What is your view on the Casey Anthony trial?

Mr. Wizard

2011-07-14 00:26:13 UTC

Any normal mother would go into emotional meltdown when their toddler child has gone missing.

Casey Anthony went off on some "22 going on 16 year old" party binge while her daughter, Caylee, was missing, lied outright to her parents for 31 days as to Caylee's whereabouts---THEN lied to investigating police as well.

So....given all the available publicly known facts about this twisted case, here's my logical conclusion of what I believe really happened:

Caylee suffered a broken neck--either by accident, Casey's negligence---or her physical abuse of the little girl, leaving her semi-conscious, likely in severe pain / suffering. Normal mothers would rush their severely injured child to the nearest hospital; Casey, as she's well established---is anything but normal.

For reasons we'll likely never know, Casey sought to end Caylee's suffering---by putting her asleep using chloroform, which subsequently killed her. Casey then duct taped Caylee's mouth, binded her hands and feet ( to make it look like the work of child kidnappers )----then dumped Caylee's body out into a swamp, just over 2 miles from her apartment.

Six months time, exposed to that swamp environment---more than ample time to destroy any forensic evidence linking Caylee's death to Casey, as crime scene forensic lavatories found out---but Orlando, Florida DA's office went forward with criminal charges on Casey--and off to jail she went, for three long years.....not long enough for many....not long enough for me.

The case and subsequent trial went on with plenty of dysfunctional twists, turns--and drama notwithstanding. The Defense really didn't win Casey's trial--the lack of solid evidence did.

And in the face of all the logic of what happened to Caylee---the jury could NOT find Casey guilty on what was theorized and the evidence simply couldn't fully say what we feel is the truth: Casey Anthony IS responsible for her daughter's death and disappearance.

An ironic travesty of justice---where the guilty DO wriggle free, just by same turn, innocent people sometimes are found guilty of crimes and are sent to prison; the yin / yang of American Justice.

teacup giraffe

2011-07-13 17:40:15 UTC

i think the jury got rattled b/c it was a death penalty case - even though they were told they could not consider penalty in determining guilt. they were looking for a "CSI-like" pile of irrefutable evidence to confirm "beyond all possible doubt" instead of "beyond a REASONABLE doubt". i don't believe that George would have anything to do with putting his granddaughter in a swamp - if it were truly an accident and he was present, 911 would have been called and she would have gotten a decent burial. given this girl's history of lying, stealing and manipulation - I think this family knows Casey (and only Casey) was responsible, but having lost a granddaughter, did not want to lose her as well. her family were the only ones who had access to the duct tape, laundry bag, family computer and sticker - but Casey was the only one with motive to kill Caylee. she wanted her freedom and Caylee was getting in the way of her partying. of course she could have left the child with her parents, but not without answering questions and probably taking some grief about not being responsible. apparently, this was too much to ask.

TMI

2011-07-13 09:32:09 UTC

OOOH a cop will see this! Oh NO! Writing something here will prove guilt, but murdering your own kid, placing heart shaped stickers from your own house on the duct tape strapped to the victims head, no problem.

hightower1123

2011-07-13 05:57:25 UTC

she may not have murdered her, but i still think she had something to do with caylees demise so in my book shes not off the hook

tillan2k

2011-07-13 05:27:15 UTC

My view is that the case be reviewed by different jury if law permits

Jury appears to be perverse and biased

xpatinasia

2011-07-13 05:25:32 UTC

Fair.

s s

2011-07-13 08:54:04 UTC

Nancy Grace stirs the THUGS up emotionally with the precious baby girl and devil is dancing stuff. They are also clueless about reasonable doubt. I don't mind if someone thinks Casey is guilty, I DO mind when people say they hope she is killed on the street, or that the jury should be killed. The verdict was just.

Proof media lies/misleads: CAYLEE WAS NEVER FOUND WITH DUCT TAPE STUCK TO HER NOSE AND MOUTH.

Mouth was rotted and bones chewed by animals, so how can they say tape was on mouth? But I covered my dog's face with cloth and tape before I buried her. It is almost universal, people want to cover or close eyes and mouth before burial, not throw dirt in open eyes, etc, Maybe Casey had mouth open, with death gasses coming out, flies crawling in it, fluid leaking, so they cover with cloth then tape, maybe just tape. THEY FOUND 3 Pieces of tape, one for mouth area, two for eyes? You don't want to kiss child goodbye without closing mouth and eyes by mortician wax, insecticide, and thread, or at least tape or cloth in a panic. I think the body was gonna get moved again to some final resting place, or possibly "cremated"

Expert witnesses said tape was likely applied after death. There was a piece of tape stuck to her hair and side of skull. Expert says tape was probably simply holding jaw bone to skull. Also, tape sticky enough to stick to matted hair, but no DNA on tape leads one to believe tape might not ever have been on skin.

Dad prob told Casey he would bury child, cuz she could go to jail for drowning accident, police will call it murder. Casey went along with Dad's plan, did not report death. Accidental drowning MUCH more common than someone killing child in order to have more sex. ACCIDENTAL DROWNING NUMBER 2 KILLER OF KIDS UNDER 5. Casey might have drowned in grandad's pool, he didn't want to lose his house and insurance. Perhaps Grandad had bad fence around pool, or negligent in some other way? Casey could then sue her parents for negligence. Maybe Casey was negligent in some way. You want evidence of drowning, like finding water in lungs? Sorry, you can't have that. The body was rotted.

Waiting 31 days to say child was missing, well because she was dead. Maybe someone was negligent about the drowning because they had drugs in their system, and that's why they waited a month to clean system? Now I don't know this happened AT ALL. But people don't report car accidents, taxes, injuries all the time. People make Bad decisions. There are reasons why someone would cover up accidental death.

Prosecution COULD NOT EVEN PROVE A MURDER TOOK PLACE, COULD NOT RULE OUT ACCIDENTAL DROWNING. Jury was right to comeback with not guilty verdict.

Casey's support system is young and socializing, not in her room alone with her. That is why she goes out. The chloroform stuff was insignificant traces that proved nothing. YOU probably have chloroform in your house right now.

Re the tattoo, lots of people in this country drink and get memorial tattoos shortly after a loved one dies. "Bella Vita" could be a tribute to her daughter. She certainly couldn't get RIP Caylee at that time. Couldn't wear an ever-popular memorial t shirt. Couldn't put a memorial sticker on her car.

I google bank heists, bullet-proof shirts, ice bullets, and poison pens. I just googled chloroform. Googling is not a crime.

Maybe Casey googled chloroform cuz she thought she was poisoned herself, maybe she saw it on CSI and wanted to look it up. Doesn't make her a murderer. Do they count reading several search results for the term as googling it several times? Or refreshing page? Or favoriting? Or emailing to oneself?

3 small pieces of Tape cannot be murder weapon by itself, you would need to tie arms back too, do something else.

Bottom line, NO PROOF A MURDER OCCURRED, NO PROOF CASEY DID IT. NOT GUILTY. Disagree with my theories and opinions about what happened and there is still not enough evidence. Before you sentence someone to death, the dots MUST to be clear and close enough on their own for you to see the picture before you connect them.

Tom Cat

2011-07-13 05:57:43 UTC

The prosecution failed to present a compelling case. Period.

2011-07-14 14:33:14 UTC

I think she was innocent.