The defense was smart for not putting her on the stand. It makes her look guilty but didn't give the prosecutor a chance to rip her apart. I hope she gets some jail time. The inmates will get Justice for her daughter. No one tolerates child killers in jails.
Hawt Casey Anthony - Not Guilty
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this just in: she apparently didn't kill her child. so, she should be fine, prison or no.
Then who did? So the child was unsupervised enough that some one could come into the home with no signs of forced entry and use duct tape from the home and trash bags and was kind enough to put them back in there places and hide the body within a mile of the house? Plus someone researched how to make chloroform in the house and she even wrote letters in jail about using chloroform on the kid.
http://www.wftv.com/pdf/23069597/detail.html
They never actually proved that the duct tape was responsible for her death.
They never were able to prove that she was indeed murdered.
Therefore, they weren't able to get a conviction.
Also, her convictions that did occur are misdemeanors. As of thursday, she'll walk.
They never were able to prove that she was indeed murdered.
Therefore, they weren't able to get a conviction.
Also, her convictions that did occur are misdemeanors. As of thursday, she'll walk.
"Double jeopardy is a procedural defense that forbids a defendant from being tried again on the same, or similar charges following a legitimate acquittal or conviction. At common law a defendant may plead autrefois acquit or autrefois convict (a peremptory plea), meaning the defendant has been acquitted or convicted of the same offense."
I don't see how they could possibly charge her again.
I don't see why they didn't try to charge her with neglect for taking so long to report her missing. Facebook is blowing up with people outraged at her getting off.
eileenbunny
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Yeah, while this trial was going on I got into a huge argument with a friend because I said the prosecution had screwed the pooch on this one. All of their evidence was circumstantial at best. They had nothing directly linking anyone to the death and all they had to rely on was people hating this woman, and most people do, but proving someone is a horrible person and a liar is not the same as proving someone is a murderer. I'm honestly glad to know that despite I think this woman is a terrible person, we still live in a world where innocent until proven guilty can and does happen.
That's the million dollar question isn't it? I hope people continue to ask and new evidence is uncovered so justice can be done in this case.
Exactly. The prosecutions entire case was based on circumstantial evidence, and character assassination.
Not that I agree with the verdict, per se, but they couldn't even prove how she died. And the fact that her body was found in a place that was searched many times and it wasn't found, but then showed up in a 4th search, buy a guy who claimed weeks before that he would strike it big on the discovery, was almost enough alone to establish reasonable doubt.
Looking further....you're right.
However, she could be charged with perjury and a civil suit for this.
I've seen the civil suit angle brought up a few times.
As far as I can tell, the only people who can sue her would be her parents, or the originally named lady pointed to as the 'nanny'. No one else could really prove any kind of damages as a result of the trial.
The nanny's case is probably valid, but I doubt the damages would amount to much.
The parents, however, most likely have a valid case.
Negative. If it was dismissed or declared a mistrial they could prosecute the same offense, but the final verdict is final. Even with new evidence they can't put someone 'in jeopardy' for the same offense when a final verdict is rendered. See Fong Foo v US
They could try to prosecute for a similar offense, or an alternative one, but not the same one.
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I find it sad that kids die every day on this planet and we are spending Pointless resorces debating about this one woman's kid and the details of her death rather than trying to help the kids still living.
I don't care personally if this broad is guilty or not. I just want everyone to stop over hyping it.
I don't care personally if this broad is guilty or not. I just want everyone to stop over hyping it.
