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 :(

Probably reports of her dancing in nightclubs and participating in 'hard body' contest few days after her daughter's disappearance have contributed to the media witchhunt

i think it would have been difficult for the jury to reach a guilty verdict for 1st degree murder when there was little evidence. also, its a very hard person who can send some to their death because they more than likely were involved.

its a desperately sad case, whatever happened that woman didnt report her 2yr old missing for a month. i can't help but assume that means she's guilty of something. maybe her dad is too, impossible to say whether the sexual abuse claims are real and responsible for her clear psychological problems or if it was a convenient misdirection from an habitual liar.

the stories of people fighting to get into court and travelling miles to jeer and shout at the court are just rank. i understand the anger that a child has been killed and no one is going to be prosecuted, but jeeesus. televised toddler murder trials? no thanks.

Trial by media indeed.

We know fuck all of what actually happened but people are believing everything fed to them by the media.

You have to be sure before you send someone to their death, really properly sure, not angry, not thinking 'well look at her...', she would have been executed. I am actually not totally anti death penalty but you have to be sure. It is better for this woman to get away with murder than it would be for her to be executed if she is innocent.

Are people really saying here that they know more than the jurors did and that they would have convicted her of first degree murder based on the media reports and sent her to her death? Really?

I don't know what happened, neither do you, it can't be proved that she is guilty and therefore she cannot be found guilty.

I probably would have voted not guilty too. There was no proof.

All that her actions prove thus far are that she was shit mum.

The thing is, we don't know what happened. Yes, I suppose it's possible that she murdered her child. But look at it from the comments about sexual abuse when she was a child - what if it was her father, and he killed the child either accidentally or deliberately during abuse, and she was terrified to say something? I mean, isn't it odd that child's grandfather would assist in hiding the body? It's really open to all sorts of speculation.

I doubt we'll ever know...

I just feel badly for that poor little girl....

I don't believe her grandfather did help hide the body, Triggles, though it's entirely possible.

Seem to have seen some speculation on it. Also he made threats to commit suicide, didn't he after body was found? Again, only vaguely recall bits and pieces, but honestly, while I suspect that Casey Anthony was most likely involved in some way, there's no proof of what actually happened. Unfortunately, it sounds like the prosecution either should have waited a bit longer to make the arrest and bring it to court to get all their info sorted, or looked into other scenarios.

She has been sentenced to 4 years on the counts of lying to the police (one year for each count), with time deducted for the time she was on remand.

I started a thread on this when it first started and got accused of being too interested and therefore must be personally involved

She will probably walk free in just a few weeks.

And yes, I watched the whole trial, and I would have voted her guilty to at least charges number 2 or 3.

Looks like it was manslaughter to me (or whatever they call it over there). You choloroform someone and they die - that's manslaughter.

Some juries seem to get the 'reasonable doubt' thing wrong, forget about the reasonable bit, and just focus on extremely remote doubt.

I suppose it could have been an accident, and they got scared and decided to make it look like murder with the tape, the chloroform, the body in the trunk and disposal of the body. That raises doubt. But if that's reasonable doubt then I don't think you'd ever be able to convict anyone of anything.

Im glad Oprah's finished otherewise, she'd be on it next week.

Sorry I didn't come back to this yesterday, I wasn't suggesting she was executed (I don't think anyone suggested she was guilty of 1st degree murder, did they?), or even sentenced to 30 yrs in prison, but I do think it wholly irresponsible of her to be completely free from next week.

It might have been an accident that she covered up, it might not, it's pretty clear she was involved and in my opinion she needs help. Whether that's in a prison setting or mental health institute, fine. I don't think she should be allowed to just walk away.

I understand that there doesn't need to be another suspect in law for them to declare someone not guilty. My point was more, if she's not guilty, it's an open case again and they need to find the person responsible.

Yes, she was charged with first degree murder, which would have resulted in the death penalty.

Gaston there will not be another person found responsible because the defense argued that Caylee drowned and then Casey covered it up. The case is closed.

I meant nobody on this thread was suggesting that she be charged for first degree murder, I know that's what she was charged with.

I just don't understand how covering it up doesn't carrier a longer sentence, it's all just so horrible. I guess like anything so disturbing, people watching it just try and make sense of it and there isn't much to make sense of here.

so you're saying that even if you have no idea what she did or did not do, you'd lock her up anyway? Glad you're not in charge of any legal system then!