I thought they could have convicted on something similar to "depraved indifference" to human life. She did wait 30? days to tell her mother that she was missing. Maybe Florida doesn't have that or the District attorney overreached.

Quote Originally Posted by lizbud View Post
I think you are probably right.They had enough for a verdict of manslaughter. They were probably just concentrating on the murder charge
was wasn't proved beyond doubt.The very long sequestering had a bad effect on the jury & caused a rush to judgement.