I am going to go there and question what the heck the Casey Anthony jury were doing while days of damaging testimony and evidence was presented to them? Before you boo and hiss me, please hear the Pie Hole out.
I keep hearing the jury tell in interviews that they “kept to the facts” when making the final decision. There were a few pieces of key evidence that were pretty factual that somehow they seem to not take those as facts. I have been doing some serious thinking on both of the Casey Anthony case and the Scott Peterson case. Even though the cases were different in nature, the evidence and crime seem to have a lot in common, and yet the verdicts were polar opposites. How is that possible? Here are some observations I came up with.
Cadaver Dogs:
Anthony: Cadaver dogs hitting on the trunk of the car after three separate people at three separate times reported to authorities that the trunk smelled of death. They also hit on areas within the Anthony’s backyard.
Peterson: Cadaver dogs did a mild hit on the boat.
Hair Samples:
Anthony: One hair sample was found in the trunk of the car.
Peterson: One hair sample was found on a pair of needle nose plies in the boat.
Lying:
Anthony: Lied to everyone including authorities and allowed a huge search to go underway costing organizations nd the state hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Peterson: Lied to everyone including authorities and allowed a huge search to go underway costing organization and the state hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Behavior Post Crime:
Anthony: Partying, tattoo, stealing checks from friends, lying shopping, having lots of sex and texting or calling anyone and everyone she knew. Hard evidence shows that behavior.
Peterson: Maintaining relationship with mistress, Amber Frey – even called Amber from a vigil service saying he was in Paris.
Ditching Cars:
Anthony: Ditched her car.
Peterson: Sold his car.
Recovered Bodies:
Anthony: Found months after the crime . Could not pinpoint time of death or cause of death in an area Casey could be linked to.
Peterson: Found months after the crime. Could not pinpoint time of death or cause of death in an area Peterson could be linked to.
Reporting the “Kidnapping”
Anthony: Not reporting your kid missing for 31 days and having hard evidence to proof she was parting like a wild banchie during that time.
Peterson: Scott Patterson reported it right away when he got home from his fishing trip.
Motive:
Anthony: Feeling trapped in her life. Wanted to do her own thing – behaviors screamed this!
Peterson: Felling trapped in his life. Wanted to do his own thing – behaviors screamed this!
Additional “facts” of the Casey Anthony case that is strong circumstantial evidence:
- The FBI testifying that traces of chloroform were found in the trunk post the evidence that there were 87 searches on chloroform and neck breaking.
- Grandma Cindy LYING on the stand saying that she did the searches and was busted a few days later.
- The opening statements from Jose Baez, that George and Lee Anthony sexually abused her starting at the age of 8 when this was the first time in 3 years anyone heard that accusation AND there is jailhouse video of Casey telling her dad that, “He will always be her buddy and the she loved him”.
- The baby found wrapped in her blanket from home, in plastic bags with duck tape (that matched the same tape recovered from the home) in an area where the Anthony family has buried their family pets only a 2 minute walk from their house.
- Sending the authorities on wild goose chases that would be completely debunked in five minutes.
- Accusing some random stranger of kidnapping your kid.
Jury:
Anthony: From a state that does not know how to count votes or have a problem with capital punishment.
Peterson: From a state that just does not know how to vote and does not like capital punishment.
Bottom line is, this was one of the most insane saddest verdicts (outside of OJ – which I think this state learned from) I have ever heard. The “justifications” the jury gives the press and American people, can’t convince me otherwise. I hold them accountable for her walking free and for them NOT giving at least a child abuse and manslaughter charge. When they went into deliberate two jury members wanted capital and half wanted manslaughter. No one asked for additional evidence to review and they only deliberated for 11 hours. Some member or members of the jury were as convincing as Jose Baez in that deliberation room . . .
They wanted to go home as soon as possible and they knew a guilty verdict would result in their having to remain on the jury through the penalty proceedings. They also knew they would have a difficult hold out (#4) who would drag things out indefinitely if she didn’t get her way. They also might have been aware that a not guilty vote would net them more money afterwards (interviews) than a guilty vote.
sophie… I have toyed with that feeling also. I hope that is not true, because if it is, the karma for doing that to sweet Caylee to nothing I would want to touch.
Not reporting your child missing for a whole month…who does that? Just awful….
Thoughts Appear…. EXACTLY! I guess hho does that is someone that gets to walk out free as a bird.
If this stupid jury was on the Scott Peterson case, Scott Peterson would be walking the streets right now…Thank god we had a jury with common sense, so Scott Peterson is on death row where Crazy Casey should be today…Dumm stupid jury, with 000000000000000000000 common sense……..
Chuck… it is really mind boggeling…
The dumm jury should have realized that a murder like Casey or Scott, is doing everything they can to cover up the murder, lie, steal, send everybody on a witch hunt in the wrong direction so all the evidense gets destoyed. Some people even that stupid jury says it was a accident…If it was a accident, Crazy Casey would have been so upset and called police to give her kid a proper bural..Casey did the opposite, she lied, partied led everybody on a witch for a Zanny the Nanny, Casey stoled money and had a grand old time having fun and sex, that is not a good mother who accidently killed her kid……I dont know why people can understand the woman can killed their kids for no reason and who are good mother.Example, Susan Smith, loved her kids and great mother who killed her kids…Dumm jury, a murderer is trying to get rid of every bit and piece of evidense so they can get away with murder, you are not always going to have a smoking gun on a platter…Some murder cases you have no evidense, thats when dumm jury you have to use Common Sense!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chuck- I concur 100%
Wow! What a trial! I heard that the State did try to file a discovery on the 4th of June but then the jury came back on the 5th with a verdict so there may not have been time for the filing of it. I wonder how many Casey Anthony Costumes there will be this October?
Hello, Chuck said it well. Juror #3 is going to school to become a nurse. That is frigthening to me. Even as a nurse you need good logic and common sense and she possessing none of these traits. May i suggest Ms.Ford change to being a mortician instead. The dead can’t talk when you screw up~~
Knight owl: Thanks for the laugh! But she actually may make a good nurse… if she can find compassion for that piece of work of a human being, then she can pretty much stomach anything that is thrown at her. . . on second thought… you are right you have to have good logic to be a good nurse…
I don’t know if I should cry or punch a wall. I can’t believe a person can get away with such a blatant crime 😦
We had a guy here in the DFW area that was recently convicted of murdering his ex-wife. She dissapeared after telling friends she was going to his house. Her car was never found, she was never found, no blood was ever found, etc. All this, and the guy was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison.