Posted on 07/10/2011 8:46:37 AM PDT by Kaslin
Yup. There was a 'Watchtower' pamphlet left on my doorstep yesterday. When I left my house, I saw several Jehovahs Witnesses canvasing the neighborhood. No one could 'prove' it was they who left it on my doorstep. Gee, for all I know, it could have been my Baptist neighbor, right?
Casey was offered a 'plea deal' until the remains were found. Why don't you do some homework and stop posting junk comments that show you are totally clueless as to what literally is KNOWN.
She was offered a plea several times.
I repeat, there was no evidence presented that Casey duct taped Caylee mouths shut, wrapped her in a garbage bag and dumped her in a swamp.
All 12 jurors voted not guilty. I think all three alternate jurors would have voted the same way.
What was the deal?
She refused all plea bargains.
Would that level of evidence allow you to convict someone of murder?
Then she went along with it. Your child does not go missing and you don’t report for a month!!!
Except that was what the killer must have done, and there was lots of evidence that Casey was the killer. You confuse lack of forensic evidence with a direct tie to one person with lack of evidence. Cases do not have to be decided on scientific evidence.
She got lucky.
Her lawyers got a great jury for her.
In Federal Court, she would have been found guilty in a two day trial.
One can disagree with the verdict like i do, question the need for the Griffin rule, and wonder what jackasses her attorneys and family are, how utterly stupid Jennifer Ford (juror)was.
And not be calling for dismantling the jury system and going for military tribunals.
If you follow where we have gone since Founders, we have implemented more and more layers to protect the accused and make it harder for the prosecution than it was in the Founder's day....just see Warren court for starters
So maybe the same folks lecturing people like me to shut up about this awful verdict and goofy jury should look at that evolutiuon when they toss out the canard that this is a trial with the constitution in balance.
(not the thread purveyor per se)
Maybe 10 (+/-), on condition she showed them where the body was. After the body was found, that was taken off the table and the next one was not so lenient.
I did read a complaint from her which stated (among other things) Cheney Mason was angry because she refused a plea. The link is posted on one of the trial threads.
I'm not defending Casey. I am defending our jury system, the right to be presumed innocent ...
I was very surprised by the verdict. I expected a conviction.
I'm glad to hear that...I was getting worried. I will pigeonhole this with OJ and that bitch who drowned her kids in Texas along with plenty more I could recall if I tried
Bad verdicts or outcomes...just worse in this case given the victim.
There are times when the accused is so obviously guilty strictly based on circumstantial evidence and apart from hard evidence that it defies logic to not find the defendant guilty of something. Casey Anthony is one. OJ Simpson is another. Whatever happened to common sense?
I'm tired of hearing about people who are "emotional" and judging the outcome with emotions. That's nonsense. One doesn't have to be "emotional" to look at the situation and come to a logical conclusion. People who can't see that Casey Anthony is guilty has some intellectual problems. How's that?
We no longer have justice in this country. We have whatever the whim of the people is today.
Using your and the jury’s threshhold of proof, no circumstantial evidence could ever convict. A defense theory that aliens were the culprits and ‘staged’ the scene would yield hours of testimony by experts debating the existence of extraterrestrials and their potential for malevolence.
Wow, I'm sorry I haven't lived this case for the past few years. I have been corrected by several other freepers and promised not to mis-type (?) about the "plea bargain" again.
So can I post some more?
I honestly have no idea how I would have voted. I did not sit on the jury panel and listen to weeks of evidence and testimony put on by the Prosecution and the Defense.
I do know that 12+ Jurors thought she was Not Guilty.
Heh heh...
I will pigeonhole this with OJ and that bitch who drowned her kids in Texas along with plenty more I could recall if I tried
Exactly. What else can I do?
The jury was NOT paying attention to the evidence. The evidence NOT challenged or refuted demonstrated that child was in the custody of CASEY ANTHONY when 'zanny' the 'nanny' took her at some park. I do NOT give a ....... what the jury says.
The accidental drowning scenario was about as believable as aliens abducting Caylee.
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