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Why the Casey Anthony Jury Did Not Review the Evidence
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by Hargrove | July 8, 2011 at 01:54 pm
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If someone owes you ten dollars, and they repay you with a five dollar bill, two ones, and six quarters; you would know that you received less than ten dollars, without examining the five, the ones, and each quarter. You would know because you would recognize that the value of the money received is less than the ten dollar value required to repay the loan. You would know, without examining each piece of money given, that you received less value than ten dollars.
When a jury receives the evidence, they are instructed that EACH AND EVERY ELEMENT OF THE CRIME MUST BE PROVEN, BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT . . . When an essential element is missing, in this case, the cause of death; the jury doesn't have to look at the evidence they have, to recognize what's missing! If the cause of death, murder, is not proven, how can they believe, beyond a reasonable doubt, that someone did, what they don't know happened . . . You have to establish that a victim died by murder, before you can convict someone of murdering them.
The prosecution made up a possible cause of death, but it was effectively disproven (See Second Comment), leaving the jury without proof of an essential element of the crime, namely, proof that the death of Caylee Anthony was caused by murder. Absent the media driven demonization of Casey . . . the result was predictive.
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at 14:54 on July 8th, 2011
Way to many loose ends in this case..These situations happen all the time in courtrooms across America..People just don't hear about every case so they all focused on just this one case..lol
The prosecution did a sloppy and poor job actually. But everybody blames Casey lol
Personally I don't believe she murdered Caylee. That it was an accident and a stupid cover-up_by a sexually abused confused women and mother. I also don't believe she acted alone in it and was probably mislead into covering it up. But it doesn't matter now does it..
Interesting stat:
1. Yearly around 750,000 children are reported missing in the United States, around 2,000 every day..
at 18:12 on July 8th, 2011
You're right, it doesn't matter now, but it sure shows that it pays to keep your mouth shut . . .
That girl confessed to no one. She is one tough cookie!
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Carolinakissed (not verified)at 14:03 on July 9th, 2011
I beg to disagree. Given your analogy above, let us assume that the recipient was given 6 coins that resembled quarters. Without looking, it would be very hard to distinguish those coins as quarters or the Susan B Anthony Dollars popular some years ago. So yes, you do need to look. Sometimes you actually have to count.... and use your brain, and common sense. Additionally, from what the jurors (who have spoken) are saying, they are under the mistaken assumption that you have to know a cause of death. Well you don't. All you have to know is that she is dead. You don't have to know when, and you don't have to know why. What you do have to do is listen to, and decipher out some of the evidence in order to form an opinion as to whether she is responsible for the child's death. Real life is not like CSI where it's all laid out there in a neat hour's long entertainment package for us. We have become a society in which we want all the answers handed to us in a neat little package, instead of thinking for ourselves.
at 01:07 on July 10th, 2011
The point I was trying to make is, when a required component is OBVIOUSLY missing, you don't have to investigate what you have, to know it is not enough.
We as Americans should be grateful that the jury didn't convict for murder when the cause of death was unknown, and much of the science evidence offered by the prosecution, was not traditional, or established.
I predicted the OJ Simpson and the Casey Anthony verdicts, but at the rate we're going, it won't be long before Americans will go to jail every time they're brought to court. We are giving away our rights by marching to the drum beat of media madness, and identifying with things that are against our interest. In other countries, people demonstrate to get and keep benefits, Americans demonstrate to make it easier to go to jail, and harder to get health care, is it no wonder that we have more people in jail, and we have less access to health care . . .
at 06:49 on July 10th, 2011
Interesting thoughts Hargrove , I agree America's media and mentality is not helping find truth or answers.
at 01:38 on July 10th, 2011
" they are under the mistaken assumption that you have to know a cause of death. Well you don't. All you have to know is that she is dead. You don't have to know when, and you don't have to know why"
I beg to differ, those facts you consider so unimportant are in fact critical to establishing someones guilt or innocence. I doubt you would hold this opinion if you were put on trial and the jury said "well.....we dont know how, when or why she died but we reckon it was murder"
While you are quite correct to state real life is not like CSI, neither should a real trial be like a peasant lynch mob.