Justice- July 6, 2011
Like everyone else I was glued to the Casey Anthony verdict yesterday. But, my reaction was apparently not like everyone else.
I completely, 100% agree with the jury.
I know, I know, I can hear you now, “But Amy, you are a mother! Aren’t you outraged!?”
Yes. I am outraged. I’m outraged this woman didn’t report her child missing for more than 30 days. I’m outraged she lied to investigators. I’m outraged they found the body of a two-year-old with duct tape on her face. I’m outraged there are no answers.
If Casey Anthony was on trial for being a lying, crazy woman, or on trial for being a lousy mom, then she’s guilty on all charges. (and she was found guilty of lying.) But, she wasn’t on trial for those things. If she murdered that child, then the state didn’t prove it. It has to be “beyond a reasonable doubt”. There was a lot of doubt in this case. If I were a juror I’d be a tad insulted at having to sniff cans of crime scene scents that someone called “science.”
Everything about this is just so sad. A child is gone. Clearly this family has some terrible issues. I watched all those people protesting outside the courtroom. They were so angry at the jury. They kept chanting, “Justice for Caylee!” Well, the trial is over and no one was convicted. So to me, if we want justice for that child, the only thing we can do is protect our own children and love our own children a little more.
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Though I didn't follow the trial, from what I read afterwards, I do agree with you. People are always quick to blame and judge (but, yeah, that lady doesn't seem like the brightest crayon in the box…)
Larry and I also agreed with the jury. The trial left us with far more questions than answers, which, in turn, supports the verdict not guilty. We may never know the truth and the crimes against that child are unforgivable. It has been sad from beginning to end but the justice system DID work.
AMEN! Yes, the woman seemed like a TERRIBLE human being for not reporting her child missing for nearly a month and definitely seemed to have other issues but from everything I read and heard about the case, the prosecution didn't prove their case beyond any reasonable doubt. I'm honestly shocked that they put her on trial eligible for the death penalty when there was no definitive proof that linked her to the murder weapon and nothing that proved motive to kill her daughter.
I agree with you completely Amy!
Thank you for speaking out! I am just graduating from law school and I'm about to take the bar, and so maybe I look at things differently, but I couldn't believe the outrage that people had over the verdict. I was wondering if they watched the same trial I did, because the prosecution clearly did not prove their case. It's important that we respect the judicial process and appreciate that there is such a high standard of proof in our justice system. I wonder what all of these protesters and unhappy people would say if they had been falsely accused of something. I bet they would be all of the standard then. I don't know if this disturbed woman actually killed her child, and I guess now unless someone comes forward, we'll never know for sure. But legally the jury has found her not guilty and we have to respect that. The only sad part of this for me is that we'll probably never know what happened to this poor little girl.
Good for you! I didn't follow the trial at all. I didn't know any of the details of the case except that the girl went missing & then was found dead & that everyone thought the mom did it. I just don't follow things like that. Maybe I have too much faith in the justice system, but I don't see any reason to get all up in arms about something that just doesn't have anything to do with me. If Casey Anthony did do it, then she will have to deal with that and I don't think that would be an easy thing to deal with. But I think you're right that what we can do is just care for and protect our own children. I can't imagine being on a jury for a case like that. I believe they did the best they could.
I agree.
Ok, I love under a self created rock… and had little to no knowledge about this case at all. We stopped watching TV and CNN makes me sad so I skip it most of the time. After everyone was talking about it, I went back and got the quickie Cliff Notes version.
There is something about little kids and wanting to have someone to blame and punish when they get hurt that takes over in situations like this. I guess when people have someone to pin it on, it makes the horrible crime have closure. The whole things is so sad.