I have no problem with “trial by jury”, and with accepting the Anthony verdict, for that matter. But one would be kinda brain-numb to look at situations like this and wonder what might be done to make the system better. (Better in the sense of having fewer cases where the guilty go free at the cost of the higher goal of not convicting the innocent).
One thing that occurs to me is how crimes are charged. I don’t know how, but it seems that in the interest of justice for ALL (including the victim) that if evidence does not support a conviction on the highest count (i.e. 1st deg. murder) but does support conviction on a lesser charge, that should be what happens. I don’t disagree with the ban on “double jeopardy”, but my understanding is, Casey cannot now be charge with much of anything stemming from the “same facts”, and that does not seem right.
No one will ever be charged with the child’s death. Regardless of how she died, you and everyone else know her mother and grandparents know what happened.
Yes, the system works and that’s a good thing. But the fact that no one will be help accountable in this life for her death rankles.