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Can Anthony Be Tried In Federal Court?
News for Jax.com ^ | JUly 12, 2011 | Walsh

Posted on 07/12/2011 4:09:56 PM PDT by walsh

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Casey Anthony was acquitted last week in state court of killing her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee.

Now, a new website, change.org, is petitioning to have Anthony tried for the same crimes, but this time in federal court. It's called the dual sovereignty rule.

"The double jeopardy clause has been interpreted to allow two prosecutions as long as they're by different sovereigns," said B.J. Priester, a professor at Florida Coastal School of Law.

(Excerpt) Read more at news4jax.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: anthony; florida; retrial
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To: mlo

I am curious to hear more about the sort of glossed over “jury tampering” allegation...


61 posted on 07/12/2011 5:10:03 PM PDT by brytlea (Someone the other day said I'm not a nice person. How did they know?)
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To: SkyDancer

Casey had sole custody of her child. Casey and Caylee were living in the Grandparents home.

The Grandparents paid for both of them.

Pretty sad when the Grandmother has to try and find her daughter only to find out her grandchild is missing, supposedly kidnapped by a nanny 31 days earlier

It was all a Casey lie to cover for the killing of her daughter.


62 posted on 07/12/2011 5:10:06 PM PDT by dforest
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To: indylindy
As I wrote to babygene the consensus down here is she did it. We argued (legally like) a lot about the what and wherefor's - interesting pub night.
63 posted on 07/12/2011 5:12:50 PM PDT by SkyDancer (You know, they invented wheelbarrows to teach FAA inspectors to walk on their hind legs.)
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To: babygene

I was referring to the acquittal as a travesty. If I were a juror I would have voted to convict, on the following grounds:

1. The disposal of the body that neatly destroyed evidence- that was no accident;
2. The 30 days before the authorities were notified- that was no accident;
3. The partying- that tells me that she wasn’t the good mother that many thought she was;
4. The lying- that tells me she was actively trying to avoid being found out.

Those things indicate to me about 80% likelihood of guilt; I find that beyond a reasonable doubt, and I think the accused did have a motive- no further impediment to her hard-partying skank lifestyle. Notice I didn’t need 100%- the jury apparently did, and so she walked.

As far as the trial, I guess you could count it a success- all the procedures were followed, due process observed, all the things that delight the lawyers done. In my eyes a failure- 12 people failed to see what I think obvious. Because I think a murderer walked, I’ll call it a travesty.


64 posted on 07/12/2011 5:13:20 PM PDT by GenXteacher (He that hath no stomach for this fight, let him depart!)
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To: walsh

Who?


65 posted on 07/12/2011 5:13:29 PM PDT by KnutKase (VRWC member since 1988)
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To: indylindy

“Actually, I followed quite closely and have read testimony.”

I have in my 65 years, been on numerous juries. In all cases I have been involved in, the benefit of the doubt has always gone to the state. For an innocent person to be acquitted is quite rare. Most jurist will simply go along with the state says and convict.

It strikes me odd that all voted to acquit. It’s not as uncommon to get a hung jury, but an acquittal?

There were no racial overtones to this trial, and no one wants to see a kid murdered or would it be believable that they would want to see the murderer of a kid go free.


66 posted on 07/12/2011 5:14:39 PM PDT by babygene (Figures don't lie, but liars can figure...)
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To: Talisker

And ya KNOW this is commerce because Ms. Anthony might write a best seller book about it!


67 posted on 07/12/2011 5:17:01 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Hawk)
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To: walsh

It seems unlikely, but stranger things have happened.


68 posted on 07/12/2011 5:19:04 PM PDT by walsh
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To: GenXteacher

“Those things indicate to me about 80% likelihood of guilt”

I’m sorry, if you are looking to put someone to death, you need more than 80%. That would imply that 20% of those executed were innocent...

That’s not acceptable.


69 posted on 07/12/2011 5:22:34 PM PDT by babygene (Figures don't lie, but liars can figure...)
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To: GenXteacher

One thing that might have taken the jury aback regarding the state is that the argument phase reportedly finished with a prosecutor’s rebuttal to the defense’s summation. “Everybody knows” the defendant is expected to have the (time-wise) last word. It hit me as odd.


70 posted on 07/12/2011 5:22:54 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Hawk)
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

She did speak with the FBI. There is a recording of at least one conversation with an FBI agent on the evidence archive page at WFTV.com.


71 posted on 07/12/2011 5:26:11 PM PDT by RightFighter (Now back to my war station.)
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To: walsh

It was BS for the Rodney King cops and it will be BS for Anthony. Just more power creep from the state, regardless of sovereignty level.
Why not start with township, to county to state to FEDs. Uh-unh.


72 posted on 07/12/2011 5:26:25 PM PDT by j.argese (You may think you've won the day, in the end you will surely lose the important race.)
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour

Agreed. Some FReepers are no better than the demoncraps.


73 posted on 07/12/2011 5:28:30 PM PDT by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
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To: FreeperDoll; katiekins1
no she can not..it’s not a FEDERAL LAW she broke....

What about her claim that Caylee was Kidnapped? Isn't the FBI brought in on a kidnapping case since kidnapping is a Federal crime?
74 posted on 07/12/2011 5:29:09 PM PDT by seekthetruth (Florida and the Nation needs Colonel Mike McCalister in the US Senate!)
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To: xjcsa

Didn’t she break a Federal law when she claimed Caylee was kidnapped (Federal Crime) when she KNEW Caylee was already dead?


75 posted on 07/12/2011 5:31:14 PM PDT by seekthetruth (Florida and the Nation needs Colonel Mike McCalister in the US Senate!)
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To: babygene
“Those things indicate to me about 80% likelihood of guilt

I’m sorry, if you are looking to put someone to death, you need more than 80%. That would imply that 20% of those executed were innocent...

That’s not acceptable.

Agreed. If I think there is a 1-in-5 chance that the defendant did not commit the crime, I'd have a reasonable doubt that the defendant was guilty.

76 posted on 07/12/2011 5:50:40 PM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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To: Conscience of a Conservative

“Agreed. If I think there is a 1-in-5 chance that the defendant did not commit the crime”

Seems to me that the standard must be better than 1 in 12, since there are 12 jurors and one holdout will prevent an acquittal or a conviction.


77 posted on 07/12/2011 5:56:55 PM PDT by babygene (Figures don't lie, but liars can figure...)
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To: jacquej
"Just wondering about lying to the FBI? Is that breaking a federal law?"

Just about everything breaks some kind of law.

78 posted on 07/12/2011 5:59:06 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (Don't nuke me, bro)
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To: Conscience of a Conservative

Oh. Well then.


79 posted on 07/12/2011 6:24:53 PM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: RightFighter

I stand corrected. Thank you very much. I have read so much my brain is MUSH. :)


80 posted on 07/12/2011 6:37:18 PM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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