[Girlene]

ROFL! I swear to GOD yesterday after this verdict began to become real I called my son and said- we’re now in the twilight zone AND WTH just happened? Is this some kind of mind control game that’s just been perpetrated on the country? Honestly- it’s that bizarre to me! One thing that’s fascinating though- we can learn so much about how and why we come to conclusions we do- and how much and what kind of information we use to reach them.

SE Mom, I'm wondering how much information that the public had, was actually presented in court. Prior to the trial, the prosecution released transcripts of depositions, etc which then were presented by various media organizations.

i.e. the deposition transcript by Lee Anthony regarding the horrible smell eminating from Casey's car is pretty powerful. If he was never asked about this in court, or he changed his testimony at all, the jurors weren't operating with the same set of facts the rest of the public had access to.

[bigheadfred]

I read through some of the jury instructions. Looks like they had some choices there. Someone told me the prosecutor expected this. IMO, when you deprive people the chance to go drink beer and blow things up, they still find a way to blow things up. Who wants to do jury duty over the 4th of July?

Here’s a link to those final jury instructions.

http://insession.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/04/jury-instructions-in-the-casey-anthony-trial/