CASEY ANTHONY: what do you think will happen.

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

First, I'm not sure how to post a poll, especially because I'm mobile.

Second, if there is already a thread on this, my apologies. I didn't see one.

So, jury selection is now complete for the young mother accused of killing her toddler, and the trial starts tomorrow. Some call the evidence against her circumstantial, and technically, it may be, but I've rarely seen more damning evidence in a trial in my life for a trial. Wow. Still, the burden of the case is in the hands of the prosecution. I hope that the police-work and evidence gatheringg from the start was handled well, because otherwise they will have a hard time getting a conviction that public might see as a proverbial slam-dunk.

So what do you think will happen... will this woman be sentenced to death, life imprisonment, or you think the prosecutors will screw up? From my wording, you can probably tell that I seriously doubt she is actually innocent but I am glad that our system makes the burden of proof for guilt very very high. She could go free when all is said and done.

Thoughts?

 

[auntiehill]

My only thought about this case is that I don't want to hear one more sordid word about it, until someone's ass is behind bars for murdering that child.

 

[Captain_Nick]

Who?

 

[Robert Maxwell]

Casey Anthony is the mother of missing toddler Caylee Anthony.

 

[DeafPoet]

Nancy Grace will scream some more about how every guy on the planet is out to murder women and then she'll pick something equally dumb to scream about. The end.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

Every time Nancy Grace says "Tot Mom" I just want to smack her.

 

[DeafPoet]

Every time I flip by Nancy Grace and see "The War on Women!!!!!!!!!!1!" pasted across the bottom of the screen I get so angry. Sensationalist bullshit at its worst. Yeah, sometimes women get killed. It's sad but it's not like there's a cabal somewhere plotting the gender's demise.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

My only thought about this case is that I don't want to hear one more sordid word about it, until someone's ass is behind bars for murdering that child.

Does it matter who?

It's hard to say what will happen here. Maybe they'll negotiate a deal having her serve some time.

 

[auntiehill]

Casey Anthony is the mother of missing toddler Caylee Anthony.

She's not missing; they found & identified her remains. She's dead.

My only thought about this case is that I don't want to hear one more sordid word about it, until someone's ass is behind bars for murdering that child.

Does it matter who?
It's hard to say what will happen here. Maybe they'll negotiate a deal having her serve some time.

Let me rephrase: I don't want to hear any more about this cluckerfuck until the trial is over, one way or another. Do I think the Mom killed her? Yes, I do. But the way the whole thing has been handled is beyond absurd; God only knows how it will turn out. And why this case? There are hundreds of children murdered by their parents every single year. Why does this one case warrant so much more attention?

I don't want to hear a single word about it until the trial is over.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

Casey Anthony is the mother of missing toddler Caylee Anthony.

She's not missing; they found & identified her remains. She's dead.

Obviously I have paid insufficient attention to this story. I just knew the name.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I think that the media and the general public (i.e. mob) have already pronounced Casey guilty and I doubt anyone will believe it even if she is found not guilty in a court of law. Once they get an idea into their heads, there's no shifting it.

 

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

the defense claims she drowned...

 

[Thestral]

Every time Nancy Grace says "Tot Mom" I just want to smack her.

Oh is that who they're talking about? God, what an obnoxious shit Nancy Grace is.

 

[cmulgrew]

I think she will get the death penalty.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

I'm not sure she'll be convicted. The problem with the case is that the behavior of her family - particularly her father - has been so loopy and suspicious. The prosecution will argue, if necessary, that everyone around her was either trying to protect her or unwilling to accept the likelihood that she'd killed the child. Given that the case against her is circumstantial, however, it's probably possible to create reasonable doubt around the question of who was primarily responsible for the child's death.

 

[SicOne]

Certainly her behavoir is suspect, but I don't think there's enough for a jury to say definitively that she murdered the child. I think she'll walk. But she's one fucked-up person who should never had children.

 

[Spot's Meow]

I hadn't actually heard much about this case besides the names before a couple of weeks ago. But, being unemployed and having lots of free time on my hands, I've decided to watch the trial each day on TV. It has been very interesting to see the way a murder trial works and to hear the testimony.

Obviously not everyone has testified yet, but from what some friends and family members, especially Casey's mother, have said I've started to get a picture in my mind of what could have happened. First off I think that both Casey and her mom suffer from the same issues - mainly, they are in serious denial about things.

The mom is definitely that type, who does not want to believe wrong about anyone or anything even though there is ample proof to the contrary. Even though the police found out almost immediately that all of these people, such as the nanny, that Casey had been talking about for months were not real, the parents still clung to that belief until 6 weeks ago. They also showed a picture of when Casey was pregnant and the mom claimed she had no idea at that time - it was so obvious from the picture that she was pregnant. She even had relatives asking her about it, but still Casey's mom refused to believe, instead choosing to believe her daughter's lies. Casey's mom also still believed until a short time ago (and may still believe) that Caylee was not actually dead and that the body had been misidentified.

Casey is a liar, plain and simple. She has told such an intricate web of lies that I think she starts to believe them herself. She pushes the lies to the absolute edge of insanity - past the point where any normal person would realize that they've been caught and have to fess up. She suffers from serious denial that the truth will come out and that she will have to admit to the lies.

I think that Casey will take the truth of what happened to Caylee to the grave. I'm not sure if she outright murdered her - it is possible in my mind that the death was accidental or the result of a fit of rage gone too far. Either way Casey was in denial about the whole thing and spent the following month drinking and partying and telling lies to her mom to get her to stop asking about Caylee.

Obviously this family has issues. Do I think the dad molested his daughter? I doubt it. Their issues seem much more obvious than that - they have smothered and spoiled their daughter Casey, to the point where she has rebelled and is extremely immature, and they refuse to believe anything bad about her. It's all very sad.

I don't know what the verdict could be, it could go either way. Her behavior is clearly messed up after her daughter goes "missing." She even says in an angry phone call to her family that "all they care about is finding Caylee!" and they have no concern for her sitting in jail. Self-centered doesn't even begin to cover it. But there is no definitive proof of what happened to that baby. I guess we'll see how it goes.

 

[Alpha Romeo]

Certainly her behavoir is suspect, but I don't think there's enough for a jury to say definitively that she murdered the child. I think she'll walk. But she's one fucked-up person who should never had children.

good thing the jury doesnt have to decide definitely>

 

[propita]

I think that the media and the general public (i.e. mob) have already pronounced Casey guilty and I doubt anyone will believe it even if she is found not guilty in a court of law. Once they get an idea into their heads, there's no shifting it.

True. But also remember, "not guilty" doesn't always mean the person didn't do it; it sometimes means the State couldn't/didn't prove it beyond a reasonable doubt. Either a weak case or bungled by the cops and/or DA.

 

[ElBurro]

From what I've heard in the media, it certainly sounds to me like Casey is guilty. If she is, then I hope she is found guilty and spends the rest of her life in prison. The fact that she was not the one who reported her daughter missing reeks of guilt, as does that diary entry where she said that she did not regret what she had done and was happier than she had been in a long time.

Even the story her defense team are telling sounds suspect. How can a loving mother be so distraught at the death of her only child that she decides the best thing to do is dump the body somewhere rather than give the little girl the decent burial she deserves? Her lawyers seem to be as delusional as she is.