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So upset-Casey Anthony not guilty
Wow.....I am stunned and shaking and almost in tears. Not guilty of murder.
This verdict is as stunning as the OJ trial but a poor innocent child is involved.
It is not my job to judge and I know God will take care of this but I am so so upset.
Re: So upset-Casey Anthony not guilty
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I am floored; I cannot believe she has gotten away with killing her beautiful little girl.
No tears when he child is missing or found dead but tears of joy when you get away with it?!?! I am sick.
I agree. I literally feel nauseated.
My heart aches for sweet baby Caylee.
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I am glad the Florida jury was able to look past the obvious emotions involved and make a practical decision based on the evidence they were presented with. Point blank, there was not enough evidence to prove she did it "beyond a reasonable doubt" and THAT is the state's burden. The state failed, not the jury.
Unpopularly agreeing with you.
No matter what we personally think she did or didn't do the system did what it is designed to do.
That doesn't mean my heart doesn't break at the thought of that precious little girl losing her life. I haven't been able to follow the trial too much because it makes me physically ill to think about it.
ditto.
There were just too many questions that sadly, will forever remain unanswered. I do think she should have gotten charged with SOMETHING for the month she was "missing".
. It's just so horribly sad.
Up to 4 years per count. The media know-it-alls say she will not serve any additional time. But what do they know, they all thought she would go to jail for murder.
Someone on Facebook mentioned that the charges hold a year of jail time... If that's the case, she'll likely be released with time served since she's been in jail this whole time. I don't know what the min/max sentence for that is in FL though, so who knows if that's true.
ETA: Based on almond's response... the people on Facebook are wrong! lol
I agree as well.
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I actually think that is a popular opinion. I don't think I've heard/read anyone blame the jury. Most people are just disappointed that the state wasn't able to build the case against someone who is obviously guilty of something.
yes.
i was recently on a jury, pondering the emotional consequences of not making a slumlord pay a fine. i can't even imagine having things like murder and imprisonment on your conscience. i would definitely need to be totally convinced to convict someone.
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This 100%. I know she had something to do with it but what? They couldn't even determine how she died. Such a sad, sad case.
another ditto here. w/o actually being there, i can't say what i would've voted for as a juror. i'd imagine they got a whole lot more information than the general public did. i feel bad for the jurors who are going to be harshly judged by the public for their decision....
my heart breaks for caylee and i think casey is a despicable person, but i can't say personally that i know she's a murderer beyond a reasonable doubt.
I agree, the state screwed up. how they messed up this case is awful.
I think she is guilty as all get out, but how they managed to work around general child negligence is beyond me. the bevy of lies she told over the course of 31 days to family and police alone make me (in my mind) positive she did it or was there when it was done. This was no accident.
31 days to lie about where your child is. What mother would ever do this?
I hope her nightmares are terrifying.
my heart weeps for the child.
Dana,
The jury is often able to review LESS than the public. There were all kinds of pieces of information they couldn't consider in their final opinion.
I totally agree the state didn't do their job and I'd be sick to my stomach if I were the prosecutor or anyone on their team.
She should have been brought up on charges of negligence, tampering with a dead body, covering a crime (of negligence), false statements to the police (which she was), possibly blackmailing her dad if those allegations are true, and if there was a charge of being a narcissistic c*** she should be brought up on that too.
I don't use the c word lightly. It's totally appropriate for her.
I almost wish there is a real live Dexter out there.
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Oh - well that is why you're the lawyer and I'm not. :-)
So add it to the should-be-a-crime category along with being a narcisstic c***.
ETA - are all crimes that result from negligence categorized into specific outcomes then? Like negligible homicide? Or is that simply manslaughter? I thought there was something called criminal negligence? Is there really no category of conviction for failing to care for your kid to the extent that she falls in the pool and drowns and then you cover it up to make it look like some sort of kidnapping crime?
- Paula Deen to 104.1 KRBE's Producer Eric 9/17/2011
but how I wish it was. and how I wish none of us were having this conversation. I wish we were all cheering the florida state for a job better done.
sigh.
Exactly.
I think the jury made the right decision based on what little I know of what they were given. It doesn't mean she's truly innocent though.
Absolutely, lawmom. I thought maybe it was just my lawyer mind going to work (although I have no personal experience with the criminal law system other than what I learned in law school), but the truth is that the jury did their job. They are instructed to NOT convict her unless they have enough evidence to convict her BEYOND a reasonable doubt. If they don't have that evidence, they cannot convict her. Emotions aside, they did the right thing in the face of a lot of circumstantial evidence.
That being said, I am heartbroken for Caylee. I wish they had been able to at least convict Casey of child abuse, at the very least. However, I truly believe that God will be the ultimate judge. That may not be comforting to everyone, but it is to me.