Should she be found guilty of murder?

[54321]

The case of Casey Anthony:

Her little daughter went missing for more than ten days already but she didn't even notified the authorities, not only that she lied to the search team that her daughter was still alive and have them go out searching when infact her daughter was dead and buried near her home.  Because they couldn't prove beyond a reasonble doubt that she had something to do with the killing of her daughter, she's found not guilty and will be set free from prison.

To me a mother not reporting her 5 or 6 year old daughter missing after ten days is a murder herself, even if she didn't kill her daughter.

[evil-in-deed]

even if she was the murder... if there wasnt enough evidence to convict her, then she should not be jailed...

or else the justice system would not be based on evidence but on demand... and the justice system is already too messed up as it is now...

[54321]

The system is fukk up, the mother had something to do with child's death, otherwise she would have reported her missing.  My verdict, she's guilty of murder.

[nightrider]

Just my opinion, I believe she is guilty as hell. Although the prosecutors can't link her with murder, I still think she needs to be locked up for lying, for her irresponsibili ty as a mother to a child, and for a costly court battle.

[moo_cow]

What you people don't understand is that if she is locked up she would have lived the good life. In jail you are feed, have a roof on your head, and taken care of. Outside you are not. Did you know jail probably sounds good for homeless people because at least on a raining day they won't get wet.

Do you actually know what she has to go through outside of jail. She has to account for paying her lawyer, the county for burying her child, all her expenses are piling up. Keeping her in jail will only lessen her responsibiliti es. At least in the real world if the debt doesn't kill her she'll kill herself over her debt.

[evil-in-deed]

What you people don't understand is that if she is locked up she would have lived the good life. In jail you are feed, have a roof on your head, and taken care of. Outside you are not. Did you know jail probably sounds good for homeless people because at least on a raining day they won't get wet.

Do you actually know what she has to go through outside of jail. She has to account for paying her lawyer, the county for burying her child, all her expenses are piling up. Keeping her in jail will only lessen her responsibiliti es. At least in the real world if the debt doesn't kill her she'll kill herself over her debt.

or move to another country and start fresh...

[Christa]

I didn't agree with the verdict at all, but when you have a top notch lawyer working probono vs. a DA that didn't have strong evidence, it's obvious so was going to get off the life/death sentence. So sad, but unfortunately the legal system isn't alway fair. I do hope that the verdict was the right one and pray that who ever did this to the poor girl gets caught and be punished for what he/she did.

[evil-in-deed]

the thing now is... that she can go around and say that she did do it... and the police cant touch her...

but that probably wont stop the public...

[Christa]

evil-in-deed: Yes, because of Double Jeopardy, but maybe if she goes around stating that she did committ the murder than they can get her as an accomplice to muder?

Either way, I'm sure she's not going to be stupid enough to yap about what she really did.

[moo_cow]

or move to another country and start fresh...

You can run from debt? Good luck to get out of the country costs money and so far I don't think she has any but I sure she owes much!

[six]

The system is fukk up, the mother had something to do with child's death, otherwise she would have reported her missing.  My verdict, she's guilty of murder.

The system works in that there's a greater good....that it's "Better 10 Guilty Men Go Free than to Convict a Single Innocent Man."

One of the jurors said they all agree that she did it, but they couldn't convict her due to the lack of evidence.

I'll say it again...from experience.  In jury deliberation, it's not "do you think she's guilty? Yes or No?"  Jury deliberation works this way:

Did she do this? Yes or No
Did she also do this? Yes or No
What about this? Yes or No
And this? Yes or No

If you answered yes to all that, then you must convict.
If you answered no or any of that, then you must acquit.

Deliberation gets more complicated than the above.  But the system is design in such a way that one juror's opinion cannot influence the outcome.  You have to decide only on the disputed facts given to you by the judge.

[evil-in-deed]

You can run from debt? Good luck to get out of the country costs money and so far I don't think she has any but I sure she owes much!

yes you can... its been done before...

the only thing is that itll be much harder to come back to the US... legally...