I had not followed the case. As a casual observer, I'd expected a guilty verdict. When that didn't happen, I looked at the analysis of why. A lot of circumstantial evidence, one "truth" against another, and an inconclusive autopsy report.

What really disturbed me was a video I watched that happened before the verdict. It was an analysis of the closing arguments and the "strategies" the prosecustion should have used. It was basically, "find three major points and get those across succinctly, and go for the emotion. A child died, and someone must be blamed. Someone must pay." That was the gist of it.

And while I don't doubt that this sort of thing takes place in trials everywhere, to hear it spelled out like it was nothing more than a football game made me sick. Forget facts, go for the emotion. That's how you WIN.