Casey Anthony - guilty, or not?

[Scorp]

Verdict: Not guilty of first degree murder

Only guilty of providing false info to law enforcement which she will be sentenced this thursday at 9 AM EST.

Nice, real nice...got away scott fuckin' free. I hope she's haunted by her little girl the rest of her life.

It will be a matter of time when she poses in Playboy and gets some celebrity status out of this.

This is a fuckin' shame. Karma is a bitch Casey.....Now don't forget to go and party it up and rejoice while your baby girl was just tossed out like garbage..I hope you get paid back....

[Peach]

I'm as shocked as I was when OJ Simpson was found not guilty. What kid of sentence can she get for the false info verdict?

[NJFemmie]

Originally Posted by Scorp

Verdict: Not guilty of first degree murder

Only guilty of providing false info to law enforcement which she will be sentenced this thursday at 9 AM EST.

Nice, real nice...got away scott fuckin' free. I hope she's haunted by her little girl the rest of her life.

It will be a matter of time when she poses in Playboy and gets some celebrity status out of this.

This is a fuckin' shame. Karma is a bitch Casey.....Now don't forget to go and party it up and rejoice while your baby girl was just tossed out like garbage..I hope you get paid back....

Sadly, she won't feel any remorse - she hasn't so far.

[cinderella]

From your lips, to God's ears!!!

If there is a God...please, please, please, don't let this woman get away with this - strike her down with lightning or something. That poor baby doesn't deserve this last insult.

Originally Posted by Scorp

Verdict: Not guilty of first degree murder

..I hope you get paid back....

[AtLast]

Discussing the racial or class implications of this case does not mean that one believes that this woman is not guilty of murder. It is simply a side discussion about how very different POC are investigated, processed, represented, arrested and sentenced in our court systems. It is not equal justice for all.

On the other side of this, I firmly believed OJ Simpson murdered his ex-wife and the young man that was with her. No doubt what-so-ever. Yet, race played a part in that verdict as well (also a circumstantial case). Anyone from the LA area that is a POC can explain how very alive "Jim Crowe" is in the LAPD. And for may POC, that verdict was justified based upon years of biased treatment in the LAPD racially. I don’t agree with this thinking, but I see where it comes from and why.

I certainly had a problem with that verdict in terms of it allowing a psychopath free and I feel the same way about this case. But, I do see race and the media coverage as related- in both cases. POC with this kind of tragedy in their lives are not equally represented. Their missing children, are not subject to the same utilization of resources or support in attempting to find them in most cases.

I wouldn't mind the same thing happening to Casey Anthony that happened to OJ- eventually being convicted of a crime in which time is spent. Getting both of these people off the streets is a very good idea. So is Anthony not having any more children... but that brings me to...

.... the fact that POC have been the populations in the USA that have been subjected to forced/mandated sterilization types of proposed legislation. There is a lot of historical evidence supporting forced sterilization as a means to conduct genocide against POC. I do, however, support certain situations in which women could lose rights to a child/baby such as giving birth to one while being a chronic drug abuser and using while pregnant. But, I also think that under certain rehab situations, this should not be done. That is a whole other subject for another thread.

Talking forced sterilization makes me nervous. I wish Anthony would voluntarily get her tubes tied, but I doubt she will/would. I fear that since her having Kaylee, she was able to play her parents in many ways- it is so obvious to me that that little girl was thought of their "second chance" to raise a child more effectively. She was a very powerful means for Casey to manipulate her parents. This family is desperately dysfunctional. I can see Casey trying to get back in her parents graces by getting pregnant again in the future. That makes me want to scream- but I just can't go with forced sterilization given the history it has in the US in terms of racism.

There is no “excuse” for what this woman did, yet, in the eyes of the law, she was found not guilty. Consequently, the courts can’t do a thing in terms of her having children in the future. Scary.

I wonder now if her parents will attempt a wrongful death suit against her. They might have standing in terms of the care and housing they provided for her. Might be nice for them to get some of the money we all know Casey will be coming into with her “story” publication and donate it to missing children or victims of violent crimes organizations. If Kay lee’s biological father was ever around and cared, he could of brought such a suit. Yes, I am having trouble with this child’s death not having any kind of justice. But this case has a myriad of psychological, social and political implications. I fully expect to see her parents at a later date with Gloria Allred in tow at media events related to this case.

[JustJo]

Originally Posted by AtLastHome

I wonder now if her parents will attempt a wrongful death suit against her. They might have standing in terms of the care and housing they provided for her. Might be nice for them to get some of the money we all know Casey will be coming into with her “story” publication and donate it to missing children or victims of violent crimes organizations. If Kay lee’s biological father was ever around and cared, he could of brought such a suit.

And I also hope that the real Zenaida (sp?) Gonzalez...who was interviewed, put on TV and put through some hell......and also the black man (whose name I am drawing a blank on because my brain is mush) who is an ex-convict and currently has the phone number George Anthony was accused of calling both bring lawsuits against her as well.

They both had their personal lives dragged through the media and were connected with this case in a very highly publicized way based solely on Casey's lies.

I'd rather they get whatever money she ends up earning by "telling her story."

I don't dispute the fact that POC are treated differently in our justice system (or "just us" system as I prefer to call it)....but I don't think this case is about race, other than the deeply disturbing accusations and lies....that a Hispanic woman stole the baby and a black ex-con must have been involved.

For me it just feels like a victory for narcissism.

I respect the way our system is set up. It's better that a guilty person go free than an innocent person be convicted. I just don't agree with what's happened here. I know that juries are human and therefore not perfect....I just find this all heartbreaking and disturbing.

[NJFemmie]

The real Zenaida already stated that she will sue Casey for defamation. She was denied employment because she was believed to be a baby kidnapper.

I hope they appeal and file a civil suit. It will keep Casey in the judicial system for a while if nothing else.

[JustJo]

Originally Posted by NJFemmie

The real Zenaida already stated that she will sue Casey for defamation. She was denied employment because she was believed to be a baby kidnapper.

I hope they appeal and file a civil suit. It will keep Casey in the judicial system for a while if nothing else.

Good! I hope Zenaida wins a great big pile of Casey's future money.

[Corkey]

Civil case yes, but she can't be retried for the same crime in a criminal case, there is no appeal for that.

[cinderella]

...that's not an uncommon Hispanic name. Maybe she was the only one in the vacinity, but still, many Zenaida Gonzlez' will be stigmatized by this, I think.

Originally Posted by NJFemmie

The real Zenaida already stated that she will sue Casey for defamation. She was denied employment because she was believed to be a baby kidnapper.

I hope they appeal and file a civil suit. It will keep Casey in the judicial system for a while if nothing else.

[Heart]

A different perspective on "Caylee's Law:" I worked with a survivor of horrific intimate partner violence whose husband suffocated their 2-month old under a mattress and forced the mother to bury the child. Because they were poor immigrants the authorities didn't know or care about what was happening in this family. When the mother was finally able to flee the house in which she had been literally imprisoned and hop a bus to escape, she was so traumatized, she could barely speak. Eventually, with help, she alerted authorities who arrested her husband.

How do you think Casey's Law would affect this mother?

(And I hope no one thinks that prosecutors wouldn't use such a law against a poor battered immigrant victim of domestic violence -- because I can assure you they would. There are hundreds of such victims imprisoned all across the U.S. right now).

Heart