..I am not aware of any efforts on the part of Casey's defense to seek out any sort of plea deal, much less that one was rebuffed by the State...
Oh, you're not? Well I guess that means it couldn't possibly have happened then. Can't imagine they would ever have conducted any discussions without keeping a key insider such as yourself fully apprised.
My, my. Testy, aren't we?
Of course, it
could have happened. Anthony's defense team has steadfastly denied that it ever did every time they have been asked, as has the prosecution, but we don't have any reason to believe any of
them, do we?
This case has been rather unique regarding the incredible flood of information about it, thanks in no small part to Florida's "Sunshine Law" as well as the media feeding frenzy which has surrounded it since it first surfaced. I don't know of any other murder case which has had a comparable amount of information made available prior to the trial.
Not just the thousands of pages of discovery documents that have been released, either. Casey's parents quit visiting her because the videos of their visits to see Casey were on TV almost before they got home from the jail. If you were interested you could get an update on her commissary purchases every night just by tuning in to the Grace Creature's show. (Something I made a point of avoiding.)
Her lead attorney, Jose Baez, has taken every opportunity he has been able to to get his face in front of a camera. If he had made an effort to come to some sort of agreement with the state and been turned down it isn't very likely he would have kept mum about it, even if no one else spilled the beans. Of course, that would have meant the end of the show for him, and his client's best interests aren't going to take precedence over that.
I spent about a year and a half following the case with great interest, and devoted waayyy too much time to studying it in detail, until even the document dumps were becoming repetitive. For the last year or so I've just been keeping up with the highlights. I haven't run across any hints of any attempts at a plea deal by the defense. Plenty of discussion about why they should have, but nothing about them actually trying.
Before Caylee's remains were found the state made an attempt to work something out with Anthony's defense team, but was rebuffed by them. Even after the grand jury handed down the murder indictment the state was still faced with proving that a murder took place without having a body to show for it. The evidence for that literally hung by one hair. (One with a "death band".)
The release of that tidbit was in early October of '08, three months before the remains were found. That would have been the window of opportunity for a plea deal. After a skull with three pieces of duct tape (and a heart sticker) which would have covered the child's nose and mouth was discovered there wouldn't have been much interest in a plea deal anyway. The state had a slam dunk.
I think the state might have made a misstep upping the ante to the DP, but that's always attractive to the prosecution when they think they have a good chance for it. In this case the jury can find for a lesser charge, so the state isn't betting all their marbles.
...She could have copped to that and to panicking afterward over two and a half years ago. If she had gotten any time at all she still would probably have been out by now...
I don't believe you. But stand to be corrected. If what you say is true, I'm sure the crack quadra-leaks team has managed to uncover some corroborating evidence, no? So show us the proof.
You want me to prove to you that something probably
didn't happen? You understand the fundamental problem with that, I hope.
Maybe it would be better if you offered more than just your belief that it
did.
Until you do, by your criticisms of the defense you're merely chasing your own tail and reinforcing my original point.
I have plenty of criticisms of Anthony's defense team. This would be among the least of them.
I've wondered for a long time now if Baez wasn't planning on 'inadequate counsel' as a final fallback position for Anthony's appeals. He's certainly been laying enough groundwork for it.
I've said before that her features remind me of a bird of prey. (Sorry Scrut).