Now don't get me wrong, this case was bizarre for every possible imaginable reason. Casey Anthony seems like a sociopath of epic proportions and her family isn't exactly the model of stability, love, and support. I'll spare all of the details of the case because you can go to CNN or any other major news outlet and read about the entire thing.
Much like everybody else I was shocked that she was found not guilty. I honestly thought that the emotions of the case (and the COMPLETE lack of emotions on the part of Casey Anthony) would curry some favor. But nope. She was found not guilty of first degree murder and manslaughter charges and found guilty of four misdemeanor counts of effectively lying to authorities.
She'll likely be free on Thursday.
And that frustrates me to high hell. To be fair, the prosecution did little else than prove that she's a terrible parent unfit to bear children. The proof that an actual murder existed was minimal. By the way, this is my objective opinion. My emotional reaction has me pissed beyond belief that its very likely nobody will pay for what happened.
Even if she wasn't murdered and her death was an accident, between the time of her disappearance and her eventual discovery, some crime took place. The state of her body being taped and placed in a bag. Or the mere fact that this little girl's disappearance went unreported for so long. What in the holy hell are we doing in this country?
I have a daughter and I can't imagine my life if something were to happen to her like that. Heads would roll. Casey's indifferent and seemingly uncaring attitude the entire time of the trial amazed me. At the end of the day, your daughter is dead. Your life...but she couldn't seem to give two *CENSORED*.
It's not surprising that nearly everybody was amazed at her not guilty verdict. Hollywood even took to Twitter to express their disbelief. In cases involving children, innocent helpless children, we need somebody to pay. If we aren't protecting kids then what are we even doing?
I don't know what happened definitively. Nobody but those involved do. But I try to believe in justice and sometimes justice and right and wrong conflict.
Casey Anthony will be free soon but there are no winners in this situation. And I honestly hope that she never ends up pregnant again. Fair or unfair, that's a very real sentiment.
What did you think of the verdict? Do you agree or disagree with it?
Sad..., very sad.
Nicely thought out and written, sir. To me it seems like Casey Anthony got away with murder. But in the end the burden of proof wasn't met in the eyes of the jury, so they did what they legally had to do. I find the verdit screwed up in so many ways, and I let my anger help form my initial reaction. A day later, I'm still angry, but I have had time to think more clearly and I don't fault the jury for doing their job. I find Casey Anthony deplorable and reprehensive and I believe she should be sterilized before she is let out, and I know that isn't right, but it's how I feel. I know I'm not the only person who feels the same way.
Lets be real here. There is no way she's going to get hired anywhere. No one is going to trust her around kids or anyone. I can't see how anyone would want to be with her romantically. No one will want her in her neighborhood, her life is going to be hell and rightfully so. The only thing I'm really worried about is her getting some crap book/tv/whatever deal.
Acquitted or not she completely screwed herself over by not showing nothing but apathy over the death of her own daughter during the trial. I don't care if you think she's innocent, if you ignore that she sat stone-faced through pretty much the whole thing, and that she didn't tell anyone about her disappearance for so long, AND the kind of lies she told the cops, you're a complete idiot.
That's exactly what my mom and I were talking about yesterday. Jail or not, her life is over. She'd have to change her name, move far away, dye her hair, and get plastic surgery to even kind of move on with her life. Anyone who knows her for all of this isn't going to give her a chance. Jobs? Dating? Friends? Family? All ruined. Even if she did somehow manage to move on, get a job, get married, could you imagine what would happen if she had another kid? Can you imagine being a doctor and learning that you have to help someone who was accused of killing her child have another one?
The sad thing is, she's not going to have to work. I'm betting money this mom of the year will be making book deals, movie deals with lifetime, and won't have to work. She'll make money off the case because people eat that stuff up. The next thing you know we'll being seeing a daytime movie on TV about her story.
I'm not from Orlando, but have been here for work since around the time they were selecting the jury. It has completely dominated TV here, all daytime programming has been the trial, so I have watched at least *some* of the testimony every day of the trial. I think she was definitely guilty as well. I do think, a few days later, that the state shouldn't have gone for the death penalty, though I think she deserved it. She deserved time for what she did. I am not a parent and do not intend on it for a long time, but I can't even imagine not reporting my kid missing for 31 days. Why wouldn't you want all the help you could get? She said Zanny would kill her if she went to the cops, yet Zanny was a lie. Everything she attested to being the truth were lies. Her mother says in a jailhouse visit that someone claimed she drowned in the pool, and Casey herself said something along the lines of "Surprise, surprise, they will say anything to sell a story."
The trial shows that yeah I guess the system works "well" but maybe is a little effed up that you can't convict on a lesser charge based on the evidence and freaking common sense. Though I guess even the smartest of people sometimes lack common sense.
Her life is going to be destroyed and she deserves every miserable second of it. I do think she is going to try and profit off of it. That freaking slimeball Jose Baez was already on Dateline with Barbara Walters last night so its really only a matter of time before she does something...
This is why the founder were wise. They knew of human emotions running amok. The legal system is designed to take emotion out of the court. Unfortunitly it has been allowed to creep back in.
The public "outcry" for a scape goat (Casey) is the most foolish! As was the media coverage. The fact that she did not show emotion that the public wanted to see is not in any way material. What people want is a scapegoat for their sins. Now they have one.
I am in agreement and I appreciate your sensible summary of this disgusting situation. Casey Anthony is a horrid excuse for a human being. It is my opinion that she is responsible for her daughter's death, either deliberately or accidentally. What parent waits a freaking MONTH before reporting their missing toddler to the police? Only one that is responsible for the disappearance themselves, in my opinion.
I think that Casey Anthony should be sterilized so she can't have any more children. She has actually expressed a desire to do so. The idea is horrifying. She reminds me of Diane Downs, who shot her three children, one of whom died, because the man she was obsessed with did not want children.
I have a son and while I realize that not everybody grieves in the same way (I am usually very stoic at funerals) I would be an utter mess if anything happened to him. For me, life would no longer be worth living. Unlike my usual stoicism in the face of sorrow, I would be hysterical. He means everything to me.