For the past few weeks – six weeks to be precise, Casey Anthony has been on trial for the murder of her two year old toddler, Caylee Anthony. The evidence against her, in my opinion, was daunting. First, her daughter was missing for 31 days before she contacted the police. Secondly, there was a strong smell of death in the trunk of her car (where her daughter, Caylee, was believed to have decomposed). Thirdly, there were several searches on her home computer for “chloroform” (which prosecutors alleged she used to make her daughter unconscious) and many other words, but naturally, the defense had an excuse for everything.
According to her defense attorneys, the child drowned in a pool, and was found by Casey Anthony’s father who panicked and hid her body. When Casey Anothony finally did contact the cops, she lied to them about the wherabouts of her missing daughter. She told them that she had left her child with the babysitter who had now disappeared. It turned out that no such babysitter existed. On lying to federal officers, her attorneys said that she had obviously made some bad decisions in her life. On being emotionless throughout the entire ordeal, her attorneys said it was the emotional and sexual child abuse that made her the way she is. What abuse??? On the chloroform that was searched for, the attorneys said that it was in fact Cindy Anthony (Casey’s mom) who mistakenly did the searches when she was actually searching for “Chlorophyll.”
I don’t know about real life, but in court – the American courts, at least – the burden of proof lies on the prosecutors, not the defense. The prosecutors are obligated to prove that Casey Anthony murdered her toddler. The defense’s job is to discredit the prosecutors, and obviously, they did. While we (and the rest of the world) watched the trial on television, we had already made up our minds: of course, she’s guilty. She may not have murdered Caylee with her hands, but she surely knows something about why and how she died. What kind of mother waits 31 days before reporting her two year old missing? It’s not like there could be any other plausible explanation for a missing two year old, other than the fact that she’s simply missing.
The prosecutors apparently did not do a good-enough job to convince the jury (made up of 12 women and 7 men) of Casey’s guilt. If I were the jury, I would have convicted Casey — based on two things: (1) She did not report her daughter missing until 31 days after the fact, and (2) When she finally did report her daughter missing, she gave the police false information about her whereabouts.
If Casey were a Nigerian (or in Nigeria) and got this not-guilty verdict, it would have been for at least one of the following reasons (1) She knows people that know people. She knows the movers and shakers, sometimes known as the law makers (not followers, of course) or (2) She is a winsh. It’s just that simple. Now, she may be an American, and in America, but I maintain that Casey Anthony is a winsh! How else did she do it? But I seek solace in the hope that some day, she will end up in jail again, just like O. J. Simpson, and the people will visit her with the vengeance and regret of today’s verdict. That said, she was convicted with misdemeanors of lying to federal officers, and may serve a maximum of four years in prison, but since she has already spent 2.5 years in jail, she will only be required to spend 1.5 years – that is if she even gets the maximum sentence.
Although she barely showed any kind of emotion during the six-week trial – apart from the random laughter that made the Judge question her sanity – Casey definitely showed emotion when she was acquitted of the guilt of killing her daughter. I wonder at what point, if any, she thought to herself, “Who, then, is responsible for killing my daughter?” Oh. Of course, she didn’t think it. She knows the answer. She probably thought, “Whew! That was close.”
The video of the verdict being read.
Rest in peace, Caylee --- if it is possible.
Food for thought: I know most of us are disappointed and angry about this verdict, but what is the difference between Casey Anthony killing her two year old toddler and other women aborting their babies?
You’re right. The burden of proof lies with the prosecution. They didn’t do a good enough job.
As far as the evidence, in a court of law, it wasn’t “daunting” it was circumstantial.
First, her daughter was missing for 31 days before she contacted the police.
>>Yes, she is a terrible mother. Does that make her a murderer? Even if she was high out of her mind for 1mth straight before realizing her daughter was missing, is she a murderer?
Secondly, there was a strong smell of death in the trunk of her car (where her daughter, Caylee, was believed to have decomposed).
>>Perhaps, but what is “the smell of death”? Do you know it? Also because one person said they smelled it, doesn’t constitute DNA evidence of a dead body. The prosecution didn’t have enough.
Thirdly, there were several searches on her home computer for “chloroform”
>>If people were going to be convicted based on Google searches, so many other people would be in jail right now for one thing or another. Still not enough.
Yes, she lied to the police, and she was found guilty of that. That might mean she was very much a bad mother that was “happy” her child wasn’t around anymore, but does that make her a murderer?
The state didn’t prove its case. That is all. We may never know what happened. What if tomorrow someone comes out to confess to this crime? Then what will ppl say?
America has very high standards before convicting someone of murder and sentencing the person to death. It is not easy to kill someone, and the legal system tries its best to make sure the person convicted is truly guilty.
But EDJ, the defense you’re bringing up now is speculation (and sounds more hypothetical than anything). If the defense wanted to use these as proofs, then they would have, but they didn’t. I’m talking about the whole, what if she was drunk and passed out type comment. I still believe that Casey had something to do with the death of her daughter – one way or another.
first!!! About Casey Anthony’s case, i have to say America’s judicial system is doomed forever. Infact, I need to know the jury members and those who voted ‘not guilty’, they need some koboko. It is obvious to everybody that she is guilty and I think the prosecutors did a good job in proving that but obviously the defense attorney has to come up with other tactics or lies. Anyway, judgement is in God’s hand
About abortion and Casey anthony’s case, although I’m against both I think they are different bcos a woman who kill her daughter after bringing her to the world after nine month is a monster.
my 2kobo
Gifted, LOL @ the jury needing koboko. In all honesty, it is possible that Casey did not “kill” her daughter. However, I am convinced that she knows something about how she died. Maybe it was accidental. Maybe it was due to neglect of some kind, but I think she knows something. A friend of mine that’s a lawyer said that we (the watchers) don’t know the whole story, that the jury was presented with more evidence than the media is allowed to see. I don’t know if that makes any difference or not.
Oh forgot to add, that if anyone wants to get mad, they need to get mad at prosecution.
The evidence was bad, and THEN they tried for 1st degree murder (the most difficult to prove) with a death penalty charge. They set the bar for proof very high for themselves and failed to meet it.
Indeed, they put the stakes high. I guess they figured, let’s ask for the highest. We won’t get it, but at least we won’t fall far from it. But it backfired on them. That said, I was not wishing her death sha — just some prison time
Vera, abeg dont compare abortion to this. This is much much worse. At least abortion, the woman hasnt bonded with nor seen the child. But that you’ve seen her, named her, suckled her, went through all those initial no sleep all night and that you can behold that beautiful child and still think she deserves death..haba. The difference is mucho. Thank you.
Chai, so nwanyi agaala free to go and kill some more? Chizoba!
Hmmm. Well, I guess that’s one way to look at it. At the risk of sounding like I’m preaching, I wonder what God thinks of it.
LOL @ nwanyi agaala free. Hahaha! Original craze chic.
Well, I like what EDJ said. I think prosecution should be flogged… they took a leap charging her for first degree based on circumstantial evidence. No explanation for how she was killed or when or where. Not smart at all.
If I was in the jury, I will not be so quick to pronounce guilty. I think she is guilty, but not beyond reasonable doubt. More than anything, the law was made to protect the innocent.
Makes sense. She is guilty — but not beyond reasonable doubt. Once there’s doubt, it poses a problem. I guess it’s better to keep a guilty woman alive than it is to convict an innocent woman.
I will not lie, my heart is so broken but only God knows what really happened to that sweet little child. If she is truly guilty, her judgment will come one day…there is truly no rest/hiding place for the wicked.
Your child goes missing for a month and you are not at all bothered by her disappearance…Little Caylee might just be in better hands right now than that of the woman that brought her into this world. May her soul rest in peace. As per America’s justice system being credible or fair, all I can say is a big TAAA.
And that has been my biggest problem too: that her daughter went missing for 31 days! 31 flippin days!!! What kinda person does not seek for her missing daughter for 31 days? God dey 🙁
I have a story, I am not so proud of… my father left us when I was 10. I was so ashamed that when I got to secondary school and people started asking where my father was I told them he was training abroad as an army officer, to cover up that lie I told many more…
Then one day my father came to visit me in school without notice even though I just told my friends he was in france that weekend (that was to cover up the fact he didnt appear on the last visiting day). So when I was told my father was at the principals office, I told my friends it was definitely not my father to save face… I remember how my friends were so excited at first to see my father, and how dissapointed they were to learn it was just “my uncle”.
I think I did a horrible thing, and if my father knew I denied him flat I wonder how he would feel. But if you only heard that I denied my father you will ask; what kind of daughter denies her father? Is she ashamed of her family? Does she think he’s not rich enough or good enough? What a horrible daughter….. well I was a horrible daughter protecting my father with a little lie and blew it out of proportion.
What is my point? It is that covering up things blows things out of proportion. And not reporting her daughter missing makes her a horrible mother, and personally I think her eggs should be removed and kept in the fridge for barren women deserving of the title. We all know she has something to hide, no doubt.. but what was she hiding? That she killed her daughter or she was negligent enough to let her daughter die? We dont know and I wish the prosecution had done a better job so we could get to the bottom of this. Justice is not when you find someone to blame for a horrible deed, it is when the right man is facing the right consequences for his actions.
Please watch the angry men on youtube (link below), I have always loved that movie.. shows you the power of reasonable doubt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPidufS7omc&feature=related
(At this rate, I should just reopen my blog and write a post instead of blowing up your comment box) lol
LOL @ just reopening your blog. Mmm. I haven’t said anything oh. LOL. That said, you’re welcome to blow up my comment box anytime you like! I totally get where you’re coming from. It’s clear that she’s hiding something, but we just don’t know what she’s hiding or why she’s hiding it (or maybe who she’s even hiding). Who knows?
Watched the video of the angry men. LOL. I can say one thing for sure: I wouldn’t ever want to be called for jury duty, especially when it’s a high profile case like this one.
It’s such a sad and pathetic story. Looks like anyone can get away with anything as long as you have a “strong” defense team. SAD
A strong defense thing is the beginning of wisdom (and freedom). LOL. It’s basically a two-edged sword. For the truly innocent, it’s great cause they get their chance at fair trial, and they are acquitted if they’re defense team is good. For the guilty, well … I guess a higher power would have to judge them.