<p>Casey will now ca$h in by writing (cough*ghost writer) a book, TV shows (too bad Oprah retired), movie deal, and paid guest appearances (like Snookie and Kim Kardashian).</p>
<p>I can agree with Baez that the death penalty does not work. It may have been partially responsible for the verdict in this case. </p>
<p>I hope Ashton learns a lesson here too and stops mugging in the court room. That would have ****ed me off as a juror. I also think he came across as a bully on occasion and there is no need for that either.</p>
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<p>The drowning story doesn’t hold water (sorry for the pun). Who makes an accidental drowning then look like murder? People understand accidents! Also, if it was accidental, she would have been in such shock at this unexpected tragedy making it hard to go out and party immediately and never show any emotion. Also, why sit in jail on a death penalty murder charge if you know it is an accident and at that point, not speak up even to your parents or anyone that there was an accident because at this point, you’re on trial for capital murder and wouldn’t want to take the fall for something you did not do. Covering up an accident makes no sense at that point (not that it made sense when it happened either). And surely it is not believable that the grandfather would cover up such an accident…makes no sense…and then let his own kid take the fall later…and as someone who is a former cop/detective. </p>
<p>Basically, she was found not guilty not because there was an accidental drowning but because the murder was not proved beyond a reasonable doubt to the jurors, in their view.</p>
<p>“If she didn’t drown, Casey must’ve done something”. Unless there is evidence, the jury can’t just assume that. The jury can’t fill in the story and timeline with things they think up!!! They have to come to a conclusion based on what they’re GIVEN. And they weren’t given much by the prosecution. Others have said it but i’ll say it again…the jury may very well believe Casey is the murderer but there wasn’t enough evidence for them to convict her.</p>
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<p>He is a lousy attorney. The verdict doesn’t change that.</p>
<p>Juries are unpredictable and it’s an unfortunate truth of the way that the legal system is set up. It’s what happens when you have people who are not trained or educated in the law, and also a system where many people who would be intelligent enough to understand the different aspects of an investigation that are presented in a trial, who may be able to understand and disect forensic evidence and expert witnesses, simply find a way to avoid jury duty.</p>
<p>Just evidence of how crappy the American Judicial System is. We’ll just wait and see.</p>
<p>I can’t imagine the Anthony parents right now. On the one hand, some relief that their D was spared the death penalty but between the pain and grief of their granddaughter dying (likely at the hands of their own daughter) and then her pinning a lot of the case on George, how do they welcome her home???</p>
<p>My employer’s policy is to provide full pay while employees are serving jury duty, and I would be happy to serve on a case like this, but I’ve never been asked.</p>
<p>I agree with the poster who said that George and Cindy will divorce and that Cindy will welcome Casey home. George probably won’t have anything to do with either of them again, I’m guessing.</p>
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<p>What you’re doing there is trying to project how you would act in that situation. That is not evidence. It is a completely circumstancial argument.</p>
<p>Also, don’t you know how the US judicial system works?</p>
<p>Running your mouth after the fact is a sure fire way of giving the prosecutors even more ammunition against you. Contrary to what people think, they are there to put you in jail. That’s their job. It makes no sense to increase their chances in any way, shape, or form.</p>
<p>So yes, clamming up and saying absolutely nothing is the best thing to do in that situation.</p>
<p>actually a jacksonville fl couple WAS charged with manslaughter with culpable negligence last year when their children drowned in the pool…a little bit different as the kids were 6 and 3 and the parents left them alone…they wandered outside and over into neighbors yard and drowned</p>
<p>Yeah, the family seemed a bit messed up before Caylee’s death and now it’s probably really tense. Another poster brought up the fact that Cindy may let Casey come home but George won’t allow it and it may split them up. This whole ordeal has caused a lot of pain for this family. I can see Casey moving to CA capitalizing on her fame/notoriety and giving interviews, making appearances, writing a book, etc… It would probably be good. She could still keep in touch with her family but she won’t be close enough to stop by at their house and see them.</p>
<p>Linda Kenney-Baden , a former member of Casey’s team, just said that if the prosecution had gone for a lesser charge they could have gotten a plea deal.</p>
<p>uhhh…aren’t you admitting that your client WAS guilty of more than just an accidental drowning???</p>
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<p>So true. Prosecutors are not evaluated on how well they expose the truth, but on how often they convict. The public tends to think of prosecutors as heroes and defense attorneys as scum, which is quite unfair.</p>
<p>Casey will now ca$h in by writing (coughghost writer) a book, TV shows (too bad Oprah retired), movie deal, and paid guest appearances (like Snookie and Kim Kardashian). *</p>
<p>Very true…and her mom will milk this for as much money as possible since parents haven’t worked in 3 years.</p>
<p>“The jury can’t fill in the story and timeline with things they think up!!!”</p>
<p>You are a parent of a child and you are the last one seen with that child. And when the child goes missing you lie about it for 31 days (saying the child is with you) and then when those lies can’t continue you say the nanny took her and continue to lie about it until the body is found. If that’s not child abuse – I don’t know what is. </p>
<p>I didn’t say she murdered the child – I said she did something. To me, she should have at least received the child abuse charge.</p>
<p>Wow. Just wow. I thought the fact that the dogs indicated there had been a dead body in the trunk would have counted for something. That and the fact that Casey did not report the child missing; her mother did.</p>
<p>Guess whoever knows what happened to Lauren Spierer in Bloomington, IN is playing the odds correctly by not reporting anything and hoping the body stays hidden long enough that any evidence is destroyed.</p>
<p>Stunning.</p>
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<p>Circumstances are evidence and circumstantial evidence, legally, carries just as much weight as direct evidence. Plenty of people have been convicted on circumstantial evidence. People have been convicted when no cause of death was determined and even when bodies are not found. When circumstances are presented that lead you to believe that the only reasonable explanation is that a particular person killed someone, then a conviction is not out of the ordinary.</p>
<p>I’m gobsmacked! </p>
<p>My prediction is that she’ll be back in court on some other charges eventually (after she runs through whatever money she gets.) </p>
<p>I think she’ll be a treated like a pariah by pretty much everyone including her parents - who fortunately know the truth.</p>
<p>Poor George, he is the scapegoat of this tragedy.
Will he try to do something dire to himself again?</p>
<p>Do you thing the villagers will light the torches and go after Casey?</p>
<p>I’m taking bets that there WILL be a civil suit.</p>