May 26, 2013 · The Judge–for allowing this case to go on for so long without sufficient evidence Casey Anthony–for being a terrible mother and for all her misdeeds surrounding the death of her daughter Although you may be mad as hell at the jury verdict, take a deep breath, relax, and be thankful that the jury system actually worked in this case.
Jul 06, 2011 · Why Casey Anthony Was Acquitted Legal experts point to too many unanswered questions – and the unpredictable nature of juries By Michelle Tauber July 06, 2011 07:45 AM
Sep 14, 2010 · FACES OF CASEY: Recent To Oldest . September 14, 2010 at 6:19 pm EDT. KISSIMMEE, Fla. — The case against Casey Anthony will be the biggest criminal trial ever in Central Florida and her defense ...
Jul 14, 2011 · Anthony’s attorneys believed that the pervasive media attention during the death penalty trial was prejudicial to Anthony’s case. And while she may have been tried as guilty in the media and in the public’s opinion, the only opinion that counts is …
She was found with duct tape over her mouth. Casey Anthony lied about nearly everything. The police caught her in numerous lies that didn’t require much evidence to realize were false. She also seemed unfazed by the fact that her daughter was missing. She spent much of that period out at the club with friends.
She made up a story that she worked at Universal Studios and even led police to Universal Studios where they discovered she did not have a job. Casey Anthony was a master manipulator, maybe, but of herself more so than anyone else. In other words, the defense’s theory fit.
The defense proposed an alternative theory. Lawyers for Anthony argued that her daughter had drowned in the swimming pool. Upon realizing that her daughter drowned, Anthony did what she always did. She lied about.
Not Guilty was the Right Decision. The legal standard in a criminal trial is proof beyond a reasonable doubt and to a moral certainty. This is just shy of absolute certainty, but much higher than “she is probably” guilty. This legal standard prevents innocent persons from being imprisoned for crimes that they did not commit.
No criminal lawyer was surprised at the sentence handed down by the presiding judge. This long, laborous trial did not end well for the state; the judge heard and saw all of the grotesque evidence presented at trial.
Most people are angry at the verdict. Casey Anthony was not a likeable defendant; almost no one can believe her actions while her daughter was “missing.” The main point is not to be upset with the jury system; it worked. If you want to be angry at someone, I suggest the following:
According to several witnesses, including her own mother, the trunk of Casey Anthony’s car smelled like human decomposition in the summer of 2008. Does this indicate that Caylee’s body had been in it? To accompany lay witness testimony about the smell, Judge Belvin Perry Jr. allowed the prosecution to call Dr. Arpad Vass as an expert witness. Vass, a forensic anthropologist who works out of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been studying human decomposition for about 20 years, trying to isolate its signature molecular compounds. This was the first time an odor analysis expert had been allowed to testify in the United States. As you’d expect, Jeff Ashton and Jose Baez have different takes on the merit of Vass’s testimony:
For 33 days last summer, prosecutors and defense attorneys battled over evidence in the trial of Casey Anthony. Anthony stood accused of murdering her two-year-old daughter Caylee in 2008.
A piece of duct tape was found on Caylee Anthony’s skull. When it was analyzed by FBI Fingerprint analyst Elizabeth Fontaine, she says she located the outline of a heart-shaped sticker on it. But she was unable to document the outline, and other analysts weren’t able to verify its presence.
To try to prove its case, then, the prosecution called 23 expert witnesses from a variety of forensic disciplines; the defense countered with 14. A debate over forensic evidence was at the center of one of the most widely-watched murder trials since the O.J. Simpson case.
Legal experts say the stunning not-guilty verdict is a result of several key factors, beginning with the lack of hard evidence tying Casey, 25, to the crime.
One thing that legal experts on both sides agree upon: Juries are invariably unpredictable.
Linda Holmes, popular culture critic, NPR. NEAL CONAN, host: Yesterday, after years of investigation and weeks of testimony, a jury in Orlando, Florida took less than 11 hours to find Casey Anthony not guilty of first degree murder and other major charges. In a trial that became a cable TV sensation, Anthony was accused ...
Juries agree - jurors agreed Casey Anthony was a liar, convicting her of all four counts of providing false information to police. But rejecting Anthony's version of events didn't leave the jurors in possession of the truth. Neither side produced conclusive evidence of what happened. We still don't know how Caylee died.