• This is a political forum that is non-biased/non-partisan and treats every person's position on topics equally. This debate forum is not aligned to any political party. In today's politics, many ideas are split between and even within all the political parties. Often we find ourselves agreeing on one platform but some topics break our mold. We are here to discuss them in a civil political debate. If this is your first visit to our political forums, be sure to check out the RULES. Registering for debate politics is necessary before posting. Register today to participate - it's free!

Casey Anthony Trial: Jury Reaches Verdict

Any trial that becomes about emotional appeal tends to... result in serious WTF verdicts. Just remember, I called it ;)
 
Hicup said:
I'm so angry right now that I cannot atring words together that would be apt at describing my position on this matter. Can you imagine?


Tim-
Click to expand...

no, i can't.
 
tessaesque said:
I think he was talking about me throat punching Nancy Grace. Don't worry...I have a very weak upper body. I wouldn't cause her much harm...but with any luck I'd silence her for a minute.
Click to expand...
isnt she like the most annoying person?

anyway, I'm kind of glad to see 12 people came to almost the same conclusion I would have.

the four big holes left unplugged I saw were.

A. She coudnt have acted alone, so why wasnt the prosecution trying to find the accomplice, or at least bring that up.
they focused on Casey, so appeared to me, to not be interested in justice.

B. And would you put the poor girls body less than a mile from your house with an entire state of aligator infested swamps around?

C. who would need duct tape to smother a 2 year old?

D. the meter reader contaminated the crime scene, and let months go by...
he could have made so much noise someone would have had to go at least look at what he'd found.
he claimed he told authorities he found what appeared to be a skull less than a mile form Caley's home, and they didnt follow up for months?

Somebody dropped some balls here.

JMO

Only thing i would have done differently was find guilty on the neglect charge
 
There is something seriously wrong in America, when people expect that the only correct verdict in any trial is GUILTY. We have a jury system for a reason....we don't allow juries to watch news and read papers for REASONS. Too many people have the mentality that the only "just" verdict is a guilty verdict and get all up in arms when a jury that listened to the evidence and deliberated acquits someone of a crime. These same people sit silent or remain uninformed whenever an innocent person is convicted.
 
On a separate but releated note: I don't think I could be on the jury for a death penalty case without going absolutely crazy. You're potentially holding somebody's life in your hands, and what if you get it wrong?
 
I have a feeling that some careers in the DA's office and law enforcement just took a beating for the verdict in OC. That case was mishandled from the start! The DA and law enforcement forced the verdict here for sure. I think that the jury made the right decision based on the evidence that was presented to them- which is their job. The prosecution did not successfully prove their case to the point where I would have felt comfortable handing down a 1st Degree murder charge. We all know that she probably is guilty, but its not who's innocent or guilty, its who can prove who is innocent and who is guilty.
 
From the limited info I have seen on this (I didn't follow the trial), I would probably have agreed with the rest of the jury if I had been on it.

It sounds like she was convicted in the media and the evidence didn't support that conviction.

But I dunno.
 
LuckySl7vin said:
I have a feeling that some careers in the DA's office and law enforcement just took a beating for the verdict in OC. That case was mishandled from the start! The DA and law enforcement forced the verdict here for sure. I think that the jury made the right decision based on the evidence that was presented to them- which is their job. The prosecution did not successfully prove their case to the point where I would have felt comfortable handing down a 1st Degree murder charge. We all know that she probably is guilty, but its not who's innocent or guilty, its who can prove who is innocent and who is guilty.
Click to expand...

Exactly....you said it better than anyone I've read here.
 
Last edited:
DemonMyst said:
I find it sad and unamerican the lack of respect that some people have for our justice system.. I didn't follow this case so I am not going to make any claim to her guilt or innocense.. Except to say that 12 jurors unanimously found her innocent.. Which appears to mean nothing to some..

Just because a case doesn't get the ruling you want or agree with, doesn't give you the right to condemn her and call for her death.. According to the law and our system of justice.. Like OJ, she is innocent.. Whether we agree with it or not is irrelevent.. It is the judgements they got..

I would be more concerned about the innocent people that are on death row about to die even though they have committed no crime and the justice system has failed them.. I would rather see a murder go free than an innocent person be put to death.. To me it is worse when someone who is innocent is found guilty than someone who may be guilty is found innocent..

I don't know what happened to this little girl.. As I am sure most of us here don't..

In the end, justice has been served, and if you are an american, you will respect the judgement regardless of how you feel about it.. While it isn't perfect, I still believe that our system of justice is the best on the planet..
Click to expand...
I agree totally with you on this, I didn't follow this case at all, but unless their the physical evidence she must be acquitted in my opinion. In all reality, I think she killed her daughter, but you can't convict somebody on "feelings" you must have the evidence.
 
pbrauer said:
I agree totally with you on this, I didn't follow this case at all, but unless their the physical evidence she must be acquitted in my opinion. In all reality, I think she killed her daughter, but you can't convict somebody on "feelings" you must have the evidence.
Click to expand...

which brings up an interesting slant on things.
this theory invites that if someone can hide a body long enough, you can get away with about anything.
and finding Caseys DNA on the remains, in this case wouldnt prove anything.
You basically needed either a witness or a weapon.

It was obvious to all that she knew something, but that wasnt the charge.
 
shades said:
which brings up an interesting slant on things.
this theory invites that if someone can hide a body long enough, you can get away with about anything.
and finding Caseys DNA on the remains, in this case wouldnt prove anything.
You basically needed either a witness or a weapon.

It was obvious to all that she knew something, but that wasnt the charge.
Click to expand...

So you're saying a blueprint legally has now been provided to future mothers wanting to unburden themselves of their child. I can see the possibility of that happening.
 
disneydude said:
There is something seriously wrong in America, when people expect that the only correct verdict in any trial is GUILTY. We have a jury system for a reason....we don't allow juries to watch news and read papers for REASONS. Too many people have the mentality that the only "just" verdict is a guilty verdict and get all up in arms when a jury that listened to the evidence and deliberated acquits someone of a crime. These same people sit silent or remain uninformed whenever an innocent person is convicted.
Click to expand...

I agree, our system while not perfect, it works. The prosecution was not able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that this woman murdered her baby. So the verdict was correct. I think this is actually the first time dd and I have agreed on anything.
 
Last edited:
SgtRock said:
I agree, our system while not perfect, it works. The prosecution was not able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that this woman murdered her baby. So the verdict was correct. I think this is actually the first time dd and I have agreed on anything.
Click to expand...

Not the first.....we've agree before..... ;-)
 
This is why I could never be a lawyer. It's so incredibly frustrating to see injustice prevail as a sly witch can get away with murdering her child.
 
It's too easy to let a child go. You can give him/her to relatives, turn them over to CPS. You don't have to kill them. I don't think this will start some kind of string of child killer murders. No way. Something is wrong with Casey, but it is an aberration, not the norm. Lest we forget... God bless the little one.

 
krickitt said:
It's too easy to let a child go. You can give him/her to relatives, turn them over to CPS. You don't have to kill them. I don't think this will start some kind of string of child killer murders. No way. Something is wrong with Casey, but it is an aberration, not the norm. Lest we forget... God bless the little one.

Click to expand...


Not to derail too much, but I saw a guy perform this song on America's Got Talent...he added a whole new haunted quality to it...something in the raspy aspect of his voice or something. This song is hard-hitting enough, but he just blew it away.
 
Maybe we need derailing.. people calling for the death of Casey, etc. .....sigh.........the whole thing is just too horrible.....
I'm through derailing..........
 
digsbe said:
This is why I could never be a lawyer. It's so incredibly frustrating to see injustice prevail as a sly witch can get away with murdering her child.
Click to expand...

Why is only a guilty verdict justice? We have become programmed into buying into that belief. Think about it for a minute. If justice required a "guilty" verdict in every case, there would be no need for our system of justice. The prosecutors would decide who was guilty and that would be that.

Thank GOD that we have a jury system and people aren't convicted in the public media forum or by the whim of a prosecutor.
 
Why not appeal this?
 
disneydude said:
Why is only a guilty verdict justice? We have become programmed into buying into that belief. Think about it for a minute. If justice required a "guilty" verdict in every case, there would be no need for our system of justice. The prosecutors would decide who was guilty and that would be that.

Thank GOD that we have a jury system and people aren't convicted in the public media forum or by the whim of a prosecutor.
Click to expand...

Why is it that it always seems a liberal is the first to ask? It's so predictable. *sigh*
 
Appeal?? You're kidding, right? Can't be tried twice for the same crime. It's over. No one will ever know what happened except the ones involved in the cover-up of what I think was an accidental death in an insane family used to lies. I think her conviction is fair, and there are people walking away from this with nothing-- which I think is UNfair.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom