THG Asks: Did the Casey Anthony Jury Get it Right?
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Today, THG Asks: Did the jury in the Casey Anthony case get it right?
YES by Hilton Hater
I firmly believe Casey Anthony is guilty. But I don't know this for a fact. I wouldn't bet my life on it. Would you?
That's the decision jurors were faced with in this case; heck, in any court case. A strong suspicion isn't enough, a hatred for the defendant doesn't suffice, a number of lies and conflicting stories don't add up to the one key element missing here:
EVIDENCE.
Can you tell me how Caylee died? Is there DNA that links Casey to the scene? Is there anything beyond (admittedly grotesque) stories of how Casey partied soon after her daughter disappeared and her searches for terms such as "chloroform" online?
Our court system places an extreme burden of proof on the prosecution because the last thing anyone wants is for an innocent person to be convicted. Jury members are instructed to take the words "beyond a reasonable doubt" very seriously.
A killer has almost definitely walked free. Nancy Grace has been given opportunities to rant like an attention-starved lunatic. Both results are regrettable. But, given a lack of hard evidence, I'm not sure what we could do to change them.
NO by Free Britney
Come on. That's my response, as a human being, to the argument that the jury did its job acquitting Casey Anthony. Simply put, the jury dropped the ball.
Falling prey to a baseless defense and what was lacking from the state's case, 12 people somehow declined to focus on the ample proof of her obvious guilt.
The jurors were sick over this, they claim, and "wanted more evidence" to convict Anthony. What the heck did they need? Raw video? An eyewitness?
A dead person's hair was in Casey's trunk, along with high levels of chloroform, a term searched for on her family's computer (along with "neck breaking").
Residue of duct tape - a rare brand found in the Anthony garage - was also present. Then there's Casey's blatant, ever-changing lies and unstable behavior.
More than enough evidence apparently wasn't enough.
Alas, the real world isn't CSI or NCIS, where a perfect DNA match always materializes at the 11th hour. Actual brains and gumption were required here.
Whether blinded by conjecture, unable to put two and two together, or just spineless, the jurors failed, and a child killer is free. That's something to get sick over.
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July 28th, 2011 4:50 PM
"Can you tell me how Caylee died? Is there DNA that links Casey to the scene? Is there anything beyond (admittedly grotesque) stories of how Casey partied soon after her daughter disappeared and her searches for terms such as "chloroform" online?"
Someone's been watching too much CSI. 1. Expecting a definite cause of death on a body discovered as long after death as this one is simply ridiculous.
2. There is not always DNA evidence. DNA evidence, when present, is not always reliable. DNA evidence is not necessary for proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
3. There is a strong collection of circumstantial evidence combined with the ridiculous nature of the defense's case. Circumstantial evidence alone (without a *shred* of direct evidence) can indeed be sufficient to prove a case beyond a reasonable doubt.
This verdict is a combination of juror stupidity and the CSI effect.
July 19th, 2011 12:12 AM
Hey Kinsu - If it was up to you Scott Peterson would still be
walking free. Circumstantial evidence is used in almost all murder cases. Very few murders have someone video taping the act.
Why would any mother throw her baby away like trash and then lie about her being taken. the lies were to throw everyone off. She's
a bad seed. Accusing her father of molestation and then not taking
the stand to prove it? All a smokescreen by fatman Baez.
Casey was the last one seen with Caylee, who else threw her into
the marsh, by the way, where she had buried 2 of her pets in similar fashion. Get real girl.
July 17th, 2011 6:01 PM
She only got off bcuz she is white
July 14th, 2011 5:17 AM
1. What evidence shows a body was in the car?
They tried to hammer home the fact that the trunk contained high levels of Chloroform. The problem is chloroform is in cleaning products and Cindy admitted she cleaned the trunk after removing the trash from it. Which honestly is something a lot of people would do after trash sat in a trunk for that long. So that right there puts a lot of doubt on all the Chloroform evidence. I never saw where the prosecution tried to show whatever cleaning product she used, and how it could not have produced the high levels they found.
The next issue was they spend way to much on the Smell of Death. There was not way of proving to a jury the smell of death over the smell of trash. That trash sat in a trunk under the hot sun of July in Florida for over week. I would imagine it smelled something awful. I'm sure they jury though the same thing. There was just no way of proven this whole theory and the prosecution wasted time on it.
2. The duct
July 13th, 2011 12:57 AM
Unless ALL the jurors have photographic memories, how could they possibly remember ALl that evidence, since they NEVER asked to see, hear or look at any of it? These jurors were LAZY, wanted to get home and deliberated on things that were not evidence or proven...that was rule number one. They were told to ONLY consider the evidence and yet, they somehow think George Anthony did what the defense accused him of? NOT PROVEN! The Scott Peterson jurors had far more intelligence than the Casey Anthony jurors did and that trial was pretty much circumstantial as well. What were they thinking would be left after 6 months of laying in a swampy area after a tropical storm blew through? Wonder if they even know what 'connect the dots" means? They Failed a child, the justice system and the public!
July 12th, 2011 10:18 AM
I THANK THE WHOLE JUSTICE SYSTEM HAS GONE CRAZY TO LET SOME ONE GO THAT HAS KILLED A CHILD I JUST DONT UNDER STAND AND IF ANYBODY GIVES HER MONEY WILL I JUST HOPE GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF IT
Rank: Z-Lister
July 12th, 2011 6:11 AM
This was a self-serving jury...looking to make big bucks...and that EVIDENCE is crystal clear!!! A shocking verdict sells!! There is only one True Justice..GOD...and just as that lightning struck that tree where little Caylee's remains were found--is PROOF beyond any doubt that they will all get what's coming to them!!! People let us all use our common sense...DON'T BUY ANY BOOKS, OR MOVIE TICKETS OR SUPPORT ANY TV SHOWS THAT WANT TO INTERVIEW ANY OF THESE SCUMBAGS...DUHFENSE LAWYERS OR JURORS!!!
July 12th, 2011 1:57 AM
12 Idiots.
July 11th, 2011 10:44 PM
sad to say just one more accident waiting to happen in releasing this evil woman.i ,like so many others ask. what do they think happened to cayley ,did she accidently put ducttape over her own mouth.why would a grandfather who knew his granddaughter accidently drowned go through so much detail to add things from her room befor he would dispose of her remains.it makes noooooo sense unless your 1 of 12 who said resonable doubt??????any sane mother knows you call 911 no matter what if it was an accident.drownings are a to offten commonality in this location so why go on the run for 31days ,and lets please not forget cindy called amy to take her to tonys i have not seen cayley or spoken to her in 31 days.casey may have been gone for another month if not for cindy.anyone who was sexualy abused would never let the abuser take care of that child....never!!!!she is a sociopath they have the ability to create whatever senerio they want to make it what they believe at the time.and you ask why t
July 11th, 2011 10:00 PM
i can't believe she got away with this,as a mother and a person who has beeen sexualy abused i can gareentee you i would not put my child or anyone elses child i a miles reach of the abuser,why just six weeks prior to the trail date was it about sexual abuse.no doctors came forward to say she had been seeking any medical help for abuse in any way ,shape or form.bias in opening said her father screamed at her shouting your mother will never forgive you ..where were the neighbors who heard the screaming .george walked up to pool and quietly pulled his granddaughter out?????where were the beighbors who saw george and all his activity in the back yard.12 sane people said there was no evidence she had something to do with it ????? and i would like for everyone to stop saying it took her 31 days to report her daughter missing,,,,,,,cindy dragged her friend amy into taking her to tony's apartment it could have been another 31 days if cindy didn't go there and drag casey home.there are many p