Posted on 07/10/2011 8:46:37 AM PDT by Kaslin
I wasn't emotionally invested in anything. I watched the trial because my wife tivo'd it every day. The jury's verdict was stupid and lazy. Moronic. If I was DA I would now hesitate before taking an circumstantial case before a jury, making us ALL more vulnerable. It amazes me that Scott PEterson was convicted on his circumstantial case.
If a child is killed and dumped in the woods and it decomposes into a skeleton is it still a murder?
What makes you a simpleton, like the jury in this case, is the childish logical reasoning you constantly display. If someone expresses discontent and outrage over a tax payer funded PUBLIC trial, you call them a vigilante.
Since you know nothing about the case I WILL SET YOU STRAIGHT. SHE WAS TRIED FOR MANSLAUGHTER TOO. The lazy, braindead jury rejected that also.
No, he kept insisting that justice was not served. I later told him that I think she was guilty, I called her despicable. There is nothing I can do at this point. In the context of the debate, my post was appropriate. As I said to another poster, I'm not going to frame my life based on the outcome.
Stupidity combined with arrogance, you are a defense lawyer’s dream juror!
Same way Obama voters do.
Scott Peterson bought a disguise and stashed money in his truck and headed for Mexico. Odd behavior but hardly a reason to convict. /sacasm
Life should be hard for the stupid and the lazy. There's justice.
Proof is proof.
I hope that juries make their decisions based on the proof of the crime presented by the prosecution.
Scott Peterson got convicted with no DIRECT evidence that he killed his wife. He is on death row because he went fishing on Christmas eve and he wanted to take an unscheduled trip to Mexico. The jury system is flawed and was unjust in the FL v., Anthony trial. We all lose when this happens. This doesn’t make me a vigilante.
I’m not big on the whole jury selection process (picking jurors based on their answers to various questions) but this really should be a no brainer. Can’t make jugdements on other people? Ok, next!
Bingo!
And of course I didn’t say I did.
No doubt the jury gets stacked by attorneys favorable to their side of the equation. IMO they should have no say who is selected. But by what other means could this be done is the question. Either way there needs to be reforms of how this is done.
You may be right. But I’ve heard other legal experts (who aren’t defense attorneys —and sorry, I discount them because for some odd reason they always seem to be on the defense side, go figure!) say otherwise. Look I’m not a lawyer. And obviously I am tainted by what I have heard for the last 3 years, especially since I do live in FL and recall this case from the moment we all knew this child went missing. It’s difficult to recall what they knew and what we all have heard over the last 3 years.
However, this does not seem to be as cut and dried as you just set it out. So, you and I can agree to disagree. And I firmly believe the system is set up to make it easier to confound the issue, especially in this day and age of CSI. And when I hear jurors say things like “Beyond a shadow of a doubt” etc, I’m sorry but I can’t help but believe they were overly swayed by Baez and for some reason either didn’t like the Prosecutor or found the men in Casey’s life less compelling. And how is that any better than convicting her because she is a party girl who isn’t very likable? These are the things about this trial that leave me troubled.
I know a system devised by man will be imperfect. But I expect us to look at it with thoughtfulness and always wonder if some things need improvement. I don’t mean the entire system, don’s go there. But, is the jury selection system a problem? Are juries orders clear? Is it really essential that we televise these trials as they happen or does it change the outcome?
Sorry this is so long. I’ll stop. :)
LOL probably 3rd grade now.. ;)
That sounds plausible to me too.
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