Stunned.

[rosedemon]

I am. I watched the basically the same court case that a jury of twelve people sat through. Although I did not think that Casey Anthony would be convicted of Murder One, I did think she would be convicted on one of the other charges. How wrong I was

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[adawnrae]

I am also stunned, but for a wholly different reason. Juries rarely seem to listen to the instructions, re: weighing evidence, rather than sentiment. I waited patiently for some credible evidence of her responsibility for her child's death, but it never came, what was presented was mostly a jumbled mess of maybes and possible scenarios and her not behaving appropriately. In the end, they completely failed to prove their case. But I figured she would be found guilty, anyway, because your average juror either ignores or fails to grasp their duty to uphold the law, no matter how unsatisfying it may be. She is probably guilty, but probably is not the standard in criminal cases, and with good reason.

[rosedemon]

I did not get that impression at all. I felt the procecution did a great job of piecing together a case against Anthony. Could they ever say what killed Caylee..no the remains they recovered could not tell them this. However, I did think Dr. G's remark that it was a homicide based on the fact that no child would have duct tape covering his or her mouth for any other reason but murder.

She got away with it for now. The idea that a socio-pathic liar is running the streets upsets me.

[adawnrae]

Dr. Garavaglia's finding of homicide as the manner of death based on the "fact" that there is no other possible explanation for duct tape being on a child's face had no basis in fact whatsoever. She ruled out natural causes and suicide, okay, but she also ruled out y default accidental death, which could not have been done forensically. It was an emotional argument designed to inflame the jury, as was much of her testimony, where she frequently left the realm of medical expertise and strayed into tangential speculation on human nature and behavior, which speculation was clearly based not on any specific knowledge or expertise, but on her own biases. It was appalling and highly unprofessional, and I would be astounded that the judge allowed it, if the judge hadn't been making reversible errors from practically the moment the trial began. That he allowed, among other things, an enormously inflammatory created video that superimposed pictures of the child's face with a ravaged skull would have been grounds for an appeal, if the

[rosedemon]

The jury did their job...and now they are demanding a 5 figure fee for interviews. Somehow, I yesterday I respected them...today I don't.

[adawnrae]

Ugh, our society is in rapid decline in so many ways. I have a splitting headache from the necessity of shaking my head in dismay at the state of things so often.

On the other hand, given the state of the economy right now, I might be tempted to take advantage of that, too, if I had information that people were willing to pay that kind of money for. I hate to admit it, because it speaks poorly of me, but that is a huge temptation when you are struggling.