Anyone following the Casey Anthony trial

Okay, so the trial has finally started. I've been anxiously (sort of) awaiting to hear what Casey Anthony was going to use as a defense. Now that it's come out, I'm thinking "What? THAT'S Casey defense?! Oh she's done..."

She claims that Caylee drown in her parents swimming pool, but now they have to show evidence of it. I was trying to give her the benefit of the doubt, but I think her legal team's uphill battle just became a steeper climb!
 
I believe she got her ticket to death row by accusing her father of not only knowing about, and being there, when the child died, but accussing him of sexual assault when she was a child.

It's one thing to throw her father under the bus, but the vile, description of what she claims her father did to her, will not earn her sympathy. In my opinion, it will back-fire. George may not have been the father of the year, but her story rings so false, and so very evil. Already a broken man from the loss of a grandchild, his daughter stabbing him in his back to try to save her sociopathic, soul-less hide, will only enrage the jury.
 
Moon-Spinner said:
Okay, so the trial has finally started. I've been anxiously (sort of) awaiting to hear what Casey Anthony was going to use as a defense. Now that it's come out, I'm thinking "What? THAT'S Casey defense?! Oh she's done..."

She claims that Caylee drown in her parents swimming pool, but now they have to show evidence of it.
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No they don't. They just have to show that it is a reasonable possibility. It is the prosecution's responsibility to come up with the evidence to show that it is not a reasonable explanation. The defense doesn't have to prove anything, it is the prosecution has to disprove the alternate explanation. If they can't, then there remains a reasonable doubt, and the jury must acquit.

The prosecution has already tried to do that. By bringing the grandfather in, they have made the claim that it is unreasonable to think that he knew about the death for a couple of weeks and didn't say anything about it.

The defense is certainly putting their cards on the table, in an all or nothing sort of way. They leave themselves little wiggle room for, "here are a few other things to think about."
It is the
 
pgwenthold said:
No they don't. They just have to show that it is a reasonable possibility. It is the prosecution's responsibility to come up with the evidence to show that it is not a reasonable explanation. The defense doesn't have to prove anything, it is the prosecution has to disprove the alternate explanation. If they can't, then there remains a reasonable doubt, and the jury must acquit.

The prosecution has already tried to do that. By bringing the grandfather in, they have made the claim that it is unreasonable to think that he knew about the death for a couple of weeks and didn't say anything about it.

The defense is certainly putting their cards on the table, in an all or nothing sort of way. They leave themselves little wiggle room for, "here are a few other things to think about."
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I see what you're saying, but it seems that the jury would at least LIKE to see some evidence of drowning (autopsy report), and how will that explain the evidence of duct tape on Caylee's face (I'm sure the defense has an alternate explanation for it). The deck was already stacked against Casey with all the media reports, and I never try to draw comclusions before I hear all sides, but this is not helping me believe her side much at all.

Of course I'm not in that courtroom to witness everything that transpires, and we'll only get snippets in the news, So it will be hard to place myself on the jury (It's still hard to believe that the people sitting on the jury haven't already reached their verdict either).
 
After following this case for awhile, it is difficult to find anything mitigating about Casey's defense. In their opening statements yesterday, they seem to be using the old defense based on the theory that if you fling enough spaggetti at the wall, something may stick. The tactic usually seems to be attempted when desperation is involved. In my opinion.

It takes only one juror. However, I heard recently that if found guilty, when it comes to the penalty phase, in Florida it only takes 7 out of the 12 jurors to vote for the death penaly. Is that correct?
 
Bilbo said:
Do you ever call into the show and tell her how lovely her twins are?
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If not, we must be in a rare minority of people who didn't call and tell her. Oh, and also that they had prayed for her.

I could have sworn I heard Scrut call in to tell her.:)
 
wasapi said:
If not, we must be in a rare minority of people who didn't call and tell her. Oh, and also that they had prayed for her.

I could have sworn I heard Scrut call in to tell her.:)
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No, he called in to compliment her "twins."

Not the same thing.
 
NoZed Avenger said:
No, he called in to compliment her "twins."

Not the same thing.
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See, that's where I get confused...sure she had two kids on the same day, but that doesn't follow that she has "Nice Twins".

Oh, and her flaming nostrils of justice (convict everyone), are not appealing.

I'm shocked that female dog (not an euphemism for bitch) still has a show.
 
Moon-Spinner said:
Okay, so the trial has finally started. I've been anxiously (sort of) awaiting to hear what Casey Anthony was going to use as a defense. Now that it's come out, I'm thinking "What? THAT'S Casey defense?! Oh she's done..."

She claims that Caylee drown in her parents swimming pool, but now they have to show evidence of it. I was trying to give her the benefit of the doubt, but I think her legal team's uphill battle just became a steeper climb!
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No, the defense doesn't have to prove anything. The prosecution has to prove their case. The only thing that the defense has to do, is prove reasonable doubt.

The state also cannot prove how she died, so it's anyone's guess.

I've been keeping track of it, as I live just east of where it happened, and even helped with the search.
 
TraneWreck said:
What'd this person do? Summersault? Handstand?
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She killed her child.


Please note, I'm allowed to have an opinion, even a wrong one. But, I don't think I'm wrong. If I am, then I am. So far, this fact has failed, any number of times, to end the world. ;)
 
slingblade said:
She killed her child.
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Say what you will about Nancy Grace, but I believe it was her fiancée that she killed...or someone did.

Believe me, I am no fan of Nancy's, but I could never think that she would kill one of the twins, especially after all that 'stuff' she said about that lady in Florida.
 
slingblade said:
She killed her child.
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Yes, I agree. And, the defense can huff and puff all the vile, hot air they want, but they can't blow a hole in the truth. Their attempt at painting her into a young woman who deserves sympathy, because they want the jury to see her as a victim, I find to be both insulting and enraging. It reminds me of that old saying about putting lipstick on a pig, still leaves you with a pig.
 
I would love to see her get off on some weird legal technicality just to watch Nancy Grace's head explode.
 
Throwing her parents (especially her dad) under the bus, after all the support they gave her, is particularly vile.

So, which hot young murderer would you rather spend time with, Casey Anthony or Foxy Knoxy?
 
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