Anthony verdict

[veronica_rich]

OK, Florida fen (and others, I suppose) - I kept up almost not at all with the whole Casey Anthony thing, aside from having heard her and her daughter's name once in a while in the news the past few years. (Yeah, you might think this hard to do, but I assure you, there's plenty else in the news to occupy me, since watching certain other topics is sort of part of my job.)

What do you think about today's acquittal?

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[starrdust411.livejournal.com]

I live in Florida, but I haven't heard much about to case either. My brother's friend from Orlando claimed that the local news channels there were obsessed with the trial and reporting on it around the clock.

That being said, nearly every reaction I've seen/heard so far has been in anger over the verdict. Frankly I think it's bogus as well. From the few details I've heard of the case it seemed to me like she killed her daughter.

[gobsmacked.livejournal.com]

I am torn. It occupied and obsessed so many of the American networks. Inside Edition had a nightly update, as did some other shows I could hear in the background.
It seems probable that she killed her daughter, but there was not enough evidence to prove it. Moreover, I wonder whether, if they *had* proved it she would not have had basis for a mistrial given the obsessive coverage with various talking heads hammering home "Guilty guilty guilty" even as they admitted there was not sufficient evidence.

[captsparrow4evr.livejournal.com]

I think the prosecution blew it big time. They should have gone for involuntary manslaughter and made the case that she only meant to keep her little girl quiet and asleep while she went out and partied. Instead, they pushed for Murder 1 and she got off because it didn't survive the premeditation test. They wanted to make an example of her. It's just sad.

[hippediva.livejournal.com]

Thank effin' GOD for it! I was fully expecting the jury to be as braindead and ignorant of the law as most of the population but they apparently had some sense.

The prosecution never proved their case and attempted to rely on innuendo and the media. If this case proved anything, it's that the system CAN work.

[beldar.livejournal.com]

As a Trial of the Century it seemed okay for cheap entertainment value. We should get a better one before the century's up (still 89 years to go!) Hopefully Ms. Anthony will get some money from the inevitable book that will come out in the next year or so to compensate for the entire country believing that she's a murderer who got away with it. I have no opinion on guilt/innocence since the only things I've heard about it are by those who profit off her being guilty-as-hell, other that to consider that she seems to be at least guilty of being pretty stupid with her actions back in '08. Murder? Eh, I'm not on the jury, and they already had their say.

[pktaxwench.livejournal.com]

I say that it entertained me to watch the verdict being read and the subsequent coverage as I spent FOUR FREAKING HOURS at the TMO dealing with our move today. Some of the younger airmen waiting threw empty soda cans at the TV. Pete and I debated how long until she 'goes missing'. Bodies vanish near completely in our tropical climate.

What is it with you reporters that won't take no for an answer? What part of 'the jury doesn't want to talk to the press' did they not get? They badgered the court rep at the press conference for half an hour, and multiple helicopters followed their van. WTF? The media is full of nosy ass douchebsgs.

[bonnie-halfelvn.livejournal.com]

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.