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Post by doctork on Jul 7, 2011 22:11:53 GMT -5
It's all they are talking about on the news, even on CNN and PBS. OK, I surrender and will ask "What do you think about the case and the outcome?"
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Post by doctork on Jul 7, 2011 22:17:38 GMT -5
Here's what I think.
Boy I am sick of the whole thing, and even her parents have said they do not think Casey is innocent.
However, it does look to me like the prosecution was "overly aggressive" in their charges, and the jury honestly could not find Casey guilty "beyond a reasonable doubt." It's a death penalty case for some of those charges, and naturally a jury is going to want convincing evidence before they agree someone is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
The media say that Cassey will be the most hated woman in America for the rest of her life. Who are they kidding? America's collective memory is probably less than 6 months, so in a year or two, everyone will forget about a little dead girl. Happens daily as a matter of fact, just not on national TV/radio/newspapers/internet.
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Post by joew on Jul 7, 2011 22:35:04 GMT -5
I was never even aware of the case until the verdict. It's not that I think the death of a little girl is unimportant, but so many people die every day. This never deserved to be national news.
And you're probably right about the case itself. From the little I've read, it seems more likely than not that shedunnit. Maybe the evidence didn't prove it beyond a reasonable doubt. Maybe the charge should have been manslaughter. Maybe the jury didn't understand the difference between "beyond a reasonable doubt" and "beyond all possible doubt."
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Post by gailkate on Jul 8, 2011 11:16:39 GMT -5
I didn't follow it much either, because it was just so tragic and sensationalized. CNN and FOX condemned her every day, over and over again. It's not surprising that people are so maddened. What we must remember is that the jury knew only what they saw and heard in the courtroom. The prosecution should have gone for something more provable and admitted they were dealing with a sociopath. Now she's free and completely outside any supervision, let alone treatment. And we still don't know what happened to poor little Caylee.
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Post by doctork on Jul 9, 2011 0:27:49 GMT -5
The jury heard the evidence and seemed to feel that while she might be a sociopath who killed her little daughter so she could have a "beautiful life," it was also possible that there was an accidental drowning death, covered up by deception.
The Arizona Republic (Phoenix daily paper) did a front page coverage of drowning deaths a few weeks ago. I was shocked at just how common they are - 21 such deaths in the PHX metro area in 2010, most of them in toddlers and pre-school age kids drowning in the family's backyard pool.
It can happen. However, all those families called 911 immediately for emergency medical services....
I'll give CNN a pass, as they are one station who covered other news as well, though as the trial heated up, they covered the story like the other stations.
If Casey is a sociopath (which I suspect is likely), there really is no treatment, unless she wants to take meds and undergo years of psychotherapy. Not likely. But if she has future access to kids who start disappearing, I don't think she will get any slack cut.
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