Casey Anthony's murder trial

[Asiel]

But.......who saw Casey put her in the trash bag and dump the body??? No one!!! Where are the fingerprints on the duct tape and/or trashbag??? There are none!
Don't get me wrong - I'm in no way defending Casey - but she may benefit by all the loopholes in the system. Yes - people are convicted based on circumstantial evidence all the time. But at the same time, people are also wrongly convicted and spend their life in prison and are even put to death, only to have it proven much later, that they were not guilty afterall.

Pomtzu---I do get your point. I guess to me it just seems the evidence is so overwhelming that I would just toss her in jail for life. I think the picture of that little girl is a bit much to handle....But I agree about innocent people being found guilty on less evidence than they have here. The law sure does baffle me at times. I just hope this gets solved in a hurry.



I noticed this too. When he was asked the question, he had been looking straight ahead, but before he answered, he lowered his gaze and then looked back up again before he answered "no I did not".

I believe that George and/or Lee know a lot more than they are telling.

Medussa---I think maybe that's part of what angers me the most......deep down I do think George is involved in not such innocent activities....the whole thing just turns my stomach.
I guess kids and animals just makle me feel like we should be protectig them from such monsters and I feel sick when we fail them.

[Grace]

But....... Where are the fingerprints on the duct tape and/or trashbag??? There are none!

After the amount of time that passed before the body was discovered, any fingerprints on the tape would have disappeared. At least that's what I heard a forensic person say yesterday.

[pomtzu]

Nobody saw scott peterson kill and dump Lacy either but he's sitting in prison.

Yes - that's true - and this case was mostly circumstantial too. But there was never anyone else as a possible suspect/accessory, was there? In the Anthony case, they have cast suspicion/doubt on George too, and not just Casey. IMO - that's going to be the problem with getting Casey convicted of 1st degree.

The fact that she was partying while they were looking for Caylee has me convinced that this mother wanted her child gone.

I don't think many people would disagree with that. And her tattoo that she got when Caylee was "missing" - "Bella Vita" translates to "beautiful life". Didn't turn out so beautiful afterall, did it Casey???

[lvpets2002]

And EveryOne Knows What Happens To Child Killers In Prision!! Yup Casey have Bella Vita Now You Piece of $#@*%..

I don't think many people would disagree with that. And her tattoo that she got when Caylee was "missing" - "Bella Vita" translates to "beautiful life". Didn't turn out so beautiful afterall, did it Casey???

[caseysmom]

George's involvement just doesn't add up, if Caylee drowned then why the duct tape. She could have been molested by George but that doesn't give her an excuse to murder her child.

Scott Peterson's defense team made up some other theories of other suspects but it was obvious who did it.

[Medusa]

I don't believe for a hot second that Caylee drowned but I can't shake the feeling that somehow George is involved. He claims to have attempted suicide quite some time ago and if true I wonder if it's b/c he was involved and not just b/c of all that had transpired up until that time.

Experts are saying that Casey must testify if the defense is going to continue w/the sexual abuse story. Otherwise, it's she said/he said and he's denied it. Many think that she'll crumble on the stand but I'm not so sure about that now. I saw another portion of the tape when she was being questioned about Caylee's disappearance and she was rock hard. She didn't break down and if she was ever going to, it could've been then b/c those cops (especially the one whose name escapes me) really hammered on her. When they left the room and she was alone, she got up, adjusted her blouse and SMILED. Smiled! Even if she didn't murder Caylee, how could she smile knowing that Caylee was dead? This is one cold blooded woman. She has ice water running through her veins.

[momcat]

As for putting Casey on the stand, I think the defense would be making a huge mistake. The prosecution would tear her to shreds on her non stop lies alone. Whenever Casey was caught in a lie she came up with another lie to get out of it. No matter what, Casey has an answer and or excuse for everything. I don't think she would recognize the truth if it came up and smacked her square in the face.

I still believe that George knows much more than he admits about what happened and possibly was directly involved. That guy is starting to really creep me out. As for Casey's mom, I'm starting to doubt that she was involved in any way and question what she knew and when she knew it.

[Asiel]

I don't believe for a hot second that Caylee drowned but I can't shake the feeling that somehow George is involved. He claims to have attempted suicide quite some time ago and if true I wonder if it's b/c he was involved and not just b/c of all that had transpired up until that time.

Experts are saying that Casey must testify if the defense is going to continue w/the sexual abuse story. Otherwise, it's she said/he said and he's denied it. Many think that she'll crumble on the stand but I'm not so sure about that now. I saw another portion of the tape when she was being questioned about Caylee's disappearance and she was rock hard. She didn't break down and if she was ever going to, it could've been then b/c those cops (especially the one whose name escapes me) really hammered on her. When they left the room and she was alone, she got up, adjusted her blouse and SMILED. Smiled! Even if she didn't murder Caylee, how could she smile knowing that Caylee was dead? This is one cold blooded woman. She has ice water running through her veins.

Medussa has just printed my feelings in a way that I just couldn't express. I get too tied up in knots when something like this happens and I seem to lose my train of thought.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

HLN was saying tonight that it came out that Caylee might not have been dead when they put her in the trash bags. Good Lord if the state had evidence of that and didn't let the jury hear it, I think that would be criminal.

[Grace]

Interesting article from TIME regarding the forensic evidence -

http://www.time.com/time/nation/arti...077937,00.html

[pomtzu]

Interesting article from TIME regarding the forensic evidence -

http://www.time.com/time/nation/arti...077937,00.html

Interesting article - thanks for posting.
As far as some of the testimony - I question a lot of what Dr. Vass said. He's somewhat of an eccentric nut IMO. He wants to use flies with tracking devices attached, to locate dead bodies??? I wonder how those little suckers would even get off the ground??? He testified too, about shockingly high levels of chloroform in the trunk of Casey's car, yet others said it wasn't high at all - and these were all prosecution witnesses. I have seen a show on one of the cable channels about the "Body Farm" he worked at tho - gross but informative.

Well - now let's see what the defense is going to do. It gets more complicated (real and/or fabricated) by the day.

[wolfsoul]

Whether she killed her kid or not, IMO her behaviour after Caylee was "missing" is enough to put her in jail. Sorry, no normal person lays in bed all day with their bf watching moves and goes partying if they think their child is missing. If you're that screwed in the head you shouldn't be part of society anyways.

[pomtzu]

Whether she killed her kid or not, IMO her behaviour after Caylee was "missing" is enough to put her in jail. Sorry, no normal person lays in bed all day with their bf watching moves and goes partying if they think their child is missing. If you're that screwed in the head you shouldn't be part of society anyways.

She'll definitely be convicted of something - but what is the big question. There are 7 different charges against her.

[caseysmom]

Well she already has 6 felonies for stealing checks.

[pomtzu]

HLN was saying tonight that it came out that Caylee might not have been dead when they put her in the trash bags. Good Lord if the state had evidence of that and didn't let the jury hear it, I think that would be criminal.

AARRGGHHHHH! I heard it last night too, but only one source is reporting anything about it - NANCY GRACE. Now isn't that a surprise?? I tried to give her the benefit of the doubt and did a Google search, but darned if I can find anything other than what came out on HLN. She should work for a trash reporting tabloid - IMO.