<p>"Careful. If you say that the child’s death is in itself evidence of neglect, then every parent whose child dies is neglectful. It doesn’t quite follow. "</p>
<p>Dead children aren’t usually found in a garbage bag on the side of the road.</p>
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<p>I am not comfortable with anyone getting the death penalty and I didn’t want Casey to get it. You are wrong that a guilty verdict means a death penalty. Those are two different findings. The jury would have had to recommend the death penalty to the judge and the judge would have had to follow that recommendation. The manslaughter conviction would not mean the death penalty.</p>
<p>I agree that the defense did not prove drowning. I’m not sure that they were obligated to prove drowning. They threw stuff out there to create reasonable doubt of other ways a child could have died.</p>
<p>To those worried about Casey making money off this case, rest easy. She will make money, no doubt. Then she’ll blow it on partying and whatnot. And as the public starts to forget, her vile brand of celebrity won’t be in demand anymore, and she’ll be broke again. Before long she’ll commit another felony of some sort, and then another, and in general her life will just be a string of pathetic attempts to get attention and deny responsibility as she alienates everyone she comes into contact with. She’ll never change because she can’t. Such is the existence of a sociopath.</p>
<p>Have to agree with Polarscribe.</p>
<p>I’ve also done some pretty funky searches.</p>
<p>Why are you all focusing on the defense and if their argument was plausible?</p>
<p>The burden of proof is on the prosecution</p>
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<p>Of course. Surely you don’t think I’m defending Casey Anthony. I’m only defending (as Devil’s advocate, mostly) the concept of burden of proof.</p>
<p>Was there any evidence,i believe not,of her actually purchasing chloroform?</p>
<p>None. There was zero evidence of that.</p>
<p>Which is why she was acquitted.</p>
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<p>Oh, me too. But if I searched for a deadly chemical and read an article about it dozens of times shortly before my wife was found dead with evidence of poisoning by that same chemical, you can bet they’d be dragging me off for interrogation, and rightly so.</p>
<p>yes, jsanch, “impeach” (post 777)</p>
<p>im·peach transitive verb</p>
<p>1.to challenge or discredit (a person’s honor, reputation, etc.)
2.to challenge the practices or honesty of; accuse; esp., to bring (a public official) </p>
<p>When Cindy was shown by employer and computer records that her testimony about the chloroform search was a lie, then one can say she(or that testimony) was impeached. We commonly think of discredited politicians, but the word properly applies to more than that.</p>
<p>It would seem that if she had done so, there would be some type of proof,video,credit card receipt,store clerk, etc…</p>
<p>Actually Cartera, Florida’s death penalty was just ruled unconstitutional because the jury does not have to be unanimous in recommending the death penalty and the judge does not have to follow their recommendation. Therefore, it is possible they refused to convict on 1st degree murder because they were scared that Judge Perry would ultimately choose to put her to death.</p>
<p>They said the searches were about making chloroform, not where to buy it. But just the same, they didn’t present any evidence that she had made chloroform, either.</p>
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<p>No, my statement still stands. Cindy was IMPEACHED. </p>
<p>Please see this legal definition below:</p>
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<p>Cindy’s testimony was found to be untrue and that she was lying. It was proven that she was at work and on her work computer, not her home computer, when the term “chloroform” was researched multiple times.</p>
<p>PS>…I cross posted with younghoss.</p>
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<p>In that case they would have convicted her on a lesser charge that doesn’t carry the death penalty.</p>
<p>The chloroform search was not presented in a vacuum. It was presented in conjunction with an expert opinion that the carpet from the trunk of the car contained “shockingly” high levels of chloroform - higher than any levels he had ever seen in decades of testing.</p>
<p>I could completely believe that the child drowned accidentally and Casey, being an idiot and a pathological liar, hid her body and lied about it.</p>
<p>I do not believe that her father helped her set it up to look like a homicide. Sadly, accidental drownings of children happen all too frequently. I <em>know</em> someone whose child drowned in their swimming pool in Florida, due to a series of unusual circumstances. (Normally, the child would never have had access to the pool area alone.) There was never any thought of charging them with anything. A police officer would be well aware that parents are not prosecuted for accidental drownings unless there is unusual evidence of neglect. That story is pure nonsense.</p>
<p>The deal breaker for me is the duct tape. The duct tape equals foul play: she killed her either deliberately or accidentally. The mother perjuring herself regarding the computer searches is icing on the cake.</p>
<p>I don’t believe in the death penalty under any circumstances, but I think she should at least have been found guilty of manslaughter.</p>
<p>Shame on anyone who in any way collaborates with her inevitable future profiteering from this.</p>
<p>A though occurs to me: Like it or not, there are many ways to commit crimes and get away with them. As feeling people, of course we desire justice and want to believe it is always possible. But the sad truth is that if you kill someone with no witnesses and hide the body long enough, your chances of beating the rap can be substantial. This isn’t the last time we’ll be discussing the injustice of a known killer going free.</p>
<p>In this case, they couldn’t even prove that she had in fact bought any chloroform.</p>
<p>I find it ** EXTREMELY ** doubtful that a 25 year old from the sticks could buy chloroform without leaving a paper trail.</p>
<p>And the entire prosecutions case hinged on the use of Chloroform. </p>
<p>Since they couldn’t prove she bought it, they used the online search argument.</p>