Casey Anthony was found not guilty. WTF, Florida justice system?! Florida is now as bad as California. As for Casey… ugh. I‘m not even going to start. [TMZ]
A think piece about Casey Anthony and the trial. [Pajiba]
Meg Ryan owns the same 1950s housedress as Jennifer Garner. [LaineyGossip]
Hahaha… yeah, I would hit it. His body is pretty good. [Dlisted]
Real Housewife Gretchen Rossi in a star-spangled bikini. [Yeeeah]
Kelly Ripa talks about Regis Philbin‘s dong size?!?! [Gawker]
Gwen Stefani, Gavin and the patriotic boys. [Pop Sugar]
Inmate wants porn in jail. Sure. What could go wrong? [The Frisky]
Malin Akerman in a bikini. [Celebuzz]
Here‘s Naomi Campbell, in white at the Monaco wedding. [Go Fug Yourself]
Pippa Middleton‘s boring ass got the cover of Tatler. [A Socialite Life]
Pete Wentz & Michelle Trachtenberg, together again? [PopEater]
January Jones‘s bump on the Fourth of July. [Celebrity Baby Scoop]
Linnocent goes grocery shopping, doesn‘t look so crackie. [I’m Not Obsessed]
Motherload of blind items revealed. [Crazy Days and Nights]
Donnie Wahlberg tries to play a Marky Mark. [Seriously? OMG! WTF?]
More LeAnn Rimes photos – bolt-ons and bikinis. Meh. [Celebslam]
WTF???
There are no words..
I’m waiting for her to start cashing in..
Who will play Casey in the movie that is I’m sure being written as I type.
But this is our Justice system. It works and sometimes it doesn’t. But it is the best in the World..
Sad sad sad day for that 2 year old baby.
Sat here and watched the verdict as it was read…am sick at heart because that poor little girl will find no justice in this lifetime….”accidents” don’t involve tape wrapped around the head!!!
As for Casey, well, how much do you want to bet she’ll be out of jail in a couple of years and will have another baby to replace the one she killed?
We live in a very sick world.
Another travesty of justice 🙁
If she was found guilty of lying to the police she still won’t get jail time right? A slap on the wrist for murder. So sad.
Crazy verdict.
omg wtf!
She must have had the same jury OJ did.
I dont get it. Ill bet there are thousands of ppl sitting in prisons right now for far less and even non-violent crimes. Our justice system is sickening.
I am utterly speechless at the flawed ass justice system in this world. FN speechless
Tonight on HLN, Nancy Grace’s head explodes! Tune in at nine eastern.
I guess the jurors on the OJ case are sitting around thinking “Hey, at least now we’re not the dumbest jury ever!”
I can’t believe it. I’d love to know how the jury reached that decision, because it makes no sense to me, I really believe she did it.
I hope she’s not able to cash in, but I’m sure she (and her attorneys) will.
Let’s hope the OJ similarities continue – karma eventually caught up with him and look where he landed.
I have been watching the trial from the very beginning and I started realizing when the closing arguments were taking place that there was a good chance that the jury were going to find reasonable doubt. Unfortunate to say the least.
I have to say, i can easily see how the jury came to this verdict.
Unfortunately, Casey’s lies bought her enough time for all of the evidence to be washed away. I watched a good portion of the trial online. The forensics just weren’t there.
I think the prosecution did a great job, but at the end of the day, they really couldn’t say for sure what happened.
I was persuaded by the prosecution that she did it, but i believe the jury came to the right verdict given the lack of evidence.
I CANNOT WAIT to see the juror interview on the updated 48 hours mystery on this case. I saw this on the TV in the deli downstairs grabbing lunch……….. MIND OFFICIALLY BLOWN.
Unffing believeable. NO justice for Caylee. I’m disgusted.
I am beyond disgusted. Wtf is wrong with these jurors. They are insane!!! How the hell could anyone with any common sense find this sociopath not guilty?! Now this woman is probably going to walk free on Thursday to live her “bella vita.” There is no justice.
suki, that’s the only thing I can think of too, there must not have been enough evidence to convict. I bet they all think she did it though.
What a pathetic jury..allowing that trash to get away with murder…
And a Casey Anthony Lifetime movie in 3….2….1…
The jury didn’t even ask to review any of the evidence when they went to deliberations. That’s what shocked me the most. A child dead and this woman’s life at stake and they didn’t even ask to review any of the evidence. If there wasn’t enough evidence to convict, then the jury did its job. But they didn’t even look at it again!
This is how our justice system works. She can be guilty as sin, but without sufficent evidence found “not guilty.” I, personally, am sickened. My heart breaks for this precious little child whose murderer will live freely the rest of her life.
Ugh. I wish it were legal to force her to have her tubes tied so she never ever ever brings another child into the world.
What in the hell?
OJ the Sequel.
Unconscionably stupid jury. Can we bring back the Pilgrim stocks in a public square for the jury? Old Western hanging for this dumb jury is what I’d really like but a shunning and some stock time would be a start.
@Faye- AND they only deliberated for 10 hrs…that doesn’t make sense to me.
I agree to an extent with Courtney Enlow’s article. But I can only speak for myself. I wasn’t entertained, I was hoping for justice for little Caylee. And I was also stunned by Casey Anthony’s defense strategy. Baez should really watch the movie “The Devil’s Advocate”.
Me either Mari. When we heard they were already done, we all figured it was fast because there was no question she was guilty.
There are just no words.
Casey just proved that if you continue to lie long enough you can get away with killing your child then get rich off it. Casey and her family are disgusting pigs. Too bad they don’t care about that precious little baby. With any luck Casey will die in the streets partying like the little trailer trash she is.
On a softer note….
Lol we need the TV character Dexter Morgan from the show DEXTER.
Another pretty woman that got off. Reminds me of the preachers wife in ohio that killed her preacher husband and then got her kids back after she was released from prison after only serving months.
@Mari, right? This case was so complex that I would have thought they would have spent more time.
This is an outrage.
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July 5th, 2011 at 3:15 pm What a pathetic jury..allowing that trash to get away with murder…
I’ll second that: Truly a pathetic jury.
This is horrible. She’s getting away with everything. I hope karma comes back to bite her in the a$$ every day for the rest of her life, but you know that won’t happen.
So much for justice. I have to wonder how people will treat her when she gets out. I mean, a lot of people think she murdered her baby. Being found not guilty isn’t going to change everyone’s minds. It certainly doesn’t change mine.
Ugh, and there will probably be some stupid TV movie out in the next year or so, and it’ll probably portray her as innocent. WTF.
The failure of both law enforcement and the legal system are going to cause people to take the law into their own hands – the streets aren’t safe, jails don’t work, child murderers go free –
AWESOME bind items reveal 🙂 demi and ashton one was good, jay-z was better but jen Aniston the virgin def the best 🙂
Everybody back the hell up for a sec.
I think this narcissistic bitch is guilty as hell and her parents are probably complicit also. I know in my gut she killed that child. But you can’t convict somebody on a gut feeling. You have to convict based on the evidence. And the evidence just wasn’t there.
To this day nobody knows how the child died. Nobody knows who killed her. Nobody knows jack shit. The prosecution may have proved that she is a lousy parent. But they didn’t prove she was guilty of any crime other than lying to the police.
The prosecution’s case added up to a hell of an amount of reasonable doubt. And if I had been on that jury, I would have had to hold my nose and vote for acquittal.
No doubt Casey Anthony is a sick crazy bitch but I can see how the jury reached this verdict. Their job is to determine if enough evidence is presented to convict, beyond a reasonable doubt. I bet they all think she is guilty, as do I, but I don’t think the evidence was there. CA will eventually get her due either in this life or the next. Or both.
@Amanda, LOL.
That IS how our criminal justice system works – beyond a reasonable doubt is the sole criterion, and it wasn’t met in this case. Circumstancial evidence, no proof of death – the body had decayed too much. The investigators didn’t even know exactly where the duct tape had been placed. Maddeningly frustrating, as a beautiful little girl is dead and everyone believes that Casey did it, but again… no proof.
Also, I want to point out that children of color are also murdered by their parents or other household members (frequently mothers’ boyfriends) in horrible, horrible ways (beaten to death, burned, etc.) and they receive no television coverage whatsoever.
What was her explanation of partying days after her daughters death and why didnt she tell police of her disappearance for a month. How does she explain that
Be proud Florida, you are the getting away with murder state.
So, she may serve time for what she actually got charged for…then goes out to live “the beautiful life,” then has another baby??!!
I knew there was a chance she’d be found not guilty, but seriously I just do not understand this. So, the jury believed she told lies, but didn’t believe she murdered this child?!
The unanswered question is if she didn’t kill this child, then who in the hell did? I think we all know she’s responsible for this. What an extreme miscarriage of justice….not surprising.
Amanda….YES…we will see Nancy Grace’s head explode! Good one!
Anyone expressing shock at this verdict doesn’t understand a simple fact about Florida: they have the dumbest jurors in the nation.
I lived in Florida briefly and the whole population there is a breeding ground of some of the stupidest people I’ve ever met.
Sad. She will cash in on this, btw, and be sick ass rich in no time.
I hope this psychopath can’t have any more kids. Shocking and sickening.
I agree 100% with you Cheyenne. The jurors are always taught to go by the evidence only, not gut feelings…”If it doesn’t fit, you must acquit”.
I’m so sad to see justice denied like this. I have no confidence in juries anymore.
What about the grandmother’s call to 911 reporting to the police that her daughter’s car smelled like a dead body had been in it? What about how cadaver dogs indicated that something dead had been in the defendant’s trunk? what about the defendant’s weeks long delay in even reporting her daughter missing? Due to moral relativism, no one is willing to convict unless there is audio/video of the crime being committed…
Cindy and Casey get the liar of the year trophy – tie!! Only problem? They will not have one day of NOT looking over their shoulders………..
NO. God, NO.
In a way, I am glad that these jurors did not just automatically say “guilty,” because of all the press/attention/public feelings about this case. But I definitely think they should have taken more than 10 hours to come to a decision.
I’m more shocked that they actually came back with not guilty. I figured a few would run in screaming GUILTY and there would be some not guilty hold-outs and they would deadlock/mistrial, or whatever the term is.
And I just saw on the news about the possible jail time for the giving police false evidence stuff, it’s up to 4 years (total)…and she’s already served 3, so they think she will either be done with her jail time or she’s just a few months shy.
How is it that a 2 year old girl goes missing and is not reported as such by her mother for over 30 days and who lies to the police concerning her whereabouts and she is not convicted? Did the jury need a video of this monster chloroforming her daughter with tape over her mouth? WTF!!!!
People need to remember to boycott stations that pay her for interviews etc. As much as we all want to see her talk we can choose not to be part of making her any money.
You cant blame the jury. The prosecution messed by up saying the duct tape was the murder weapon. The jurors had to with 100% uncertainty think Casey murdered Caylee with duct tape for them to have convicted her on any of the murder or child abuse charges. She got off on a technicality brought on by the prosecution saying the duct tape was he definitive murder weapon. They should have just stuck with we dont know exactly how she was killed but the smell in trunk, cholorform, Caseys partying, etc.
Im positive the jurors think Casey is guilty of manslaughter BUT they coudlnt convict because it had to be they thought the manslaughter was Casey PURPOSELY killing Caylee by suffocating her with duct tape.
What a shame for Caylee that Casey got off on technicalities. I hope the judge gives her max. 1 year and doesnt give her time served so she will at least serve 4 yrs.
@Leticia: Everything you point up is circumstantial.
They can’t even tell how the child died, let alone who killed her.
I think Casey Anderson got away with murder and her parents are as guilty as she is for helping her cover it up. But I have no proof to back any of this up. All I have is a gut feeling. And you can’t convict anyone of a crime based on a gut feeling.
It sucks, I know. But the jury wasn’t stupid. They brought in the only verdict possible where the prosecution couldn’t prove its case.
you know, i didn’t want to say anything. this is not something i’ve paid attention to or cared about. but i will say this, if that little girl had been black/latina/non caucaisan, and her mommy not so photogenic no one would have cared, there would not have been 24 hour news coverage, etc. etc.
so for all the little kids out there who also don’t see justice, but because no one even looks for it for them.
*end rant*
@ann — I thought the same thing… if only Dexter were real. Miami is not too far from Orlando after all.
This woman disgusts me, and this verdict has me speechless. She didn’t even get the child abuse charge!!! Unreal. Just gutwrenching.
@Kim and truthSF: You got it exactly right. Don’t blame the jury. They did the best the could with the little they had. Blame the prosecution for f*cking up the case. Or better yet, for not having a case.
It’s very much like the OJ mess, only in that case, not only did the prosecution screw up, but the LAPD managed to contaminate the real evidence by trying to fabricate more evidence.
If anything good comes out of this, it will be Nancy Grace crawling under a rock with egg all over her face.
Those 12 jurors are mentally incompetent to render a verdict, clearly. Nevermind the weak fornensic evidence and the weak circumstantial evidence. The bitch waited 31 days to report her baby missing.
I seriously hope she gets shanked by someone in a club; she’ll be back on her party circuit again soon…
I am sick. So this little girl killed herself, hopped her dead body into some bags and roll her way into the trunk and then a swamp on her own?
Not even manslaughter when the Defense admitted the child died in her care?
Celebrate in court like that when at the heart of it all is you killed your baby?
We let a child murderer go free today.
Karma is a bitch. This is OJ part deux.
where is Jack Ruby when you need him?
UN FUCKING BELIEVABLE. Those 12 jurors are the 12 stupidest people walking the face of the earth. But now that I have thought about it, maybe being free is an even worse punishment than prison or death. I would estimat that probaly 90% of the entire worlds population think Casey killed that little girl. Therefore, she will most probably not have a very pleasant life. People hate this bitch and she will spend the rest of her days being spit on like she deserves. And she WILL have to answer to a higher power one day and the punishment that God will surely impose will be far greater than any jury ever could.
THERE IS NO JUSTICE!!! SHE WILL WALK FREE THURSDAY!!
The whole effing family is nothing but liars. Cindy Anthony lied under oath about searching for choloroform. Just a sad situation and no justice for Caylee.
Don’t blame the jury, the prosecution clearly did not make their case.
Sad day in america.
I refused to watch this crap all over the TV for months on end. I didn’t understand why this case was getting so much press, there are so many other cases of child murder out there, so why this one? I assumed she was guilty based on what little I read. Who killed the child if she didn’t? A swimming pool accident turned into duct tape across the mouth and the body thrown to the side of the road? She is a hated woman and better watch her back once she’s set loose.
Hmm, I wonder what Amanda Knox must be thinking right now!
I’m so shocked by this. She was the last person seen with little Caylee. She lied about everything. She has no alibi whatsoever. I’ve seen murderers convicted with lack of evidence other than circumstantial incidents all the time. How is it possible that Casey wasn’t convicted for manslaughter at the very least? Gosh, do pretty, rich or famous people get away with everything? It seems so. I bet if Casey wasn’t so pretty and didn’t shed all those crocodile tears, she would be on death row right now. NO genuine mother would go partying and get tattoos about the “good life” after their little girl goes missing. This whole thing is unbelieveable and sad 🙁
I cant wait to watch Nancy Grace tonite! She will be on fire!
I am still in shock, they claimed the lil girl drowned in the family pool…
then who the hell bounded her w/duct tape and put her in a garbage bag down the street from her home.
Those damn jurors, smdh..
Nancy Grace will be bonkers this evening.
no justice for Caylee
I agree with Cheyenne….sorry 🙁 There really is no solid proof she actually committed a murder. You can’t convict on emotion – or because she was not a good mother. I think that if the prosecutors had not gone for the death penalty on a 20something year old it would of been a different verdict. JMO
aenflex@: Nevermind the weak fornensic evidence and the weak circumstantial evidence.
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Weak forensic evidence + weak circumstantial evidence = reasonable doubt.
Reasonable doubt = acquittal.
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Kim: I cant wait to watch Nancy Grace tonite!
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She’s already shitting brickbats:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/05/casey-anthony-verdict-nan_n_890562.html
Did the jury not have the option to convict her of a lesser charge regarding the death of her daughter?? Or were they sleeping through the trial? The facts are there is a baby who died in an untimely way and a mother who admitted (via her defender) that she was there when it happened. There has to be some responsibility here!
@Bianca (#42) – People everywhere are stupid; you can’t just castigate an entire state because of your [likely] limited experiences there and the stupid decision of a total of TWELVE Floridians. (In case you’re wondering, yes, I live in Florida, and I am ineffably disgusted by the idiocy of this jury.)
Here’s why I think the jury came to the wrong decision: The prosecution had to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Casey Anthony murdered her daughter. Is there doubt as to what *exactly* happened? Absolutely. Nevertheless, there is enough physical and circumstantial evidence, even without our knowing just how Caylee was killed, to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Casey Anthony murdered her daughter. If I had been on that jury, you can bet I’d have been insisting on a verdict of guilty.
I agree with other posters in that covering this one murder trial with such intensity is weird, given that there are many other murder trials involving both white and nonwhite murdered children. We do tend to focus on the deaths of white children over nonwhite ones.
@ mags: I agree. There should be justice all around for every child murdered and/or abused out there. But I disagree that Casey is photogenic. Or maybe the sight of her just makes me ill. I think the initial shock of it all was that this woman (this sociopath) went out and celebrated for a month after her daughters death and while her daughter’s remains were getting eaten by animals. She is sickening. I can just picture Nancy Grace. I’m surprised her head didn’t explode after they read the verdict.
@Bianca: “I lived in Florida briefly and the whole population there is a breeding ground of some of the stupidest people I’ve ever met.”
As a Floridian I just want to say thank goodness we only had to deal with your mean narrow-mindedness “briefly”. How quick you are to insult a whole population of people based on what 12 people did.
Point is, stupid knows no borders… everywhere is a breeding ground for stupid. Please enlighten us to where you live now so we too can find some dumb ass people in your area and then call you stupid by proximity. Or maybe it’s just YOU who are stupid.
i think cheyanne and #50 (sorry, can’t see your name) make the best points. the prosecutor made a huge mistake when he said definitively that the duct tape was the weapon. that effectively ruled out the chance to charge her with manslaughter. it also didn’t help that he was seen laughing during closing arguements.
the burden of proof is on the prosecutor, and he didn’t prove anything. the defense doesn’t have to prove innocence. as awful as it might be to believe, the jury did the right thing by the letter of the law and definition of reasonable doubt by returning the verdic they did. we all don’t like it, but the prosecutor took away their other choices.
i was surprised by how little time they took though. i thought it would be a few days at least.
As for the verdict, it is a sad, sad day in which someone like Anthony gets to go free.
It’s not that offside. The jury only needed to find reasonable doubt, and in my personal opinion, there was plenty. Did Casey Anthony kill her daughter? I don’t know, and neither, apparently, did the jury. Thinking her crazy or knowing she’s a liar is not the same as knowing unequivocally that she is the murderer of her daughter.
It’s no consolation, but Casey will never be able to live a “free” life in public anymore. If I were her, I would watch my back and sleep with one eye open.
Just when Florida was beginning to live down that whole Al Gore incident…
I am in shock – all that I can say is that this jury which had been sequestered for over 30 days wanted out – they took the easy route – checked off the lying to police and then checked off not quilty and walked out and went home.
I truly believed she killed that beautiful sweet child.
I wonder what life is going to be like in the Anthony household once she is released from jail and goes home to life with mom and dad – if only those walls could talk.
RIP little Caylee.
As someone who watched the case fairly closely and saw the information the prosecution I don’t blame them for 1 second. It’s shameful how adult men and women in possession if jobs, vehicles, and responsibilities can be SO INCREDIBLY STUPID.
Christ, did the morons need a video someone saying ‘ I saw her kill her daughter’ before their simpleton minds can work?
Simply I am outraged but I am also happy, both the jury and Casey will be dealing with the public outcry and attacks for their actions for a LONG time and it is what they DESERVE. God rest that baby’s soul, justice will find a way where idiotic men and women FAILED.
I was wondering if she could be retried for this case. The double jeopardy rule shouldn’t apply to her because she was found not guilty and I believe (correct me if I am wrong) it only applies to people who have been found guilty.
@ERM – Lol. I don’t think anybody ever will. They can’t count and they let murderers let Casey Anthony roam free.
michelle: the double jeopardy rule applies specifically to those who were found innocent. once they’ve been acquitted they can’t be retried. people who’ve been found guilty can appeal.
Most credible legal analysts (Not Nancy grace) believed that based on the evidence admitted at trial, which is all the jury heard, there wasn’t enough to convict. Yeah, she did it but there wasn’t enough to convict.
Also, because she was guilty of misleading the police, I expect Florida will aggressively enforce their Son of Sam laws to try and prevent her from cashing in.
Everyone deeming these jurors idiots, inbreds, incompetents, etc need to step off and remember what this process is all about. If you want to be mad at someone, be mad at the prosecution for taking a case based only on circumstantial evidence to trial.
“FN speechless.”
“MIND OFFICIALLY BLOWN.”
“Unconscionably stupid jury.”
“This is an outrage.”
“NO. God, NO.”
“She lied about everything.”
“it is a sad, sad day.”
In sorrow I say, you speak for me.
Casey did a good job of hiding Caylee body long enough for evidence to deteriorate and all the evidence disappear. The prosecutors did a good job with what they had. Guess it pays to for Casey lawyer to charm the jury into loving him. So sad Caylee Anthony did not receive justice.
@Nymeria: I don’t think the extreme interest in this case had anything to do with Caylee being white. I think it had to do with the fascination of Casey’s sociopathic way of being. Watching her in those jailhouse tapes and seeing her party pictures and hearing her in those phone calls was just so strange, especially given what had happened with her child. The fascination was further fueled by her lack of emotion in the courtroom, with the exception of anger over what the prosecution was saying about HER. She never shed a tear or showed any true emotion over Caylee, other than when prompted to do so by her legal team.
Disgusting.This women will go on with her life,probally even have more children,write a damn book,make millions.What a way to set an example for all others who are planning to kill their children,because they feel their children are holding them back.
I waited to hear what the jury had to say afterwards but was disappointed when the lady came out and said none of them wanted to talk.
You can bet that someone will “take care” of her and provide what she deserves so very much.. yeeup..
my thpoughts [useless as they are]:
-as a Floridian, i chuckled at a few of the comments on here about the jurors and our state in general… and while yes, i sometimes wonder at the intelligence of my fellow residents, i do also agree with the poster that said, stupidity knows no borders [or something to that effect]…
-as someone with the last name BAEZ, i am sick that my family name is being tied to this circus freakshow [and in the defense of a cold-hearted mother… which to me, whether she did murder her daughter or not, it does not explain how she quickly moved on to a wonderful nightlife following her daughter’s death, nor does it explain all the lies she had told many different people including the cops]
-finally: i am just sick of the whole reasonable doubt fiasco but i still would rather have one guilty person free on the streets than one innocent in prison… its our justice system and some people just know how to game it to their advantage!
sad day all around…
If she were tried in NYC she never would have lived long enough to hear a jury verdict…she would have bought it in Rikers Island!
I’m sorry, but I have to 100% agree with Cheyenne and others. I believe Casey Anthony murdered her child, but had I been on that jury, I would have voted to acquit.
I understand the outrage being expressed here but in a weird way I think this verdict shows the integrity of the justice system. I bet some of those jurors were very tempted to convict, as I would have been, but they did the right thing. The prosecution effed this up.
I’m sorry, I fully understand the people who are placing blame with the prosecution, but I just don’t get it.
Admittedly, I did not watch the trial, as I have a personally bias against anything over-saturating the airwaves and/or overrated.
But, I also know that prosecutors have gone to trial and gotten convictions for murders with much less evidence than what was presented in this case.
It seems to me, from the position of my armchair while viewing the Investigation Discovery (ID) Channel, that most people who pre-plan a murder go to great lengths to leave little physical evidence behind that may link them to the crime.
Therefore, the prosecutors and juries have to only rely on circumstantial evidence to determine who is the most likely culprit: who benefited the most from the death, who lied to the authorities, for close family members: what type of behavior did they exhibit following the death/disappearance.
In many murder trials, we don’t have the luxury of DNA evidence or other slam dunks. You have to go on some common sense and lay out a scenario of what most likely happened.
From the recaps that I saw and given the testimony of her lies, past neglect/abusive behavior towards her child, etc., Casey Anthony most likely killed her child. When you are talking about the death of a child, sometimes that has to be enough.
In criminal trials the burden of proof is on the prosecution to prove BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT the case they’re making. In this case a) prosecution overreached and b) didn’t prove enough evidence to convinct of the crime they were charging. The jury is instructed how to weigh evidence and, thank Goodness, cannot convict anyone on “gut feeling”. They have proven beyond reasonable doubt that she was a terrible mother, irresponsible person, even a sociopath.. but they did not prove that she killed. I think it was an accidental death which she covered up. Getting a conviction in a capital case without physical evidence is extremely risky. They prosecution played it badly. Do not blame the jury because based on evidence they had no other choice.
@irishserra (#85) – That is a very good point; Casey Anthony’s behaviour was indeed pretty bizarre, and generated (and continues to generate) a great deal of bewilderment. Still, I think that interest in this case was at least helped by the fact that Anthony is photogenic and that her daughter was adorable and that there is a lot of white skin in this particular family.
Most murder cases are based on circumstantial evidence. It is a misconception that this makes a weak case. It is rare to have an eye witness to a murder. They may not know the cause of death but they most certainly know this beautiful little girl was murdered. She didn’t wrap duct tape around her head and throw herself in a swamp. Beyond that look at what the story tells. No doubt in my mind her mother killed her. No justice for Caylee today. Tragic, very tragic. This psychopath walks free and the thing with physchopaths is they are incapable of feeling guilt so it is not like she will lose sleep over the death of her daughter. I can only take solace in the fact that Karma is a bitch and this lady has got it coming in spades. Afterall look where OJ sits right now.
“Tonight on HLN, Nancy Grace’s head explodes!”
well, at least one good thing will come out of this.
the jury was paid off. there is no other way to explain it.
Its too bad, but the prosecution just didn’t make a good enough case. These jurors were right to acquit and it must’ve been a difficult decision to pass on the murder conviction. I’m a bit more shocked they didn’t even go with a manslaughter conviction (which would’ve been pretty reasonable) or take more time. Two days doesn’t feel like enough and I wonder if they rushed so they could get back to their lives.
Side note, did anyone read that weird Katt William’s story on TMZ? There is some strange stuff going on in it and none of it adds up. Why weren’t the police called over shots fired in a restaurant parking lot? Why no shots of this bodyguard’s bite? Why would the bodyguard be fired for defending himself reasonably? And why would a police dog attack like that, unless you provoked it? Its all wonky, police dogs aren’t trained to attack without a sign from a handler. And why does he have an 8 week old puppy on tour? They aren’t supposed to leave their mother until 12 weeks.
Hopefully they will try her mom for perjury. That woman can spend time in prison where her daughter belongs. I believe this sociopath has a big ego and I too think she will have another child soon to flaunt it to the world. Poor child doesn’t have a chance and if I were her dad I wouldn’t let her near me. If I were her dad and brother I would watch my back from that girl. her mom I don’t care about.
again, I watched some of the trial and they defense said, the baby drowned in the family pool…and no one reported it and then Casey continued to lie and use up Florida’s tax dollars looking for a nanny that she made up..
SHE was responsible for her daughter and the body AFTER she supposedly drowned was found down the street..dead smells in the car, the forensic experts attested to the odor in the car.
she didn’t even report the kid missing for a month..
Why didn’t they charge her w/that??
I need to chill because I am getting really upset over this.
There is something that is sinister that is going on w/this family and these idiots didn’t find anything wrong w/any of this..
@#$k the jurors! they were lazy and didn’t even ask to review anything, I just read.
you mean to tell me, the jury BOUGHT, when her Mammy said ” uh, I looked up chlorform” not Casey??
what a bunch of lazy idiots, glad no one from my family was involved w/the jury–cause, I’d distance my self from their stupidness..
NO ONE on the jury argued for Caylee, smdh!
7 women and 5 men..
Lizzy Borden 2011.
You know she did it, she got away with it and she was shunned until she died.
The prosecution DID provide evidence that she should have been guilty of “Child Endangerment”…who does NOT contact PD for 30 days that their child is missing!!
SHAME ON THE JURY!!!
Casey refused to testify but I will bet before the week is over, she on the morning news shows, attorney in tow, for “interviews”. Sickening but true.
One more thing. Why don’t these prosecutors wait until more evidence or for some witness to come forward before trying cases that are cirucmstantial? What is the rush. They just let a child killer go free.
The prosecution DID provide evidence that she should have been guilty of “Child Endangerment”…who does NOT contact PD for 30 days that their child is missing!!
SHAME ON THE JURY!!!
So sad I also don’t understand why she isn’t guilty of manslaughter. Didn’t her lawyers admit the baby died in her care ( drowning in the pool) and “her dad made her cover it up.” Is it because the prosecutor said it was the tape that killed the girl. But should that matter if there’s an admission of some guilty. I don’t get it. Some people should never breed. This world is sick so many people killing their children.
This family is sketchy as hell. You think I could tell my mom that my daughter was with a nanny for a month? She gets freaked out if she doesn’t see us for 2 days. I think the parents know more than they’re letting on, or at least the mothersnyway.
Even though she probably did it, anyone who was following the case probably noticed there wasn’t any conclusive evidence. No DNA evidence, no fingerprints, no body fluids in the car… etc etc… There wasn’t much to go on in terms of scientific evidence which I think is probably why she was acquitted.
I think the prosecution did a great job, we just had a jury more interested in going on their family vacations than doing their job. Only 10 hours and didnn’t even bother to look at the evidence? Shame on them!
The only poetic justice in this is that her attorney is the only one who will profit. Her legal bills have got to be astronomical. Even the pathetic networks that will whore this out to get her interview (and will pay dearly for it) will simply send the checks to her lawyer. I also agree with the person above about Lizzie Borden – yes, Casey will also be shunned….Bella Vita…baby…Bella Vita.
I think jury selection has a lot to do with these crazy verdicts. You can bet this jury was handpicked by the defense to aquit, just like OJ’s was. Young, attractive and white helped too. Her defense played the pity card and it worked.
I think she was molested by her dad, but that does not give a woman a free pass to commit murder.
The jury got too much info, and confused “lying” with “reasonable doubt”. What happened to putting all the pieces of evidence together, and convicting on “circumstantial evidence”, which has convicted many, many people before her, with a lot less? And, if she didn’t do it, who did? Or is she still “too scared to tell anybody”?
I wish people would stop saying this woman is attractive. I personally think shes ugly and the fact that she killed her child makes her uglier.
I am pleasantly surprised the jury did the correct thing. The Anthony verdict shows the legal system in the USA does work as it’s supposed to on occasion, and that these jurors did what they were supposed to do.
There was NO PROOF Casey “Tot Mom” Anthony was guilty of anything except for lying to law enforcement. That’s it. A zealous prosecutor overcharged the crime, and paid for his hubris. He was also an unprofessional tool in the courtroom. Kudos to the judge, whow as the Anti Lance Ito, and ran a fair and tight ship.
Remember, under our legal system, Casey didn’t heve to prove her innocence.She walked into teh trial an INNOCENT WOMAN. The State had to prove her guilt beyond a resonable doubt. They was no way they could ever do that with the evidence they had.
I think she will get time served.
My personal opinion: Casey accidentially caused the death of her daughter, but didn’t murder her.
I also think the Anthony family is nuts and extremely dysfunctional.
@fizXgirl314
Exactly.
No cause of death, no evidence Casey Anthony hated her daughter, nothing. Like in the Amanda Knox case, what alot of people think is evidence is either misinformation or nonexistent. Of course, I think Knox has 100% nothing to do with the murder of her flatmate. I do think Tot Mom accidentally killed Caylee.
I have to watch Nancy Grace tonight. She must be going bonkers.
@Angelina
“What was her explanation of partying days after her daughters death and why didnt she tell police of her disappearance for a month. How does she explain that”
The burden is on the DA to explain that. Anthony doens’t have to explain it.
This behavior can not only be sociopathic behavior, but is also very indicative of someone trying to make believe something never happened, like slipping your daughter Xanax so you can go out with frineds, and coming home and finding your little girld dead from an overdose.
Again, I think Casey accidentally killed her daughter.
I also think this jury should be commended for their verdict. They took the high road and the more difficult road, and did what a jury is supposed to do: give a verdict based SOLELY ON THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED. It would ahve been much easier for them to bring back Murder One and let the appeal process start. Notice they found her guilty on charges the State could prove beyond a reasonable doubt.
I was surprised at the verdict, because I thought they would take the easy way out.
FYI: Casey wasn;t charged with child endangerment. If she had been, she probably would have been found guilty on that charge.
She was charged with: seven counts — first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter of a child, and four counts of providing false informtion to a LEO.
She wasn’t found guilty of abuse, because there was no proof she ever abused Caylee, including the testimony of, I believe about 40 witnesses.
The legal system is supposed to be as free of emotion and as “blind” as possible and go on evidence only.
Oh, and PLEASE don’t compare these jurors to the OJ jury. The latter really did suck.
@michelle
Casey cannot be retried for Caylee’s murder again, due to double jeopardy.
I’m curious Seal Team 6, why do you think Amanda is innocent? I think she is guilty beyond any reasonable doubt. I base this on her actions, lies, personality, and what I have read about the case. I agree the Italian police acted in a rush, but I still think her and her boyfriend, along with that other guy are all guilty of a horrible murder. Like I said, just curious why you think that.
Lol, thanks to those of you who mentioned ‘Tot Mom.’ Reminds me to turn on Nancy Grace and watch her head explode. HLN shows with Jane-something and Nancy Grace are so over the top it makes me sick. Whatever credibility they had back in the day has long since left them. They should be ashamed of the crap they put on the air.
I can’t wait for some day when she ages to tell the whole truth but the truth. Although I do not know the case really well, I am sure she is hiding things but there is just no evidence. And that sucks. May the little girl rest peacefully in heaven.
@Seal Team 6
I do reluctantly agree with most of your comments even though I am positive that Casey was very much involved in her daughter’s death.
However, I do disagree that Casey was not shown to be guilty of anything. Her 2 yr old daughter was missing for over a month. Not a teenager…a 2 yr. old and she did nothing to find her. That is pure and simple aggrevated neglect which is abuse. No way around that and the jury threw in the towel. In addition, she lied to the police which might have found her daughter if she had told the truth. Again, if she didn’t kill her then she was negligent in lying to the police. If she did not kill her, her actions were negligent and abusive to her daughter.
The reason why the police were misled and not notified for a month are obvious to me. What mother would act in this manner if she wasn’t involved in her death? Agreed that this would be insufficient to convict on homicide but abuse and neglect is a slam dunk.
Casey DID ABUSE Caylee!!!!! Not notifying the authorities on a missing 2 year old is ABUSE!! Seal Team pull your head out of your butt!
I knew the jury would find her not guilty. The prosecution could not prove how, where or when she died. They convicted her of the only thing that was proved: that she lied to police. I dont think a juror could feel like “I know what happened” in this case. All i know is, I could never put my baby in a garbage bag. I don’t care if her father raped her every day of her life. A loving mother innocent of wrongdoing does not – can not – put her child in a garbage bag, or allow someone else to. I believe she regularly drugged her child with Xanax. Probably even put her unconscious drugged child in the trunk of her car and drove it to go out and party. Zanny the nanny =Xanax. I believe she accidentally overdosed and killed her. But the prosecution didn’t have any evidence to prove that.
I know that canada doesnt have the death penalty but REALLY orlando, WTF everyone knew she was a liar,she did everything to Not FIND her daughterm throw her father, brother under the bus, can you imagine christmas dinner at that house, SERIOUSLY casey maybe going free in a couple of days but what type of life is she going to have, she wont get work, people will date her because of who she is, I can only hope that she gets fixed so no other baby goes through this in 2 years, I like many other believe she is guilty as the day is long, but when the day is done, she has to live with herself and her family have to try and get back to some resembulance of normal, her parents all but told people that she was guilty, can not imagine that they want her back in their house, justice for a beautiful baby will never be reached she will go down like Jonbenet, never solved and always wondering who killed her, so unfair, However, I suppose finding this out now is better than sending her to death row and discovering after the fact that she was innocent, Canada does not have the death penalty, but in certain circumstances i really wish they did, there are some truely sick people out there and casey anthony at 25 is right up there with the monsters in my books, so wake up ORLANDO, and see the forest through the trees and not the tiny 100 pound defendent who only cries for herself, btw this is sociopathic, she feels sorry for herself and not her daughter. no justice today, poor caylee
where is Dexter when you need him,
i hope those bastard.s on the jury have a lifetime of restless nights, haunted by this little girls ghost!
probably get banned from here now. but i am sure i am not the only one feeling this way.
Seal Team, KsGirl and fizXgirl: Thank you for some very intelligent posts.
There is so much that will never be known about this case. We know a little girl is dead. We know her mother tried to cover it up. But we don’t know if her death was deliberate or accidental, and we will never know who or what caused it.
I feel proud of our justice system, which mandates a standard of evidence beyond a reasonable doubt to convict someone of a felony, and I am proud of this jury that refused to give in to the media lynch mob mentality and did their job based on the facts presented to them by the prosecution. They made a tough call; they must have known it would be a very unpopular call, but it was the right call.
I don’t know exactly how Nancy Grace reacted to the news but I devoutly wish she had broken out into assholes and shat herself to death.
I have so many mixed feelings about this trial.
I watched huge portions of it, and I came out on the same side as the jurors. Not that I don’t think she was responsible (I do), but you can’t throw someone in jail or give them the death penalty for being an unlikeable liar. When it really came down to it, that was all the prosecution really had. I do think her lies bought her time, which is sad.
The saddest part is that no one will ever know what really happened now, which isn’t justice for the child who is still dead.
For those of you who protest the “not guilty” finding for Casey Anthony, as I do, I offer the following: When the inevitable book comes out, don’t buy it, when the Cindy Anthony book comes out, don’t buy it. Ignore all the media interviews. Do not buy any magazines that are featuring the story.
Think of how unemployable George, Cindy and Casey are. Brother Lee seems to be caught up in the web, so let him get on with life. He had already left the home.
Do not fund this lying extravaganza that has used up way too much of the tax payer dollars.
Jose Baez introduced the theory that Caylee drowned in the swimming pool. It was an out-of-left-field hypothesis, and stuck with the jurors. It threw them off track of the whole “Casey killed Caylee with Chloroform” theory. Never mind that the child had duct tape on her mouth and nose, and her mother drove around with her body in the trunk until she tossed her out like garbage. Cindy Anthony notices that the ladder was left on the side of the pool. It was a distraction and it worked.
Casey wasn’t charged properly IMHO. Instead of aggravated child abuse, she should have been charged with aggravated child neglect. She didn’t report Caylee missing for 31 days. That charge, I believe, would have stuck.
She should have also been charged with improper handling of a corpse, too. Caylee’s decomp was ID’ed in Casey’s trunk. I believe that charge would have counted for something.
If the prosecution had taken the death penalty off the table, the jury may have charged Casey with more and she stood a better chance of serving some real time. But DP cases are pretty much all or nothing. Baez hedged his bets and won. It’s disgusting that Casey (who I believe had everything to do with her daughter’s death) will walk free very soon and make big bucks selling her story.
#95 Dani – ITA. I still don’t get how the jury decided she is NG of abusing her daughter. Isn’t knowing what happened to Caylee, even if it was an accident at first (a huge IF), then partying, getting a tattoo and not only NOT REPORTING what happened to LE but LYING and leading them on a wild goose chase while little Caylee’s corpse was rotting like trash – being an abusive mom? I hope all the people that Baez/Casey accused of doing horrible things sue the pants off her for defamation, etc. Casey does NOT deserve a *bella vita* that’s for sure!
Flaming hysterics.
Were you in the courtroom, on the jury?
A Red state jury finding “not guilty” really. Fry ’em High. I swore I wouldn’t go on a board with this, regardless there’s this:
Here’s a name people should bear in mind in this instance: David Dowilaby, convicted in the murder of his adopted daughter Jaclyn. To sum it up, he didn’t do it and conviction overturned.
People’s feelings are understandable when the victim of violent crime is a child. Regardless, that should be at the forefront insofar as the adult accused and that investigations and trials don’t take on a lynch-mob perspective and innocent people are imprisoned.
If this jury came back with a not-guilty in this case, there’s good reason for it, that’s all I’m saying. Jurors aren’t stupid – I was one – and we take that charge and responsibility seriously.
The defence attorney upholds the very pillar of our respective justice systems: Every accused is entitled to a vigourous defence and is innocent until proven guilty.
A vast number of people don’t know or appreciate the value of a defence attorney until they need one. I found that out.
Insofar as the jurors saying they were tired: They’d be more likely to come back with a guilty verdict or, more likely, they’d Hang and the mother would stand trial again.
I don’t know enough about this case but what I do know is that nobody has given me any information regarding the accused other than it took her a month to go to police, and she lied.
Was there a man – boyfriend – involved; was she terrorized? (Lisa Steinberg case for example). Other kids she was trying to protect? She lied, she was charged and convicted of that, not of being an accessory before or after the fact. Big difference.
And honestly, if I was found not guilty of something I didn’t do, yes I would smile about it, I’d be overjoyed actually.
As I said to American friends, I have to look up this case but these are my thoughts for what they’re worth.
oh, and p.s. The burden of proof ultimately lays with the prosecution; the defence attorney shall provide a vigourous defence; innocent until proven guilty.
Pitchforks and torches. I can’t stand this lynch-mob mentality. It’s awful, it’s uniformed, it’s media bullshit and selective reporting.
And, if any ONE of you thinks I’m defending someone guilty of murder, I’m not. First, she was found not guilty, second she was an abhorrent parent who failed to protect her child.
I swore I’d leave this one alone – I can’t. It’s too important. God bless that wee one. There was a very bad man in her drug-addled mother’s life.
@Sassy: I think Casey Anthony’s life is over. She’s toxic waste. Nobody is going to touch this broad with a ten-foot pole. She’s going to end up doing porn movies like Amy Fisher.
I really think the state proved their case:
1. Casey was the last individual in custody of her daughter.
2. Case lied about her daughters whereabouts and behaved in a manner wholly uncaring.
3. Casey had access to materials such as her neighbor’s shovel, her car (which smelled of death) which were linked to the death.
4. Searches on ‘neck-breaking’ and ”chloroform’ were performed ONLY when Casey had access to the computer.
5. Casey never demonstrated concern for Her daughter upon being arrested and was more focused on her boyfriend.
6. Cindy Anthony had to chase down Casey and reported her grand daughter missing immediately.
7. George Anthony in his own suicide letter makes no mention of any crime done by himself or discovered by himself.
8. Claims such as ‘molestation’ to defend herself were made by Casey and used as s false shield by Baez (who btw now has the stink if this ugly case on his shoulders for all time) were never proven.
9. All claims made by Baez were proven fruitless, simply throw spaghetti on the wall tactics.
Sometimes the hell she’ll suffer in public will be worse than what she’d suffer protected by the walls of a prison. Just ask OJ.
@Lady D
Because there is zero evidence against her, except for a forced confession thrown out by the Italian Court. There is, however, a deluge of physical evidence and a confession from the actual murderer. Knox and her BF are not Satanists who murdered Meredith, which is the Prosecutor’s theory. I thought she was guilty until I actually looked at the forensic evidence and ignored the Italian press and the lies of teh Prosector.
Those points not even getting into the extends proof and evidence of duct tape on the child’s mouth, her disposal in a swamp, the smell, cadaver dogs, and etc.
It simply seems too simple for me to sympathize with the jurors.
@Rita
No, she was guilty of abuse, because there is no proof she ever abused Caylee. Even witnesses very hostile to her admitted that. The DA didn;t charge her with child endangerment,
I stated I believed she killed her daughter. I don’t believe she murdered her daughter. A very large difference legally and morally.
The DA overcharged because he is a tool. His behavior in court was beyond unprofessional.
I mean it. Pull yourselves together.
@fawzeya:
Now, why are you insulting and attacking? This isn’t Yahoo Message Boards, is it? Control yourself, please, or quit discussing this.
My head is far from my ass, and I believe facts alone should determine legal cases, not emotions nor gut.
There is NO PROOF CASEY EVER ABUSED HER CHILD. None. NO evidence. What you are attacking and inulting me about is not abuse. Casey would have been found guilty on an endangerment charge for this, but the pompous and foolish DA didn’t charge her with that. This baffles me.
This is the US, not some kangeroo court country. The verdict showed exactly how our legal system should work. Adhering to the rule of law when you know it is unpopular is being a good juror.
@Mrs. Odie
I think your theory is dead on. Zanny the Nanny=Xanax.
I still wonder if anyone in her family helped her out.
@Seal Team 6: Bless you and that everyone tried isn’t done so in the ‘court of public opinon.’
A thinker. With a heart and who understands the law.
A smart lady. xo hugs.
What a freaking mess. The whole family is torn apart, the community has spent millions, people’s reputations are in tatters – but a child is still dead. I never thought they would get first degree murder, but I really did think they would at least find her guilty of manslaughter. It’s frustrating, but it is the system we have.
@Seal Team 6
You seem to be referring to physical or sexual abuse. There are thousands of ways to “abuse” a child and severe neglect, which comes in many forms is one of them. She claimed she had nothing to do with or had any knowledge of her daughters death. Therefore, she must have assumed the child was alive for the month she did not report her missing. Does not that degree of neglect constitute abuse? She did not care if her daughter was fed, clothed, housed, or needed medical attention for a month. Is that not abuse? I think any jury would convict a parent who left a child in the back yard for a month without the necessities of life. I doubt the prosecutor approached the charge from my perspective.
The jury of twelve may have acquitted her, but just wait until Casey steps out into the jury of the public when she is set free.
While I think she’s guilty of using xanax (zanny the nanny) to knock out her kid and probably OD’d her accidently, I think the jury did what they were asked to do. There was no evidence. What sucks is now she’s going to leave her family in her dust, write a book, do interviews and made for tv movies and get rich off this.
LOL. I lived in South Florida for 5 years, studying for my degree in Social Work. Along the way, I did plenty of internships at various gov’t organizations. I know what Florida is, guys, and I know my way around it’s legal system. 😉
Although, I can tell people don’t understand what “beyond a reasonable doubt means.” This is what I’m talking about with dumb juries. People often think that it means “beyond a shadow of a doubt”, as if there is NO doubt. NOT TRUE.
In fact, you don’t have to believe that there is no other possibility in order to convict Casey Anthony. If the jury believed Casey Anthony was guilty of murdering her child, regardless, then they had a legal duty to convict her (don’t bother telling me I’m wrong, I know I’m not, I’ve spent plenty of time in court rooms, thanks).
Besides, the jury also had a lesser charge to choose from: aggravated manslaughter. Since the jury let her off the hook, they are saying that she is INNOCENT of all charges, that she did NOT kill her daughter.
A real tragedy, tbqh.
Her daughter is dead and she is lying about it. Just go away Casey, into your hole and never come out.
Casey Anthony is the ‘Lindsay Lohan’ of child murders (alleged!)
A travesty! I hope the public will deal with her when she is released. I am sickened!
The jury was probably a bunch of college guys that got hott for her after seeing her partying pics dancing on a bar with women.
She sure got away with it! Even if she did not do it she covered it up and dumped the body. Shame on this horrible woman!
A California jury convicted Scott Peterson of killing his wife and sent him to death row…and all they found of her was her HEAD~!! They had no cause of death and less than half of the evidence they had in the Casey Anthony trial. I only hope that psycho gets treated the same way O.J. did when he got off!
You people are maroons. I’ll never understand why people who are not on a jury and do not know all of the facts in a case think they should decide a verdict based on media hearsay. Maybe she’s guilty, maybe not, but no one can decide a case based on what they read and see in the idiotic media.
@Bianca – thank you! I don’t get why people are somehow translating “Beyond a REASONABLE doubt” into meaning “no doubt at all.”
I also find it telling that none of the jury are willing to speak about their decision.
Did anyone else read/hear about how the cops got a tip on the location of baby girl’s body, but went to the wrong location? 9 months later (and after a major hurricane) her skull, complete with duct tape, was found in a different location (courtesy of hurricane & flooding).
Way to go, Florida PD/SO. Good job.
@ Jana – No, honey, they found her baby boy, and then her partial torso, minus hands, head, and feet.
There’s no doubt in my mind that she did it. Who covers up an accident by making it look like murder? That’s just stupid. If she didn’t do it then who did?
Everyone wants DNA evidence these days. What on Earth did we ever do before it was introduced?!?!
In cases like these who are we protecting? I understand this reasonable doubt but ff she was innocent she should’ve acted like a truly innocent person and reported her daughter missing after she realized she was gone. Instead she waited until the evidence was gone and spun her web of lies.
Question: Can she be tried to negligence resulting in death or mishandling of a corpse based on their defense?
Karma will come back and bite this bitch hard!
I think she is guilty as hell, but there is no proof that she killed Caylee. There is no evidence that she premiditated her death. There is not even evidence that she was abusive in any way. I was also a juror on a notorious murder trial. I will never judge another jury again, after that experience. It is really easy to say what you would do, sitting at home, watching TV and getting everything laid out for you. It is a completely different situation when you are on a jury. They did their best. There just was not enough evidence!
Caylee died while on Casey’s watch, and then, she tried to cover it up. Besides that, we have the decomposing body smell in her car, etc. Isn’t that enough for manslaughter? The jury had the option to go with manslaughter–not just 1st degree murder. At the very least, they could have hung the jury, allowing a retrial. But 100% innocent of everything? Unbelieveable.
And, Casey’s defense was a joke–her molester father did it? She was blaming everyone she could from non-existant nannies to her family. How much guiltier can a person act? Casey is now an inspiration to all murderers. Throw up everything you can–just put some doubt in the jury’s mind–and you too can get away with it (provided you are white, pretty and/or rich and famous).
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After this BS, Florida should have a new travel slogan.
“Pesky brats got you down? Can’t party like you used to? Well, come to Florida and give those brats the permanent swamp tour! Then, you too can live the “Bella Vita”–burden free!
Forida–we’re not just about sunshine and oranges anymore!”
a CASEY ANTHONY REALITY SHOW is
probably upcoming (after the Lifetime movie of course).. movie rights ! book rights ! for Casey, Cindi & George ! but this will give Casey time to LOOK FOR THE REAL KILLER !
Cosign with all of you expressing utter dismay at this awful situation. No justice for the little girl. What a clever conniving woman and her legal team. Robert Kardashian got OJ off…who is the scumbag who got this woman off? She will indeed have to look over her shoulder for the rest of her life, as previous bloggers have said.
I pray that this little angel may find peace in heaven.
I’m from England and had no idea about this story. It hasn’t been reported over here as far as I know. Now that I’ve brought myself up to date I’m absolutely horrified!
Watching her smug face as she was found not guilty, I wanted to smack the bitch!!
Absolutely awful, its so frustrating that the rest of world can clearly see she murdered her poor child. What a fucked up world =(
We have an equivalent over here, the McCanns. They got away with it too…
Some sites ask whom should act as her in a show….
answer:
Jayde Nicole
😛 *BLEH*
@Isa
Casey Anthony cannot be criminally tried for anything in connection with her daughter’s death again. Double jeopardy kicks in.
@observer:
I believe you mean “moron”, which is defined as someone who insults another’s intellect, while showing limited intellect by misspelling the epithet doing so.
@Jana
You are mistaken about the Peterson case. They found Lacey’s torso, including parts of her limbs. She was headless. There was also a huge amount of evidence against Peterson. There was no evidence against Casey, except of neglect, endangerment, and failure to report a death, none of which she was charged with.
Another poster mentioned reasonable doubt doesn’t mean any doubt. Correct, but teh evidence has to lead you there, and there was no such evidence in this case.
The only evidence the Judge refused to allow in was evidence that would have strongly helped CA.
If this jury has NOT done their job and returned a M1 verdict, CA would have won on appeal. Their sound verdict saved the taxpayers of Florida millions of dollars.
And, I applaud them for refusing to speak to the press at this time. It’s refreshing.
@Rita
I am talking about any abuse of Caylee. Casey never, ever abused Caylee. Literally 50 witnesses were called by both sides, and everyone stated that she never abused her daughter, and had a MUTUALLY loving relationship with Caylee. She also did not neglect her in anyway. AS PROVEN IN A COURT OF LAW.
CASEY WAS INNOCENT WHEN SHE WALKED INTO THE COURT ROOM.
It doesn’t matter what we all think she did, or feel she did. That means nothing as per the verdict.
I for one am very glad this jury also didn’t go with “their gut.”
I also don’t think Casey is a murderer,a nd I would be surprised if she had any more children. She didn’t want the one she had, and was forced into having her daughter and then keeping her daughter by her parents.
Isa:
“Everyone wants DNA evidence these days. What on Earth did we ever do before it was introduced?!?!”
Innocent people were easily convicted. Especially cases with unpopular defendants or with very sympathetic victims. Actually with today’s technology it is now a rare murder case that does not produce some DNA evidence.
I am very satisfied this jury did their duty and came to the absolutely correct verdict. I cannot see how they could have come to any other verdict. I think people would be surprised to know just how seriously and conscientiously jurors take their oaths and responsibilities.
Juries are instructed on “reasonable doubt” and I assure you that the instruction never includes “beyond a shadow of a doubt.”
The uninformed generalizations I have been reading just get annoying. This was a pretty good jury including a counselor, a nurse, an IT person, some other professionals, and other educated members.
Baez was a risky choice because he wasn’t death penalty qualified. The judge had to appoint a death penalty qualified co-counsel to second chair. Baez pulled it out and did his job. Kudos to him. This is as tough a case as any lawyer can try. People will be lining up to hire him.
I wonder if our culture of gossip as gospel where proof is a dirty word hasn’t contributed in part to the public’s knee jerk thinking in this case rather than the dispassionate and clear headed evaluation that our justice system demands. So many people seemed perfectly willing to accept every item of gossip about proffered evidence – even evidence never deemed admissible or relevant or even actually existing – without the vigorous challenge that every single piece of evidence must undergo – both tangible and testimonial evidence.
I have asked Kaiser to delete posts that appear to encourage others to somehow “punish” Casey Anthony and even her attorney. I would hope there is no place for such incitement to violence here. Shame on those for encouraging such talk.
Here:
http://blogs.discovery.com/criminal_report/2011/05/casey-anthony-trial-juror-profiles.html
Before anyone else insults this jury try learning something about them. I would be overjoyed at a jury like this. It has a great mix of education and life experience. Though it has the unfortunate built-in bias of a death-qualified jury, a rather abhorrent device.
Thanks Clearwater cuckoos, you just set a sociopathic baby killer free upon the world. Shame on all of you!
So Sad!
Why as HUMAN BEINGS do we not protect our children? Are they not our future? Society needs to step up to the plate. Alive or dead they need a VOICE for justice.
You said it Kira, Florida should be proud of itself. The best thing to come from this is everyone involved with the trial from jury to defense team to the Anthony team will not escape scrutiny and judgement for what they did.
This case was very much like the OJ verdict and just like it no one involved will really escape the shame of what was done. Good luck with the rest of your lives Anthony family, it’s gonna be hell.
she will be forever scorned in society as the woman who probably killed her own child, then partied like a rock star afterword. sounds like prison to me…..
@ Seal Team 6
If Amanda Knox is innocent, I’m Batman.
She’ll do a Lifetime movie and end up with a guest spot on The View, you just watch.
any of you read the Anthony’s statement?! part of it reads: “While the family may never know what happened to Caylee Marie Anthony, they now have closure for this chapter in their life”
“While the family may never know what happened to Caylee Marie Anthony” REALLY?! You daughter killed her! That is what happened!
I can’t believe after everything they’ve heard and seen they are still in complete denial!
Let me tell you what will happen when Horseface gets out- just in a few weeks she’ll only wish to be back in her jail cell! Freedom will be hell for her. As of George, if it was me, I’ll leave those two witches behind and get a life.
I’m obviously late to this thread, but still wanted to chime in with my thoughts. I agree with other posters that the jury reached the right verdict. The prosecution didn’t prove its case. Do I think she killed that little girl? Yes. Did the prosecution prove that she did it? No.
I’m honestly surprised they acquitted, because juries tend to go on emotion rather than on facts. I fully expected them to convict just based on the fact that the victim is an innocent child and the mother is an obvious sociopath. I’m actually kind of impressed that the jury managed to go on facts rather than emotion.
I really wish that the prosecution had made a better case. The thought of this woman being free makes me sick. I imagine the jurors feel the same way, and they have the extra burden of knowing that they had to let her go.
@GeekChic: The prosecution overreached. If they had gone for criminally negligent homicide they might have gotten a conviction.
@Isa: What we did before DNA was produced: Locked up a lot of innocent people and sent some of them to death row, where a few were actually executed for crimes they never committed.
Ruby7: I hope the public will deal with her when she is released. I am sickened!
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So what are you calling for, a lynching party? You may be sickened but to me you’re sickening.
I just heard the organization which was working to help find Caylee is considering bringing a lawsuit against Casey and Jose Baez for the defense claim Caylee was never missing. Good for them, I hope they do and I hope they win. The callousness given to people who really cared for this child or family is disgusting.
Casey has quite a few lawsuits against her and I hope it only adds to her suffering.
I didn’t really pay much attention to this case (I was too turned off by Nancy Grace to be able to watch) but I can’t help but wonder why another child murder in FL. California has a jacked up justice system but we don’t have as many child murders. I’m happy I live in gang-banger/serial killer land.
She is free because they went for the death penalty with circumstantial evidence. No good and honest person could sentence another to death if there was an inkling of reasonable doubt as to the defendant’s guilt. If I were on a jury sitting on a death penalty case, I would have to be 100% positive that the defendant was not innocent, lest I feel that inkling of doubt for the rest of my life. This is evidence of why the death penalty is ineffective.
Hi Batman, great to see you here!
George Anthony is GUILTY The ‘evil stare’ from George walking into court was at Casey, not Jose. Look at it again. He threw Casey under the bus. She never accused her mother of anything. Won’t everyone feel awful when you find out it was GEORGE?? Now the trial is over and Casey can tell it all. Why is everyone so defensive of this man?!?! And what makes anyone think Casey would want to go back to their home??!?!?
i just want to say the whole family was in this together I did it no I did it it wasnt casey and the jury who was there to decide this case drop outs an people who themselves that commited crimes oh my god no wonder they let her go the prosecuters presented all this evidence but poor casey started crying I just cant beleive somebody that didnt report there kid missing and they founf remains got set free why someone that spanks there kids goes to jail what kinf of a freakin system is this the people should have vote and if that linda kenny boden speaks again ill barf
Seal Team must be one impressed with Casey flashing her boobs by tucking her shirt in the back of her pants every time she came into court and it affected the brain-apparently some on jury also.
NO EVIDENCE? Last one with Caylee, death stench in her car (6 people and police dog observed), location of baby’s body in swamp down the street, baby’s death wrappings from Anthony home. You think(?) it’s accidental-well buddy, that’s manslaughter! The jury gets more money for interviews if they gave unpopular verdict. One wants $500,000. That’s motive. When you know in your head she’s the only one who did it, you have no reasonable doubt. It doesn’t say beyond a doubt.You pontificate but did you watch the trial?
Seal Team, you also gave Casey’s motive when you said she didn’t want the child and was forced to keep her. Do you ever think about what you say ?
I guess I’m a little unsympathetic because I find it pretty easy to go unaccused of murdering anyone.
Seal Team 6- Thanks! I knew she couldn’t be tried for the same charges but I didn’t know if others could be brought against her. If that makes sense.
Florida is a very sympathetic environment for child murderers.
If someone wants a ‘Not Guilty’ re thier premeditated child murder, then Florida is the first place they’ll want to go. . .
Shame on those 12 idiot jurors!!!
They are now just as guilty as Casey Anthony to whom they gave a ‘free pass’ for the ‘Bella Vita’. . . What will they think when she kills another child thanks to them letting her walk free and clear? (According to them, she’s not even guilty of child abuse even though Calee died while in her ‘care’!)
If Caylee drowned,which I never believed, isn’t it a crime to not report the accident or to dispose of the body like trash?
If a Civil Case is brought against Casey Anthony,can one of the stipulations be that she would never be able to be a mother to a minor again,not that she can’t get pregnant but that she would be ordered never to be able to raise a child again..to prevent this from happening again? Any Lawyers out there?
@Bill Hicks: I don’t post much, but I’ve been reading for a while and I think you’re one of the only level-headed posters who come here regularly. I usually identify with what you’re saying. I can understand that there were some legel missteps with the prosecution, and I don’t hold the jury responsible for doing the best with what was given them, but honestly, you can’t blame people for the public outcry. Whatever actually happened, and whatever tangible evidence was missing, it’s quite clear to anyone with reasonable problem-solving skills that this mother was sinisterly involved-in some way or other-in her 2 year old’s death. Perhaps it was an accident. People do odd things when a tragic accident occurs. I can reason with the idea that maybe Casey was shocked and bewildered that she accidentally killed her daughter, and in her state of shock/panic, tried to hide the body. But the lies, the sociopathic behavior, and the rest of the antics of both Casey and her family simply don’t add up. They didn’t have evidence to put her away for first degree, that’s true. But they had enough to convict her on neglect. I understand that because the prosecution failed, that never happened. But I can’t understand why you’d be angry with a public outcry.
@Seal Team: same thing. Most people here understand the point you’re making, but public outcry is certainly understandable.
@Cheyenne: someone said they’re sickened. Let them be sickened. A 2 year old is dead and the most likely culprit, who’s family may or may not have been involved, got away scott free. Excuse me for offending you, but I’m a little sickened too. And personally, I hope the public shuns her. I’m not too holier-than-thou to admit it.
@hunny: Thank-you for the kind words. Believe me, I do understand people’s frustrations.
I’ve been reading more about the case and I think the prosecution didn’t do their due diligence with this trial and putting the woman’s ex on the stand did much to sway the jury because they said he wasn’t credible and didn’t believe a thing he said.
I maintain if they felt as strongly as they did they, should have failed to bring a verdict and then Casey Anthony would have been retried. I think that’s where they failed, however, they had to work with the evidence they were presented with.
I think the jurors are saying things too because of the public outcry. I think there’s some deflection going on in terms of avoiding reprisals. They’ve reason to be worried so I can’t say I blame them.
What floors me is that authorities are considering this closed. Begs the question, with me anyway, of a flawed investigation or it’s gone so cold…
While a month is a long time and investigations go stale, there are plenty of open cold cases…what the hell happened with this one?
Because the jurors did not give justice to Little Caylee , we the American People can and should boycott any and all stations that pay casey Anthony and any of the Anthony Family and the jurors interviews etc. justice system did not do the right thing. But we can, please read this and send to your friends and tell your friends to send to all there friends, Let give Caylee some JUSTICE….PLEASE PASS ON.