Casey Anthony Aquitted

[gregs887]

You heard it here first. Did she pull the same jury as OJ?

Casey Anthony Found Not Guilty of Killing 2-Year-Old Daughter - FoxNews.com

Published July 05, 2011 | FoxNews.com
BREAKING: Jurors have reached a verdict in the trial of Casey Anthony, who is accused of murdering her 2-year-old daughter Caylee, Fox News has learned.

Judge Belvin Perry said he will read the verdict at 2:15 p.m. ET Tuesday.
The Florida jury deliberated for more than 10 hours. If convicted of first-degree murder, the 25-year-old Anthony could get a death sentence.
She could also be acquitted or convicted of second-degree murder or manslaughter.

She is also charged with lying to sheriff's detectives investigating her daughter's 2008 disappearance. The jury of seven women and five men had worked through much of the long weekend, hearing closing arguments Sunday and Monday morning and deliberating for six hours that afternoon.

In their rebuttal closing argument on Monday, prosecutors said Anthony killed Caylee in June 2008 because the toddler interrupted her carefree partying and love life. The jury received the more than 400 pieces of evidence that have been presented by both sides in the case since the trial began in late May.

Prosecutors said the defense's assertion that Caylee's death was an accident made no sense.

Anthony's attorneys say the girl drowned in the family's pool. They have said Anthony panicked and that her father, a former police officer, decided to make the death look like a homicide by placing duct tape over the child's mouth and dumping the body in some nearby woods. George Anthony has denied that.

Prosecutor Jeff Ashton told the jurors no one makes an innocent accident look like murder.

"That's absurd. Nothing has been presented to you to make that any less absurd," Ashton said. He also spent significant time reminding jurors about forensic evidence that he said links Anthony to her daughter's death, including the smell and chemical signature of decomposition in her car.
Anthony is charged with first-degree murder and six other charges. If convicted of first-degree murder, she could be sentenced to death or life in prison. The jury was chosen from the Tampa Bay area because of pretrial media coverage and have been sequestered in an Orlando hotel. They listened to 33 days of testimony and another two days of closing arguments.
Lead prosecutor Linda Drane Burdick followed Ashton, telling the jurors that prosecutors presented every piece of evidence they promised in May during opening statements.

She then hammered on the lies Anthony, then 22, told from June 16, 2008, when her daughter was last seen, and a month later when sheriff's investigators were notified. Those include the single mother telling her parents she couldn't produce Caylee because the girl was with a nanny named Zanny -- a woman who doesn't exist; that she and her daughter were spending time in Jacksonville, Fla., with a rich boyfriend who doesn't exist; and that Zanny had been hospitalized after an out-of-town traffic crash and that they were spending time with her.

"Responses to grief are as varied as the day is long, but responses to guilt are oh, so predictable," Drane Burdick said. "What do guilty people do? They lie. They avoid. They run. They mislead, not just to their family, but the police. They divert attention away from themselves and they act like nothing is wrong. That's why you heard about what happened in those 31 days."
Drane Burdick concluded the state's case by showing the jury two side-by-side images. One showed Casey Anthony smiling and partying in a nightclub during the month Caylee was missing. The other was of the tattoo -- which meant "beautiful life" -- she got a day before her family and law enforcement first learned of the child's disappearance.

"At the end of this case, all you have to ask yourself is whose life was better without Caylee?" Burdick asked. "This is your answer."
Anthony sat stone faced during much of the prosecutors' arguments, but occasionally shook her head in disagreement and spoke under her breath.
Defense attorneys claimed Anthony's lies and erratic behavior were brought on by her grief over her dead child and the sexual abuse she suffered as a child from her father. George Anthony has denied that allegation, and the judge said no evidence has been presented to support it.

Defense attorney Jose Baez said during his closing argument Sunday that the prosecutors' case was so weak they tried to portray Anthony as "a lying, no-good slut" and that their forensic evidence was based on a "fantasy." He said Caylee's death was "an accident that snowballed out of control."
Baez began his closing argument Sunday with his biggest question: How did Caylee die? Neither prosecutors nor the defense have offered definitive proof.

Baez attacked the prosecution's forensic evidence. He said air analysis of the trunk of Anthony's car, which allegedly showed air molecules consistent with decomposition, could not be duplicated. No one could prove a stain found in the trunk was caused by Caylee's body decomposing there. And witnesses showed maggots found in the trunk came from a bag of trash that was found there, he said.

Baez also attacked George Anthony as unreliable. He said a suicide note George Anthony wrote in January 2009 that claimed no knowledge of what happened to Caylee was self-serving and the attempt was a fraud. He said George Anthony claimed he was going to kill himself with a six-pack of beer and high-blood pressure medicine.


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[BiggestManEver]

Did she pull the same jury as OJ?

I was about to post the same thing. What a joke.

 

[NYCHitman1]

RT @KimKardashian: CASEY ANTHONY FOUND NOT GUILTY!!!! I am speechless!!!

Someone's reply: So was Nicole Brown Simpson's family when your dad got OJ off.

Pwned. The justice system in this country is a joke.

 

[Isthmus]

Just when you thought there would be a day with no "WTF was that?" kind of news, Florida once again rises to the occasion.

 

[Bramsy]

forgot about this. well i knew, just forgot that the decision was today. thanks!

and for the guy that thought the F'D up news was gonna pause, read this:

New York Rider Dies Protesting Motorcycle Helmet Law - ABC News

 

[Knewz]

Jury was paid off, end of story.

 

[Bramsy]

i dont think so... think they pulled an OJ though. casting enough to make the mind wander

 

[intrdrgn]

Pathetic!!! so it's ok to dump the body on the side of the road. & get off... just doesnt make sense.

 

[Bomfy]

RT @KimKardashian: CASEY ANTHONY FOUND NOT GUILTY!!!! I am speechless!!!

Someone's reply: So was Nicole Brown Simpson's family when your dad got OJ off.

Pwned. The justice system in this country is a joke.

That is hilarious, sad, and disconcerting all wrapped in one. Mostly hilarious until you think about it, then it get slightly less hilarious.

I honestly was saying it would be a hung jury and end up in a retrial. I thought the defense had one or two bleeding hearts that would be on the no way a mom could do it bandwagon and the whole spectacle would start anew.

This is surprising. It's amazing how easily it seems trails can be taken off course.

 

[FreakyLocz14]

I'm going to comment on this from my POV, which is that of a law student trained to think like a lawyer. The verdict was absolutely appropriate. The prosecution has the burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Contrary to what others may believe, the defense has no burden of proof at all to try and argue innocence. The entire burden of proof rests with the prosecution. The state's case was very weak. They couldn't even provide a cause of death, so for all we know, anything could have killed the baby.

 

[intrdrgn]

I'm going to comment on this from my POV, which is that of a law student trained to think like a lawyer. The verdict was absolutely appropriate. The prosecution has the burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Contrary to what others may believe, the defense has no burden of proof at all to try and argue innocence. The entire burden of proof rests with the prosecution. The state's case was very weak. They couldn't even provide a cause of death, so for all we know, anything could have killed the baby.

but she's DEAD! what more you want. what about the PETERSON case, where he killed his wife. no confession, no one seen him killing her & disposing the body, i know that none of us saw this coming not even you. in the OJ i felt he would get off base on the evidence & what surrounded the case but this, far fetch. if it was a drowning accident then why make it like a murder? i never seen where a drowning accident was not reported to the proper authorities. you honestly think she would've went back & recovered the body, to give it a proper burial?

 

[SeekerOfTheWay]

I watched the trial. I believe she is guilty. But the jury does not. Our jury system is what we have and the best system we know to use.

I would like to see some changes In that system though.

 

[dan330]

i have not been following this case...

I see she was found not guilty of murdering her baby girl. and everyone is upset. so.. did she pull and OJ?

 

[Martimus]

The jury rules in this case indicated that "the State must convince you beyond a reasonable doubt of the defendant’s guilt of either premeditated murder or felony murder". If the jurors had any doubt then they were compelled to vote accordingly...

Jury Instructions in the Casey Anthony Trial – In Session: - CNN.com Blogs

It seems like the prosecution did not do a thorough job of convincing the jury. One example that I read was that the prosecution argued that it was "highly likely" that Casey Anthony was guilty. "Highly Likely" would indicate that there was some doubt. If the prosecutor has doubts then it would make sense that the jury might also have doubts.

 

[NYCHitman1]

Sure as hell seems that way.

 

[raysthepower]

In my honest opinion, I think both sides had it right.

For the defense side, it couldn't be proven that Casey Anthony killed her daughter. The evidence did seem circumstantial. If the tape and plastic bags had her DNA, then yeah, she'd be guilty on all counts.

For the prosecutor's side, Casey did not look like she cared that her baby was missing (or dead) whereas true mothers would go crazy when they know that their baby is missing and fear for the worse.

The thing about a compulsive liar is that you never know when they are lying or when they are actually telling the truth. The more I think about it, I think the jury did not know what to believe and were scared of sending this woman to her death by mistake (if she was telling the truth).

There is one thing that does not escape my mind. When you look at the home movies and pics from the Anthony family, you can plainly see that Caylee loved Casey and Casey loved Caylee.

The whole thing is a huge mess.

 

[WarBird87]

I think the jury did there jobs, they based there decision on the evidence and not the emotions of the case. I was not surprised by the verdict because I have even said that if I was on the jury, and I knew nothing of this case, I would have a hard time convicting her of Murder 1 or manslaughter based on the lack of evidence and the he said she said...

If she really killed her kid then she got away with it, and she has to live with it. If she honestly didnt do it, then the justice system worked for her, but we will never know the truth and that is something the public does not deal well with. people are going to hate her because of their own opinions, but honestly no one was there, we dont know what really happened. they are judging her based on the fact that she lied so many times... which i know does not make her look innocent...

I do think that if the state did not try to go for all the beans with a murder 1 conviction, and just strictly stayed with a manslaughter charge they might have been able to get a conviction. but because the murder 1 came with a possibility of the death penalty, some of the jurors said that if they were to convict someone of death, they better know with out a doubt that that person did what they were accused of, with physical evidence, and they just did not have that here....

I personally still think the entire family was in on it and had something to do with it... it sucks that this little girl has been killed but with out evidence linking it one way or the other its never going to be solved...

I was thinking about what if they did convict her, killed her and she still claimed her innocence all the way up until her death... and everyone hated her, thought she did it, then someone finally comes forward, with a confession and some sort of physical evidence proving he or she killed that little girl and the state killed her mother for no reason... how bad do you think the jurors would feel then? what would everyone say that swore up and down that she did it only to find out that they let their emotions make opinions on her...

its funny how people forget the whole "Innocent until proven Guilty" they get it stuck in there heads that its "Guilty until proven Innocent" and then when the person is in fact found Not Guilty, they b!tch and complain about it. Just imagine all the people who have been wrongfully convicted that no one believes.

 

[WarBird87]

I posted this in the other thread so ill just paste it hear...

I think the jury did there jobs, they based there decision on the evidence and not the emotions of the case. I was not surprised by the verdict because I have even said that if I was on the jury, and I knew nothing of this case, I would have a hard time convicting her of Murder 1 or manslaughter based on the lack of evidence and the he said she said...

If she really killed her kid then she got away with it, and she has to live with it. If she honestly didnt do it, then the justice system worked for her, but we will never know the truth and that is something the public does not deal well with. people are going to hate her because of their own opinions, but honestly no one was there, we dont know what really happened. they are judging her based on the fact that she lied so many times... which i know does not make her look innocent...

I do think that if the state did not try to go for all the beans with a murder 1 conviction, and just strictly stayed with a manslaughter charge they might have been able to get a conviction. but because the murder 1 came with a possibility of the death penalty, some of the jurors said that if they were to convict someone to death, they better know with out a doubt that that person did what they were accused of, with physical evidence, and they just did not have that here....

I personally still think the entire family was in on it and had something to do with it... it sucks that this little girl has been killed but with out evidence linking it one way or the other its never going to be solved...

I was thinking about what if they did convict her, killed her and she still claimed her innocence all the way up until her death... and everyone hated her, thought she did it, then someone finally comes forward, with a confession and some sort of physical evidence proving he or she killed that little girl and the state killed her mother for no reason... how bad do you think the jurors would feel then? what would everyone say that swore up and down that she did it only to find out that they let their emotions make opinions on her...

its funny how people forget the whole "Innocent until proven Guilty" they get it stuck in there heads that its "Guilty until proven Innocent" and then when the person is in fact found Not Guilty, they b!tch and complain about it. Just imagine all the people who have been wrongfully convicted that no one believes.

 

[NYCHitman1]

I posted this in the other thread so ill just paste it hear...

I think the jury did there jobs, they based there decision on the evidence and not the emotions of the case. I was not surprised by the verdict because I have even said that if I was on the jury, and I knew nothing of this case, I would have a hard time convicting her of Murder 1 or manslaughter based on the lack of evidence and the he said she said...

If she really killed her kid then she got away with it, and she has to live with it. If she honestly didnt do it, then the justice system worked for her, but we will never know the truth and that is something the public does not deal well with. people are going to hate her because of their own opinions, but honestly no one was there, we dont know what really happened. they are judging her based on the fact that she lied so many times... which i know does not make her look innocent...

I do think that if the state did not try to go for all the beans with a murder 1 conviction, and just strictly stayed with a manslaughter charge they might have been able to get a conviction. but because the murder 1 came with a possibility of the death penalty, some of the jurors said that if they were to convict someone to death, they better know with out a doubt that that person did what they were accused of, with physical evidence, and they just did not have that here....

I personally still think the entire family was in on it and had something to do with it... it sucks that this little girl has been killed but with out evidence linking it one way or the other its never going to be solved...

I was thinking about what if they did convict her, killed her and she still claimed her innocence all the way up until her death... and everyone hated her, thought she did it, then someone finally comes forward, with a confession and some sort of physical evidence proving he or she killed that little girl and the state killed her mother for no reason... how bad do you think the jurors would feel then? what would everyone say that swore up and down that she did it only to find out that they let their emotions make opinions on her...

its funny how people forget the whole "Innocent until proven Guilty" they get it stuck in there heads that its "Guilty until proven Innocent" and then when the person is in fact found Not Guilty, they b!tch and complain about it. Just imagine all the people who have been wrongfully convicted that no one believes.

While I understand what you are saying, her actions stated a completely different thing. As a parent, I couldn't imagine the death of my daughter prematurely. However, I do know that I would not be going out clubbing and acting recklessly if she had gone missing. It doesn't surprise me that she was found not guilty. There wasn't enough evidence to lock her up, much less kill her.

As you stated, there is a lot the family is not saying and they most definitely know more about the incident than they let on.

 

[WarBird87]

While I understand what you are saying, her actions stated a completely different thing. As a parent, I couldn't imagine the death of my daughter prematurely. However, I do know that I would not be going out clubbing and acting recklessly if she had gone missing. It doesn't surprise me that she was found not guilty. There wasn't enough evidence to lock her up, much less kill her.

As you stated, there is a lot the family is not saying and they most definitely know more about the incident than they let on.

People will greive and act very differently in times of elevated stress and disaster. she went out, drank, partied, got a tattoo, did what ever she had to do to take her mind off of her missing/dead child... i can see where she is coming from there... did it look good? absolutly not. But every one is different. If i knew my daughter was missing sure as hell i would be looking for her, but if i knew that she was gone, passed away, you would find me in a hole at the bottom of a bottle... and that may not be how you would react to the situation, everyone is different. fact of the matter is not one of us knows the family on a personal level, all we know is what we are fed from the media, and we ALL know how the media is. People are going to judge and react the way they want to wether is right or not... but she was tried by a jury of her peers and they saw her not guilty of murder, manslaughter, neglect and child abuse... we as the public must move on and get over the fact that she wasnt guilty like most people wanted her to be...

 

[dan330]

i agree she does not look innocent...
but I agree with warbird


now that she is .. not guilty of the 3 charges... I sure hope that she is innocent!

 

[BiggestManEver]

Stupid DA should have had Criminally Negligent Homocide on the docket. She definitely would have gotten hit with that.

 

[FreakyLocz14]

but she's DEAD! what more you want. what about the PETERSON case, where he killed his wife. no confession, no one seen him killing her & disposing the body, i know that none of us saw this coming not even you. in the OJ i felt he would get off base on the evidence & what surrounded the case but this, far fetch. if it was a drowning accident then why make it like a murder? i never seen where a drowning accident was not reported to the proper authorities. you honestly think she would've went back & recovered the body, to give it a proper burial?

People die from drowing all the time. Casey Anthony had no burden to prove it was accident, it is the prosecution's burden is to pove that it wasn't. They failed to produce a motive for Casey Anthony to murder her daughter, nor did they produce a cause of death. That's plenty of reasonable doubt, which is all that's needed to acquit. They based their case on what? That she partied too much? That's not convincing evidence.

 

[Roze]

now that she is .. not guilty of the 3 charges... I sure hope that she is innocent!

+1

 

[intrdrgn]

it's funny how it's ok to lie where she worked & saying that she gave her child to a baby sitter that didn't excist. than getting mad at her parents on the phone because they wanted to know what happen to the little girl, her reply: she is more important than me. wow that says alot... thats hidding something.