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by Sr. Rose Pacatte on Jul. 05, 2011
A jury today found Casey Anthony, 25, not guilty of murdering her two-year-old daughter Caylee, whose remains were found in woods near her Florida home.
For what it is worth, the prosecutor should not have laughed during Jose Baez' closing statements. Baez is a defense attorney and this was his first capital murder case. He tried his best and I think the jury identified with Baez -- the government (Goliath) mocking a person trying their best (David) has no fans -- even when it seems a mother killed her child -- the worst of crimes -- or was responsible for her death.
Besides, the prosecution didn't prove their case beyond reasonable doubt. Did she do it? Something is certainly off with Casey Anthony and her family; she will have to tell the truth some day. She has been given a second chance in a way many people never are -- think of all the innocent people sitting in prison and on death row even. If she is innocent - praise God. If she is guilty and escaped through the loop holes and the prosecutor's inanity, well, when her conscience awakes or when she meets God, she will have to take responsibility for whatever happened.
I pray she is grateful and will grow up; get an education, make a contribution to society.
I do not know the name of the prosecutor and his cohort; but I will remember Jose Baez' name.
Baez may not be the best lawyer but he tried every which way to save his client.
A child, Caylee Anthony, is dead and the prosecutor, the one seeking justice for her, mocked opposing counsel at the moment when it mattered most. That's when he lost any chance at winning the case.
All attorneys ought to watch and contemplate "A Man for All Seasons" and see what a real lawyer is like. Or "To Kill a Mockingbird." Have some dignity for heaven's sake. For the sake of justice for a child.
Good grief.
And the media? The cable TV crowd? The "entertainment news" corps? Crying out for blood for three years and getting ratings and amazing salaries. You should be ashamed of yourselves. The country, the world, riveted by this story? Not if you hadn't kept it out there like a circus side show.
Good grief.
I am praying for all mothers today; that when things are difficult you will have a friend or family member to help you. Children are God's greatest gift to our world. They are our reason to live.
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It cannot be that a jury
It cannot be that a jury acquitted a guilty woman because the prosecutor mocked the defense attorney. They had to have acquitted her based on the facts presented, not because they disliked the prosecutor. I have more faith in those jurors than that.
Good grief, good grief. Is
Good grief, good grief. Is there such a thing, may we all grieve well for little Caylee...and not forget thousands of children whose lives are fraught with terrible circumstances.
The problem with this case is
The problem with this case is that the prosecution overreached itself. Casey is guilty of many things but not murder. I think the most she could have been convicted of was manslaughter & not manslaughter of the first degree. The death of the child was most probably an accident but this accidental death has a relationship to something wrong which Casey did, namely the chloroforming of the child & leaving her unattended when she went partying.
Perhaps she overchloroformed the child & then later found her dead or underchloroformed the child in which case she got out of the house & fell into the pool. It's a very sad case but not likely to be a murder unless the kid was getting a little tired of being chloroformed all the time & was about to tell someone!
" . . .all the innocent
" . . .all the innocent people sitting in prison and on death row even."
Think of HUmberto Leal, a Mexican citizen right now a few hours away from the death penalty in Texas, with the whole world (even EL SALVADOR), and MExico, and our own President, seeking at least a six month extension, and Rick Perry saying no. Governor Rick Perry has killed more people after Governor George Bush. Another Mexican does not matter to them, yet the repurcussions for international law are unfathomable. Makes me in MExico wonder, but hey, still safer than LA, of NY, or Cleveland . . .
I agree with much of what is
I agree with much of what is said, but I think the central point is this: Casey may not have murdered her child - but - I do believe the evidence showed, as her own parents seemed to believe, that she was responsible for the child's death. She should have been convicted of a lesser offense (involuntary manslaughter?) and put away for several years for both punishment and possible rehabilitation purposes. To let her walk free is a mockery.
Justice being what it is, I think Casey (now called the most hated person in America) faces a hard and tourbled life - alone.
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