Casey Anthony's murder trial

[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.

[Old Geezer]

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.

Obviously you are a defense lawyer.

[Lady's Human]

No, just constantly amazed by the public following a trial which doesn't affect them in the least thousands of miles away and completely ignoring things which affect them directly in every segment of their lives.

Sensationalism sells.

Congrats to CNN et. al., another rating kill on a hyped case.

[pomtzu]

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.

Yes - isn't it grand that we can all have our opinions and can state them??? Just one aspect of our rights of living in "the land of the free" - that good old "freedom of speech". That's why, most of the time when I say something controversial, I also say "IMO".

[finn's mom]

No, just constantly amazed by the public following a trial which doesn't affect them in the least thousands of miles away . . .

I feel the same way. Especially when it only seems to upset the people viewing it. I swear, I know a couple people that probably have a new ulcer or two from watching this trial on a daily basis. I hadn't heard much about it, except for the verdict. Sad, either way, because that little girl is still gone.

[happylabs]

What if she is innocent? The media had her guilty before anyone was sure she was even dead.

She was a bad mother, yes, but did she actually kill her own child?

I still think the grandmother did it.

[caseysmom]

The grandmother was the only one concerned when the child was missing. Sorry that makes no sense.

[pomtzu]

Well - I'm going to post this one last time (don't hold me to that, but I'll try to not say any more about this subject).

I started this thread because I thought the trial would be interesting, and I really wanted to see how our justice system would handle it. I did not eat, drink and sleep it, nor did I get an ulcer stressing over it, and I did not veg in front of the t.v. on a daily basis, letting it consume my life. Yes - I was upset with the verdict yesterday and it did bother me - just as it did so many other people in this country, and elsewhere too. I found it interesting to read other PT'ers views on it also over the course of the trial. No one here that posted was right or wrong - simply expressing what they felt.

I guess I became interested in it in the first place, since it had so many similarities to a local case here several years back. A "man" - and I use that term very loosely - sexually molested his young son. He was brought to trial with no real evidence - only the son's word that it happened. I believe the boy was around 11 or 12 at the time. This guy was found guilty and sentenced to 40 years in prison - he'll be in his 70's if and when he is released. No "real" evidence that it happened - how could the court be sure?? Do I think he did it??? Yes - most definitely. This guy was low-life scum - a drunk who lived off others and rode around town on his bicycle because he had so many DUI charges that he permanently lost his license, and he had no job to even afford a junk car anyway. He stole and lied - probably would have sold the fillings out of his mother's teeth for a buck! Sound like somebody else that has been in the news lately????? In the end, he was convicted with no hard evidence at all.

So if anyone is upset with any of my posts - oh well - get over it. No one was forced to read or post anything here. To the folks who did post and debate without being judgmental of other posters - thank you.

And in the end, little Caylee received no justice at all. IMO!!!!

[finn's mom]

I did not eat, drink and sleep it, nor did I get an ulcer stressing over it, and I did not veg in front of the t.v. on a daily basis, letting it consume my life. Yes - I was upset with the verdict yesterday and it did bother me - just as it did so many other people in this country, and elsewhere too.

So if anyone is upset with any of my posts - oh well - get over it. No one was forced to read or post anything here.

Please note that I did not say that anyone here did anything inappropriate nor did I point you out specifically as stressing to the point of ulcer (that statement is the only reason I'm replying in the first place because I think I may be the only one who referred to that). I read no posts on this thread except a few of the most recent (maybe four or five). I saw that someone felt the way I did about it and responded. In fact, I only opened it one other time besides today, when it was first started, so I certainly wasn't upset by anyone's posts.

[sparks19]

whether anyone thinks it's worth my while or not.... people who hurt children and get away with it will ALWAYS make me very angry. I odn't know if that person is Casey or not but someone did this and no I don't know them but it does affect me. It breaks my heart that these innocent beautiful babies have to suffer at the hands of people who should KNOW BETTER.

[K9karen]

I was just wondering. If at any time Casey let's it slip (drinking, drugs, mouthing off..whatever) about the circumstances of Caylee's death, can she be rearrested or is that double jeopardy and she can't be tried twice for the same crime?

[Catty1]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...7620Y720110707

(Reuters) - A juror in the Casey Anthony case said on Wednesday that jurors cried and felt sick after deciding to acquit the young Florida mother of murder, a verdict that dropped jaws across the country.

"I did not say she was innocent," juror Jennifer Ford told ABC News. "I just said there was not enough evidence."

"If you cannot prove what the crime was, you cannot determine what the punishment should be," the 32-year-old nursing student said.

All 12 jurors who found Casey, 25, not guilty of first-degree murder and other felony charges stemming from the 2008 death of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee declined to comment to the media immediately after the verdict. Ford said they were emotional and not ready to speak.

"It was because we were sick to our stomach to get that verdict," she said of the jurors who had been sequestered in a hotel for the duration of the trial because of the intense media coverage. "We wanted to do it with integrity and not contribute to the sensationalism of the trial."

[Moesha]

I was just wondering. If at any time Casey let's it slip (drinking, drugs, mouthing off..whatever) about the circumstances of Caylee's death, can she be rearrested or is that double jeopardy and she can't be tried twice for the same crime?

She could confess while sober and nothing could happen to her legally.