to be astonished that Casey Anthony has been found not guilty?

[GastonTheLadybird]

I am completely shocked. If she didn't do it, who did?

Coverage on Fox News, jurors refusing to talk to media. Terribly sad for all involved :(

Filibear, thanks.

but isn't this exactly what happens when you have trial by media?

People have decided that she was guilty based on the evidence presented in the media, and given this case has been ongoing since 2008 they've had quite a while to present their evidence.

Yet a jury has heard the evidence presented in court, most of which was circumstancial, and have decided that she was not guilty, not only of murder but of manslaughter and child abuse.

It sickens me that this trial was televised and the quite obvious glea that people were getting from watching it/appearing outside the court etc.

I guess we will never know the true facts. But just because the media said she did it, doesn't mean that she did.

it was up to the jurors and the jurors found her not guilty. people can moan all they want but they can't do anything about it. haven't read much of this case but for the jury to have found her not guilty there must have been more than what the media has shown. unless you are a juror or have seen every single bit of evidence and testimony in a unbiased way then you cannot comment on someone's guilt or innocence. this is a horrible crime but if the courts have found her not guilty then she should be treated as such, innocent until proven guilty and she wasn't.

its sick that no one will be punished for this horrible crime. If she dies in the pool why not just call the ambalance? if she was taken by babysitter, call the police? I think she killed her and got rid of it.
I mean she didnt report it for a month!! seriously??! the woman is sick

The jury heard the evidence and determined that she has not be proven guilty. Trial by media is utterly sickening, what do you know that the jury doesn't?

Unbelievable...hard to know what to say really.

FWIW I think she did it

We were on holiday in Florida at the beginning of all this when that poor little girl went missing

we were as well bellavita.

MrsGuyOfGisbourne, the problem with that argument is you could have said the same about OJ.

As it happens, this case seems a bit less clear cut IMO.

I think if it had happened in a state without the death penalty she may have gotten convicted. But if they can't prove beyond reasonable doubt that she was murdered by her mother, I would have a hard time voting guilty and knowing that Casey would die for it.

I agree with SGM. The whole approach to this case has been vile.

I saw a thread on another forum where people were treating it like a reality TV show and suggesting drinking games for different things that happened in the case.

Completely sickening.

"I am completely shocked. If she didn't do it, who did? "

Thats a good basis for giving someone the death penalty for murder? "Well, theres no actual physical evidence, no date of death or manner of death, no particular motive, no prosecution scientific evidence that is actually accepted by scientific method, no witnesses etc....but hell, everyone knows she did it, cos who the fuck else did?"
Good basis for a legal system there. Why not do away with trials all together?

You can decide that the woman is guilty just because of what you read in the media!

I assume, if like here, the jury are ordinary people like you and I. They heard and saw all the evidence put to them, all the alibis, the stories, the claims, etc. And hwen givnen chance to deliberate over this they had several hours to decide if this woman was guilty beyond all reasonable doubt.

If there is ANY doubt in their mind they simpy cannot convict.

The media around this case is sickening. People fighting to get "a good view" - urgh. People desperately pouring over every inch of what is said and not said - unpleasant. In one article (which I read as a result of this thread only) there were woman saying it should be a film and that they'd love to watch it - vile!!!

First line should say can't not can!

The defense isn't trying to say that someone else did it, just that Casey didn't murder Caylee. That's all they had to successfully argue...and they did.

Not just any doubt, Hulababy, any reasonable doubt.

Which clearly there was.

The defense isn't trying to say that someone else did it, just that Casey didn't murder Caylee. That's all they had to successfully argue...and they did.

Indeed no-one at all may have been murdered. It's certain that a little girl died tragically but not that it was murder.

Whatever else happens, I hope there is some way to stop her profiting from this. I understand she's been proven innocent and that she will now have to live her life, but I really hope she isn't able to profit. I think she will though.

I am still aghast. I mean, who covers up an accident to look like a murder? It makes zero sense.

The defence team partying afterwards was pretty disgusting really, a child is still dead.

Regardless of whether she did it or not though, her life on the outside is going to be pretty frightening I'm sure.

Yes, Insomnia - missed the reasonable out in that latter sentence, did have it above though.

And es, there would appear to be reasonable doubt int his case - therefore you simply cannot convict.

Zukie it's this

I think that she maybe did chloroform her and she died accidentally.

I was very shocked. I think she clearly has serious psychological and emotional issues stemming from something serious and assumed it was out of sympathy from the jurors that she was not found guilty. Maybe because of the alleged abuse by her male family members, or something else we do not know.

Whatever the case may be, it is a horrific story.

StewieGriffinsMom I think thats why I find it so shocking she was not found guilty too. I read a lot about it today and agree to the point with your opinion of the situation.

Frankly I do feel there is more to this woman than meets the eye in terms of psychological damage and she has been made into a monster by the press without even fully looking into the intricate details of what may have led to this poor baby's death.