So what's your assessment of the Caylee Anthony murder?

[MatureDJ]

It seems to me that the mother got knocked up by a ONS. She seemed to be a decent mother, but only a few days after the murder, she was seen onstage at a club in a sexy dance type of contest.

I get the feeling that she just simply had a "I can't party and go after the hot bad boys anymore because I'm a mommy" feeling that led her to do the ultimate mother betrayal. I have known some women who have acted similarly (i.e., just decide that they don't want to be active mothers anymore so they can be a party girl again, leaving the kids to their husbands), but never so far as to kill the kids. This is a lot like Susan Smith, the mother who killed her kids by drowning them by driving the car into the water, so she could be available for a new relationship.

And what about this beta Jesse Grund, who knew she was pregnant, but continued to see her? :kick:

 

[squirrels]

You're actually WATCHING that sh!t??

 

[PDubb75]

What bothers me about this Casey Anthony case so much, is how much people care about it.

What happened to Caylee Anthony is a terrible thing, and the case shows some issues with our court system. But it absolutely astounds me how much attention THIS case has gotten! The amount of people that are so effected by this case, and can't stop talking about it make me angrier by the second.

There are COUNTLESS acts going on in this world on an hourly basis that are exponentially more significant than this case. There are people who are literally in tears over the outcome of this case, but have no idea what Darfur is, or what is going on in Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Burma, etc.

The reason people care so much is because the media shoved this sh!t down our throats. People feel the need to put so much into it emotionally, because they fear how they will be viewed if they don't adamantly defend the wrongful death of this girl that everyone now knows about.

If 10% of the people spending their time on this case looked into other issues in our country, and abroad, this world could be a very different place. The amount of ignorance that this case has brought out is astounding to me.

Do you know how many kids are killed in the US alone every year? An even better question, do you think this story would be more than a 20 second blip on the news (if that) if this was a black family? Or if Casey wasn't attractive?

I'll just stop there before I go crazy...

 

[5string]

She's OJ Simpson with a vagina. Simple.

 

[MatureDJ]

^What the hell?

What happened, probably, is that Casey wanted to go and party instead of take care of the kid so sometimes she put the kid out with chloroform while she sent out and partied, but one day she used too much chloroform and the kid died. It was probably an accident.

I never thought of that as an angle. That would seem to make the crime only be manslaughter. It's amazingly reckless, but I guess it wins a Darwin award.

 

[Alle_Gory]

The prosecutor couldn't prove beyond a reasonable doubt that she was guilty for the offences for which she was charged.

This is called the criminal justice system, not the mob justice system based on second hand information you read from a newspaper.

 

[ArcBound]

Accidental or not, I wonder if a man would have received the same verdict.

I was too young to know, but I heard Scott Peterson's case was similar.

 

[Maxtro]

As Alle_Gory pointed out, "The prosecutor couldn't prove beyond a reasonable doubt that she was guilty for the offences for which she was charged." That's really all there is to it.

My theory is that she completely freaked out when her daughter accidentally died and tried to cover it up. Hence the lying.

What really bugged me is that even if she was guilty, they wanted to give her the death penalty. Seriously, death penalty for killing her own daughter when Charles Manson and others like him are just serving lifetime sentences.

I was too young to know, but I heard Scott Peterson's case was similar.

Heh, I was actually living in Redwood City when the Peterson trial was taking place. The courthouse was just a few blocks from where I lived.

I don't remember what the defenses case was.

 

[Dust 2 Dust]

she got sick of having to take care of the kid and wanted to party, so she started putting the kid out with chloroform while she partied, but one day, she puts too much without realizing, so she gets back from partying to find the kid still laying there, dead

I believe this is the most likely scenario. She was a single mom who didn't want to give up the party life. She researched how to use chloroform on the Internet and began using it to put her daughter to sleep. One night, she used too much and accidentally killed Caylee.

In a panic, she put the corpse in a trash bag, placed a heart shaped sticker over her mouth, and sealed it with duct tape. She drove out to a swamp and tossed the body in.

30 Days later she reported the child missing and gave a fake story about leaving Caylee with a hispanic nanny.

At the very least she should have been convicted of manslaughter and illegal disposal of a corpse, but jury's today watch too much TV and they expect everything to be cut and dry with DNA evidence like an episode of CSI Miami. Even the alternate juror stated on TV they couldn't convict because there was no physical evidence linking Casey to the body.

 

[joverby]

If it was the lack of phsyical evidence that would be a combination of the "CSI" influence, the defense attorneys (who were very smart obviously and must of played it up to more than what it was worth, knowing that people have that mentality now) and the prosecution not doing a good enough job to persuede them otherwise.

 

[Dust 2 Dust]

There was a mountain of circumstantial evidence, but the defense played up the "no dna" evidence the entire trial as if there's still going to be DNA evidence on a corpse that's been rotting in a swamp for 4 months and the idiot jurors bought it. By that time all that was left was a skeleton and any physical evidence linking Casey to the scene was long gone.

 

[Alle_Gory]

Was this an open or private case and how did you guys come by this information?

Let's suppose that she is guilty as everyone says. What's the point of putting her in jail? She already killed her child. Nothing is going to bring her back. Is the purpose of prison to reform people or to punish them brutally and strip away their humanity? Even if she did kill that girl I don't think she belongs in jail. A psych ward definitely.

 

[BlackMack177]

Was this an open or private case and how did you guys come by this information?

Let's suppose that she is guilty as everyone says. What's the point of putting her in jail? She already killed her child. Nothing is going to bring her back. Is the purpose of prison to reform people or to punish them brutally and strip away their humanity? Even if she did kill that girl I don't think she belongs in jail. A psych ward definitely.

I think the purpose is in between

Not to strip away humanity, but to punish, reform and prevent them from committing more crimes

I agree that she should be in Jail. Word on the street is that she wants to have another baby. So you're telling me she should be free to make another 'honest' mistake if she feels like she hasn't outlived her party life yet?

It's not about bringing the child back, it's about justice being served

 

[Alle_Gory]

Not to strip away humanity, but to punish, reform and prevent them from committing more crimes

The prison system doesn't put out useful humans. In go non-violent offenders and people arrested for marijuana misdemeanours out come criminals with no job prospects who are forced to turn to crime to support themselves.

Word on the street is that she wants to have another baby.

I seriously doubt she's talking to anyone right now. Again, how did you come by this information? From a friend of a friend of a friend? I'm sure that's very reliable.

So you're telling me she should be free to make another 'honest' mistake if she feels like she hasn't outlived her party life yet?

I think that if there's evidence to support it she's got problems, that she should be in a mental hospital working out her issues with a psychiatrist.