Casey Anthony's murder trial

[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.

[Medusa]

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.

She and Jane Velez Mitchell are two of a kind. I was gone most of today so I didn't see any court room drama. JVM starts her show by yelling "Issues!" (the name of her show) but it sounds like someone should say "Gezundheit!" She's such an actress w/her exaggerated facial expressions and hand gestures. I like listening to the "experts" but I wish she would stay out of the discussion and just ask questions.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Today on Fox news they were trying to make a big deal because the defense's expert said there was no blood evidence in the car. It doesn't surpised me that there wasn't any. If the baby was tripple bagged before being put in there and if she had no bleeding before death, fluids might not have leaked out into the car.

Seems like Fox news is on the defense side and HLN on the states side.

[momcat]

Last night I watched a special with Judge Pirro, very interesting. The defense attorney may face sanctions for holding something back from the prosection. The judge went off on him while the jury was out because of it.

Another thing brought up was Casey's behavior in the courtroom. Film clips show her crying and often looking away from the monitor while the jury is seated. When the jury is out she's laughing, smiling, and acting like this is no big deal.

As for the defense saying the baby accidently drowned, why wait 3 years to bring that up? Judge Pirro made a good point regarding the defense position; if it was an accident why is Casey allowing her father to frame her for a murder that never happened? All they had to do was report the accident and there'd be no need for the trial.

I've only been able to catch bits and pieces of the actual trial but this is getting stranger by the day. Casey and her mother don't get along at all. It was said that Cindy was constantly telling her what a bad mother she was. It was also brought out that Casey and Cindy had a bitter argument the day the baby disappeared.

Every time I think I have this figured out, something new gets tossed into the mix.

[moosmom]

Catmom,

Welcome to the wonderful world of our totally disfunctional judicial system!! But you already KNOW that!!!

I'll call you tonight from my summer home in Farmington. Actually dog sitting for two great dogs, Shadow and her son Jake. She's a black cattle dog and he is a beautiful, chocolate pittie with the personality of a MUSH!

[Old Geezer]

Our justice system sucks. The young man that flipped the bird to Jeff Aston promptly was sentenced to six days in jail and a $650.00 fine and that psycopath killed her beautiful defenseless little girl and got away with it. OJ all over again.

[Lady's Human]

I didn't realize that there were this many jurors in the room who saw/heard all the evidence in the case firsthand.

Incredibly deep and diverse jury pool, and to have them all be right here on PT.

[Grace]

But one of the five alternate jurors spoke to reporters after arriving home Tuesday night in St. Petersburg and said he would have reached the same conclusion had he taken part in the deliberations.

"I agree with it wholeheartedly," said Russell Huekler, a teacher. "It was the right decision that was made."

Entire article.