<p>Younghoss,
I’m with you on this. It all looks so desperate and none of it is even plausible. I’m guessing that they are just hoping to get one juror who thinks that any one of these…theories…is a possible explanation for what happened.</p>
<p>I really do still think it was premeditated. Or she was thinking or fantasizing about killing her and then she drugged her to get her out of the way for the evening and didn’t anticipate that it would kill her. Did that make sense?</p>
<p>EPTR: I’ve heard, several times, the lawyers and others in the courtroom for HLN, say it’s always juror #4 that only takes notes when it looks like the defense is trying to pin things on George Anthony. That juror seems to make them nervous.</p>
<p>^^^^
Ah. The proverbial weak link. Hopefully the rest of the jury will be able to talk some sense into him/her.</p>
<p>This is so heartbreaking watching Mr. Anthony on the stand.</p>
<p>I think it’s very telling that Casey shows no shame/embarrassment that she’s putting her family thru all of this.</p>
<p>Yesterday, when Lee was asked …at the time of October 2008, was he still believing all of Casey’s lies…Casey showed no reaction. Anyone else would have cringed with shame.</p>
<p>I thought that the defense looked terrible today. It seemed like they led George to the subject of his attempted suicide and then when the prosecution wanted his letter admitted as evidence, the defense objected. Didn’t they bring it up?</p>
<p>Also, I agree with MOM2COLLEGEKIDS, she just sits there so stoically. I feel badly for her mom and dad, but I also believe that they raised a monster and are now dealing with the consequences.</p>
<p>Oh my goodness, does this witness not understand the concept of a peer-reviewed journal? Very frustrating!</p>
<p>Alwaysamom–YES!!! I want to throw my shoe at the TV!!!</p>
<p>“she just sits there so stoically”</p>
<p>Defense attorneys usually advise their clients to be as stone-faced as possible. If you show emotion, jurors jump all over it and may have strong negative reactions. If they already suspect you are guilty, they’ll read every expression in a way that is consistent with guilt. A blank look is far preferable to, say, tears or a frown that jurors might presume to be fake. If they get that impression, it infuriates them.</p>
<p>Of course, she also might be dead inside. But given that being stone-faced is a smart strategy, I hesitate to say.</p>
<p>I just don’t think a normal mother could sit there stoically no matter how hard she tried. No reaction to testimony about her daughter’s bones being scattered by animals or someone poking a stick through the eye socket to pick it up. Are there any mothers reading this who could sit there like she does?</p>
<p>I agree. The lack of reaction when he said he put his stick in the eye socket was abnormal. When he said that I even caught my breath.</p>
<p>Jeff Ashton is kicking the defenses b*tt right now. I love how he has turned the “hypothetical story” back around on the defense. I do not understand why the judge would let in the defense’s presentation of the hypothetical circumstances which just happened to match the Casey’s story. Can someone enlighten me?</p>
<p>Just seems like all day the defense has “opened the door” and the prosecution has “walked right through it.”</p>
<p>“Are there any mothers reading this who could sit there like she does?”</p>
<p>An able defense lawyer would prepare her for that too. It might take many, many practice runs. A mom unable to hold the poker face the first 20 times she listened to the horrible testimony might manage it the 21st time. Especially if her life depends on it, as it does here.</p>
<p>Also, there’s no question that she’s not a normal mother. She’s a rotten mother. They’re trying to figure out if she’s just rotten, or rotten AND a murderer.</p>
<p>FWIW, I think she’s guilty, and I haven’t been watching the trial, so I have no idea if her lawyers are any good. But whatever her motivation, I think she’s doing exactly the right thing by being stoic.</p>
<p>She has cried on some occasions and been stoic on others. I wouldn’t read anything into whether or how she’s reacting. And even if it’s about a child that you loved, being immersed in it every day for years would eventually desensitize you.</p>
<p>On the other hand, I’ve been unnerved by her giddiness at times. It’s creepy to see her giggling as she talks to the detective in one of the police tapes. It was her first interview with a detective, as I recall, or at least the first one that was taped. Who the hell would be all “tee-hee-hee” in that situation?</p>
<p>I wonder whether Casey Anthony is on anti-depressants/anti-anxiety medication or something else that blunt her emotions – but she did cry during her brother’s testimony the other day (although exactly why, who knows).</p>
<p>Videotapes of jail visits and police interviews have shown us what a gifted actress she is, so maybe she’s just (skillfully) acting like testimony from the guy who poked the skull and from her dad doesn’t bother her. Or maybe Casey’s reactions point to the reason she is on trial: she doesn’t seem to have a lot of empathy for anyone but herself.</p>
<p>I for one have a difficult time accepting emotional responses as indicative of anything, even though I know in most cases they really are. That was a big thing in the Amanda Knox trial, and as an autistic person assumptions based on a persons emotional appearances bother me. If I’d been charged with a crime prior to age 21, nobody would have known I had high functioning autism to know that my facial expressions and emotional responses would not be normal and would not be representative of what I was really feeling. I try not to assume I know what people are feeling based on what they are expressing. :</p>
<p>Cannot imagine Casey Anthony’s immediate family members having any sort of contact with her after this trial. I can understand them not wanting her to get the death penalty, partly because there would be so much reliving of this trial over the years via appeals, etc. But once her attorney said Caylee drowned and George hid the body, they all knew Casey murdered her daughter. I do not know how or why any sort of post-trial reconciliation would or could occur.</p>
<p>I have to say, I really like the judge. He seems to be very fair, and appears to cite case law off the top of his head. He’s not letting the media circus destroy the credibility of his court.</p>
<p>One of my Ds yawns when she is under extreme stress. Can you imagine what a jury would think if she were on trial? Wow!</p>
<p>*But once her attorney said Caylee drowned and George hid the body, they all knew Casey murdered her daughter. *</p>
<p>Right. That was really a short-sighted strategy by the defense. The defense should have realized that…</p>
<p>A) the family would realize that Casey is guilty because the “story” is made up…and the family knows it.</p>
<p>B) the family would not be as cooperative with the defense when testifying when they’ve been trashed by the defense and presumably Casey.</p>
<p>^^^^</p>
<p>Exactly what I have been thinking! I mean did they really think they could call the guy a molester and a conspirator in the murder and that he would just sit there and go down in flames? As much as he must love his daughter, both he and his wife must realize at a deep level that there is no good that is going to come out of more lies. I think it’s the parental instinct that makes them (or the mom anyway) lie to try to spare her child. The dad is showing what he knows deep down. That the truth needs to come out…as ugly as it is.</p>
<p>I wonder what the dynamic is between he and his wife now that she has lied on the stand to protect Casey and he has as much as said that he thinks Casey killed the baby.</p>