Casey Anthony Found Not Guilty of 1st-Degree Murder, Acquitted of Manslaughter in Daughter's Death

FOX ^ | July 5, 2011 | Staff

[freebird5850]

Morning all, didn't see a thread for today so I created one.

[ken5050]

I anm in favor of the death penalty. Happy that Florida has it, and it doesn’t take decades to carry out a sentence. I think the 100% guilt, and totally, pathologically evil..but in this case I’d be happy with LWOP..i think, for her, it would be a far worse sentence that death. Sorry to sound vindictive...but if she didn’t wan’t the child, she had sooooo many options available to her....including some that would have helped her financially..

[SE Mom]

Hearing any new rumors?

[WesternMA]

How could she get a tatoo in memory of her daughter when her daughter hadn’t been found yet?

[Marie]

One of the experts testified that the presence of chloroform could also be from household cleaners.

This has been disproven. There was only chloroform. They did test for those cleaners and they weren't present. Also, the amount of chloroform was surprisingly high. It's a volatile chemical that evaporates. The fact that it was still present in such high amounts after so much time (and still present months later on evidence that was shipped unsealed) shows that the chemical itself was in very high amounts.

I'm guessing that it was high enough that it had to have been spilled in the trunk.

[wideawake]

It's a mindset that I find to be often coupled with conspiracism.

The lack of 100% perfect knowledge opens the door for the most far-fetched alternative theories.

[afraidfortherepublic]

You’ve got it about right, exccept the prosecutors go further. He/she maintain that Casey wanted a permanent solution that would allow her to pursue a libertine lifestyle — a “beautiful life” where she can go after fun in the clubs and a wealthy man.

[SE Mom]

Per local news the jury has ordered lunch to be brought in to the deliberation room- want to keep working.

[Johnny B.]

Killing by accident is still killing

According to the jury instruction (as I understood them), accidental killing is capital murder only if she was committing other, specific, crimes at the time. In this case, the other crime would be child abuse (i.e. using duct tape and/or chloroform).

[ZX12R]

Video of Baez this morning, hamming it up for the camera:

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He sure is cocky and jovial for a lawyer whose client could be getting a death sentence any minute.

[vicar7]

I am in favor of the death penalty in principle but as applied I am not. It takes on average 15 years to implement it as it goes through the appeal process. Casey would only be the third women in Florida to be given the DP.

[miss marmelstein]

I don’t think so but I came fairly late to the trial myself.

[miss marmelstein]

I don’t think so but I came fairly late to the trial myself.

[wideawake]

Doesn’t matter to him. He’ll be dining out on this case for the rest of his life.

[stylecouncilor]

Great link. Thanks!

[Johnny B.]

Video of Baez this morning, hamming it up for the camera

Personally, I would be happy to let Casey go free if that allowed us to lock up Biaz for the rest of his life!

/sarcasm

[afraidfortherepublic]

The CSI factor is the unfortunate fact that...

Another generation would be influenced by the Perry Mason factor where the guilty party (usually a witness) is suddenly overwhelmed by something Perry says and confesses right there in the stand.

[ZX12R]

Someone on HLN said the jury has not asked for a break all morning. Not even a special smoke break.

[SE Mom]

4 for acquittal??? Eeeeegads. I can see 4 undecided- but not-guilty would really be a miscarriage of justice.

[Girlene]

But I do have to laugh at Cindy Anthony’s list of vacuum cleaners. Nurses have such a neurotic fear of germs and dirt!

Cindy also owned pets. The Bissell SpotBot is advertised for deep cleaning pet stains. If Cindy was the only one that cleaned that trunk liner (with either the SpotBot or the regular steam cleaner), she would know where she dumped the liquid contents. If it was outside on the ground where the dogs smelled decomp.....she would know why they smelled it. If Casey cleaned the trunk with a steam/spotbot cleaner.....well, she's not talking.

It made the most sense why their was decomp on that ground outside.

[ZX12R]

Personally, I would be happy to let Casey go free if that allowed us to lock up Biaz for the rest of his life! /sarcasm

Is that full or partial sarcasm? LOL!