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Casey Anthony Verdict is in...

NOT Guilty.WTF! Are you kidding me?

That whole story breaks my heart. That poor little girl.

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  • I know! So what does this mean? Who is responsible?
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  • imageucgrad:
    I know! So what does this mean? Who is responsible?

    IMO, Casey is responsible- she got away with it. 

  • that woman better RUN.

     

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  • This makes me sick...

     It will be interesting to see how she acts once she's a free woman. Will she just live her life or will she go and try and find "who did it" (even though I firmly believe she is guilty). 

    I also hate that she will make money off this. 

    My heart just hurts for that poor little girl. I don't understand how anyone can hurt anyone, especially a precious baby. 

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  • Unbelievable. I'm in shock.
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  • I can't believe that everyone is so shocked. To convict you have to be able to say that the evidence proves without a shadow of a doubt that she did it. And while I DO think she is guilty, the evidence as presented would not have convinced me beyond a shadow of a doubt to say that she was guilty of crime that would sentence her to death. Hopefully the Judge will put a gag order on her, preventing her from making $ off of her story. She will live a miserable life from here on out. She won't be able to work, or go out in public. We all know that. She won't be able to party it up life before. Her family, if they choose to stand behind her will all have to move and hide. But, it is heartbreaking that a sweet little angel faced girl is no longer here, and there is no hard and fast proof of anyone's guilt, allowing justice to be served.

  • That's just plain ridiculous. My heart breaks for that poor little girl... I can't imagine doing that to anyone, let alone your own child, and then living w/that for the rest of your life.

    DH's first comment on it was, "well, her life is going to be hell anyway," but then he thought about it and added on, "although I'm sure she'll get a movie deal," which really infuriates both of us to think that this girl stands to make money off of it. That's just effed up.
  • imagexmaryrickx:

    To convict you have to be able to say that the evidence proves without a shadow of a doubt that she did it.

    Isn't it just beyond reasonable doubt?

    I think that there is reasonable doubt that it was intentional or premeditated, but I don't believe that there is any doubt that she was involved in the baby's death and subsequent cover-up.  I'm shocked that they didn't even find her guilty of child abuse or neglect.

  • imageMereFM99:
    imagexmaryrickx:

    To convict you have to be able to say that the evidence proves without a shadow of a doubt that she did it.

    Isn't it just beyond reasonable doubt?

    I think that there is reasonable doubt that it was intentional or premeditated, but I don't believe that there is any doubt that she was involved in the baby's death and subsequent cover-up.  I'm shocked that they didn't even find her guilty of child abuse or neglect.

    Yes, I guess it is just beyond a reasonable doubt, but if you are going to convict someone of a crime, that will sentence them to death, then you better be 110% sure that they are guilty, and not have any kind of doubt at all.

  • imagexmaryrickx:
    imageMereFM99:
    imagexmaryrickx:

    To convict you have to be able to say that the evidence proves without a shadow of a doubt that she did it.

    Isn't it just beyond reasonable doubt?

    I think that there is reasonable doubt that it was intentional or premeditated, but I don't believe that there is any doubt that she was involved in the baby's death and subsequent cover-up.  I'm shocked that they didn't even find her guilty of child abuse or neglect.

    Yes, I guess it is just beyond a reasonable doubt, but if you are going to convict someone of a crime, that will sentence them to death, then you better be 110% sure that they are guilty, and not have any kind of doubt at all.

    No, I agree, I wouldn't have felt comfortable convicting of first degree if I had been on the jury.  But something!  Didn't they have the option to convict her of lesser charges?  At least neglect- allowing a missing child to go unreported for a month?  That's frustrating.

  • My prediction: someone is going to go vigilante on her_ass.

    She is a disgusting human being. I am pretty surprised at all of this. I thought at the very least they would get her for abuse/neglect.

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  • I agree with mary--I totally think she did it and am sick that she isn't serving her punishment for it--but I get the verdict on reasonable doubt and lack of evidence.
  • imagelsgarver:
    I agree with mary--I totally think she did it and am sick that she isn't serving her punishment for it--but I get the verdict on reasonable doubt and lack of evidence.

    I didn't follow the trial closely, but this is what I gathered as well.  

    I think that the defense did a good job poking holes in the prosecution by bringing up/floating a bunch of other possibilities- both before and during the trial.  

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  • I also agree with Mary. I am surprised like mrsremy that they didn't find her guilty of abuse or neglect and won't be surprised if something happens to her...

     

    ETA: I guess she is guilty of lying to investigators. If so, maybe she will serve time and be put in general population...

     

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  • I'm with Mary too... why are people so shocked about this? If you followed the case I thought it was kind of obvious that she was going to get off.

    Why wasn't she ever charged with neglect? At the very least she'd have been found guilty of that!

    That poor sweet girl will never get justice and that breaks my heart :( I hope the truth comes out one day but it probably won't.

  • I agree with Mary.  While I think she is a horrible person and mother, from what I've heard, I'm not surprised about the verdict, especially on murder.  It's the prosecutors job to make the case beyond reasonable doubt and this case had a lot of circumstantial evidence.  From my FB, it seems a lot of people felt she should have been convicted regardless and they are pissed at the jurors, but that's the way our justice system works and I think the jurors did their best to stay within their guidelines.  I do really hope she doesn't profit from this and I think she is an awful person, but if the evidence wasn't there then they can't convict on murder one.
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  • Yeah I haven't watched the trial much. I did hear that she will get convicted on 4 counts of lying to the police. Each count comes with a year long sentence though I heard since she has already served 3 years that they will more than likely count the time she has done towards her 4 years.

    This is all over my co-worker's rendition of an article she read. So the above may not be accurate. IDK

  • I think the outrage and disbelief is because people believe in some version of karma--bad things happen to bad people, when you hurt others you'll eventually get yours.  Even if she didn't murder the girl, Casey obviously sucked as a mom and sucks as a person and we want some justice just for that--just for the fact that she's a horrible person.  Not getting that shakes those beliefs about karma and makes us remember that bad people sometimes don't face consequences.  That's hard to swallow and simply doesn't seem fair.
  • My biggest surprise that she was only convicted of lying to the police. I don't think I thought she'd get murder, but I figured at least she would get child abuse.
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  • imageucgrad:
    I don't think I thought she'd get murder, but I figured at least she would get child abuse.

    I don't think child abuse was one of the charges, it was aggravated assault- I think it's pretty safe to say that since Caylee is gone, they can't try her for neglect, abuse, etc. Prior to Caylee's death, I don't know if there was any contact w/ whatever social services/child protective services are in FL.  

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  • I wasn't surprised at all. They couldn't determine the cause of death, it's extrememly hard to prove that someone was responsible for another individuals death-in a court of law- when you can't even tel, the jury or the judge how that person was killed, that right there is reasonable doubt. It is sickening though all the details that have come out about, how long she was missing and Casey didn't report it, all the lies, the partying, the tatto. That poor poor little girl, its entirely out of my realm of understanding how a parent can do that to a child. In the court of public opinion, she's guilty, unfortunately the public can't send her to jail for the rest of her life
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  • imageMereFM99:

    imageucgrad:
    I know! So what does this mean? Who is responsible?

    IMO, Casey is responsible- she got away with it. 

    Couldn't agree with you more!!!

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