Casey Anthony - guilty, or not?

[NJFemmie]

More than 800,000 people have now signed the Change.org petition for Caylee's Law, as legislators in at least 16 states have pledged to introduce their own Caylee's Laws.

Other states where lawmakers are considering such measures include Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas and West Virginia, according to news reports.

Florida's proposal would make it a felony for a parent or other caregiver to not report a child under the age of 12 missing after 48 hours. It also makes it a felony to not report a child's death or "location of a child's corpse" to police within two hours of the death.
Had Florida's measure been in place and Anthony been convicted, she could have faced another 15 years behind bars.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011...#ixzz1RcBHZx24

[Heart]

NYT editorial - it's not the justice system that's at fault, it's the opportunism.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/10/op...runi.html?_r=1

[Glenn]

You can also blame bad detective and forensic work. But, yes, the world got high and the media got rich on this indignation rush. I also agree that the feeding frenzy crushed the case causing the jurors to second guess themselves.

[Sachita]

I know about the case and occasionally read updates. There is no defense against insanity within a psychopath. I rank these cockroaches, sub-humans in the same category as pedophiles. They simply don't care about the repercussions of their actions as long as their selfish needs are met.

Of course she did it and the reasons why we might not ever know. The biggest consolation is that she will be treated as a murderer the rest of her life. Sure, she may get a book deal or movie, but that is short lived and money will never ever help her escape the stigma she'll always wear. She can get plastic surgery, change her name, etc but in this case I hope she is never allowed to have any more children.

The thing I don't get is the clorofill (sp) and why she would use this to sedate her daughter when there are so many drugs on the market. This part leaves me wondering what her real intentions were.

[Glenn]

[QUOTE=Sachita;

The thing I don't get is the clorofill (sp) and why she would use this to sedate her daughter when there are so many drugs on the market. This part leaves me wondering what her real intentions were.[/QUOTE]

Because she thought looking up recipes for chloroform on the internet was easier and less noticeable. She researched the internet how to use chloroform. Began using it to put her daughter to sleep while she partied. One night, she could'nt wake her up and freaked, so she placed her in a garbage bag, placed a heart-shaped sticker on her mouth, and sealed it with duct tape. She then tossed her in a swamp. 30 days later,she reported her missing, and gave a fake story about a Hispanic nanny. At the very least she should have been convicted of manslaughter.

[girl_dee]

I have heard that the detectives and police today are perplexed about crime shows like CSI. Juries and citizens in general expect what they see on TV to actually happen. DNA results within a moment, crime scenes which are never tainted in any way shape or form, and larger than life (and very hot) heroes who can bring the guilty party to trial without even the smallest doubt for the jury to ponder over.

That is why I still say that people have different views on what *reasonable doubt* means. Although in this case, I struggle to see what that reasonable doubt was, but I trust that the jury found something to keep them from using it.

[Beasley67]

I have never been able to reconcile the Prosecution's theory that Caylee was drugged and then suffocated with duct tape. It doesn't seem plausible. I also have wondered how much Ray Kronk (the meter reader guy) actually (and truthfully) disturbed the crime scene (or recovery site). His story changed too many times. I don't believe he did what the Defense team said. However, I don't believe he was truthful. Therefore, that put doubt in my mind about the condition of the remains.
Uglyboi and I have argued over this case from opening to closing arguments. I guess I have been looking at the facts or lack thereof. I understand that one can use logic to come to a conclusion of guilt. However, I don't think the Prosecution proved she MURDERED her child. I do believe that they proved she was present and in some way responsible for her death (through neglect or abuse). Uglyboi, however, is absolutely convinced of her guilt. UB also constantly reminds me of how Scott Peterson was convicted and sitting on death row with less physical evidence.
I just try to remind UB that 12 individuals came to the same conclusion. Then I remind UB that it is difficult to get 12 people to agree on a restaurant to eat at, let alone a verdict.

[BullDog]

I agree that the feeding frenzy has been disgusting, but there is a huge gap in the law if someone can not report a death and then only get sentenced to 4 years in jail. I did not follow the case very closely but from what I have read the decomposition of the body made it almost impossible to determine the cause of the child's death. There was major obstruction of justice.