<p>@poetgrl: I wish I had been here Saturday because I would have backed you up on that. Exactly right on about the charges. This is anything but a death penalty case, and even some of the best prosecution attorneys in the country backed Baez on that. The state got embarrassed today. This case was not a slam dunk like many seemed to believe.</p>
<p>On saturday,i was enjoying a beautiful day with family and friends…wasn’t thinking abput CC at all</p>
<p>I didn’t follow the trial too closely. What excuse did Casey give (or her defense give) for borrowing a shovel from a neighbor?</p>
<p>Brian Burner, testified that Anthony asked him June 18 if she could borrow a shovel to “dig up a bamboo root.” She returned the shovel about an hour later, he said.</p>
<p>Don’t know if she said anything more…</p>
<p>This narcissist murdered her child, whether by felony murder or by premeditation. As in the OJ trial, if the prosecution doesn’t hand over to the jury a videotape of the defendant actually committing the crime, they will not convict.</p>
<p>I didn’t follow the trial at all, but a local talk show covered the verdict and took calls afterwards. Not many people outraged, as they expected the verdict because they felt there was too much doubt there for the jurors to come back with a guilty verdict.</p>
<p>Or maybe if they had this thing called…evidence.</p>
<p>Casey should go work in Baez’ law office. </p>
<p>I hope that the judge gives her the full 4 years, so that she has to serve one more year. That will give time for interest to die, so she won’t get the glory treatment.</p>
<p>Can anyone explain why not reporting that she was missing for 31 days didn’t count for anything? Is that not child abuse? I’m not arguing here, I just genuinely don’t understand how the law works in that matter.</p>
<p>This is so far away from being even close to the OJ trial. No reason to even draw the comparison because beyond the verdict the similarities end.</p>
<p>If it is true that it was an accidental drowning (hypothetically speaking, going by Casey’s claim), why would it not come out as such until the opening statement of the trial?</p>
<p>Exactly…the defense would have come forward with that right away so that their client wouldn’t be in jail for 3 years.</p>
<p>*Has anyone else thought that maybe the police should have waited longer to arrest Casey? *</p>
<p>YES!!! Because then she wouldn’t have lawyered up and refused to talk.</p>
<p>The defense lawyers were so stunned after the verdict was read that they didn’t even think to ask the judge to immediately release Casey on the spot when they were discussing scheduling sentencing for the misdemeanors Thurs or Fri. They should have requested she be released or released on her own recognizance until sentencing hearing seeing how she had been in jail already 2 or 3 years.</p>
<p>Some of you just don’t seem to understand strategy.</p>
<p>If the Defense team came out with a plausible story before the trial even started, the prosecution would have had ample time to prepare a well prepared rebuttal.</p>
<p>In these types of situations you want surprise on your side. The less time the prosecution has to dissect your “story”, the better.</p>
<p>The trial was not about getting to the truth of what happened. It was about doubt–was there doubt or no doubt. It was about strategy.</p>
<p>Also, <3 Judge Perry!!
How refreshing (after the OJ trial anyway, the only other trial I’ve ever watched a lot of) to have a somber, on-the-ball judge, totally unaffected and unimpressed with the media circus surrounding his court.</p>
<p>My thoughts:</p>
<p>“Whew! That was close!” – Casey Anthony (as she high fives O.J. Simpson)</p>
<p>jsanche32: Just curious, are you personally close to Casey Anthony (or want to be)? You don’t seem to find anything about her or this case to be reprehensible.</p>
<p>Just heard on the news that State’s attorney Ashton has announced his retirement.</p>
<p>The OJ trial was a huge event even in Canada. We got out of class to watch the verdict.</p>
<p>An alternate juror is on HLN right now and says he concluded from the evidence presented that it was a “horrific” accident and that George and Casey taped Caylee’s mouth after she died. He is expressing extreme dislike of how George testified on the stand (“rude and evasive”) but says he did not conclude that childhood abuse had occurred. He also cited to the “incredibly dysfunctional” Anthony family. Essentially, the juror said he did not believe the prosecution established how Caylee died so he would have also found her not guilty. Interesting.</p>
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Jeesh. Those are pretty outrageous and irresponsible claims for someone to make based on observing a trial on TV. And the opinion of cheesy TV shrinks like Ablow are worth nothing.</p>
<p>What has always been most upsetting to me about this case is the allegation (assuming it’s true) that Casey’s mother convinced her not to get an abortion. You can’t force someone to mother a child. Cindy should have known that her daughter was unfit to be a mother, and if abortion was abhorrent to her, she should have insisted upon an adoption–which would probably have been quite acceptable to Casey. Some responsibility for this tragedy rests with Cindy.</p>
<p>I’m trying to be dispassionately objective, which is how one should look at this situation. </p>
<p>Emotional considerations/arguments should have no bearing on how you look at this case.</p>