe anything George Anthony said on the stand, according to Juror No. 2.
But more importantly to the jurors who opposed the manslaughter charge, no one could say who was Caylee’s caretaker — the mother or the grandparents — when the child actually died.
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GEORGE ANTHONY BACK TO DEPOSITING MONEY IN CASEY’S JAIL ACCOUNT
Somehow, Casey’s parents continue to give her money to purchase snacks and personal items in jail. Cindy deposited $100 into her jail money account on July 10th. Her father made a trip to the jail to on July 7th ,depositing $140. In the past, George had stopped depositing money into her account allegedly due to Casey’s sexual abuse allegations.
What is Casey buying:
According to jail records for the month of February 2011, Casey has been ordering a lot of pens. In February 2011, Casey placed two orders for a total of 20 pens. Among items purchase by Casey recently are Shampoo & Conditioner, Black Pens, Letter Pads, Pony Tail Holders, Bottled Water, Tootsie Rolls, Nacho Chips, BBQ Chips, Jolly Ranchers, Peanut Butter, and Jalapeno Nacho Dip
We didn’t know how she died, we didn’t know when she died,” said Juror No. 2, who was one of the 10. “Technically, we didn’t even know where she died.
“You couldn’t say who did it. To me, that’s why it was aggravated manslaughter of a child.”
The next vote was on just that charge, aggravated manslaughter of a child. The vote was 6-6 for manslaughter. The two sides hardened. They started talking over one another. The jury foreman calmed them all down.
“The six that voted guilty said it didn’t matter at what point in time she came home and found out her daughter was missing,” he said. “She had to report it in some way, shape or form, and that’s where the negligence came in.”
But some jurors, he said, had decided not to convict Casey Anthony of any charge in the girl’s death. By lunch Tuesday, the guilty side started to lose votes.
Juror No. 2 was the last holdout. Deliberations lasted for 11 hours over two days. They filed into court at 2:15 p.m. Tuesday to hand over their verdict.
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Juror No. 2 remembers when he sat down with his fellow jurors on Monday. Finally, they could talk about the trial that had consumed six weeks of their lives – six long, isolating weeks. Finally, those in the jury room could ask themselves the question the rest of the world wanted answered:
Was Casey Anthony guilty of first-degree murder?
“Everybody agreed if we were going fully on feelings and emotions,” the juror said, “she was done.”
But the Pinellas County jury knew that this was not a case that was to be decided based on emotions and they had to work very hard to keep that element out of their deliberations.
“We just wanted to go on the evidence that was presented to us,” he said.
“I just swear to God …,” he said, his voice falling silent, overcome by tears. “I wish we had more evidence to put her away. I truly do …
“But it wasn’t there.”
Juror No. 2 is dreading the media attention.
“I just want to be left alone,” he said.
He is emotionally exhausted, relying on friends and family to help him recover. But then the father of two thinks about the photos of Caylee’s remains.
“For me it was not a good outcome,” said Juror No. 2, his voice breaking. “Those pictures … I’ll probably never forget them.
“To think that somebody would do that to a child.”