Casey Anthony - A Swift Not Guilty Verdict!

It's easy to think that Casey Anthony is guilty of something, but the State has only proved she's guilty of one thing, "giving false information to a law enforcement officer in reference to a missing person."

How can you prove what you don't know happened.  The State doesn't know that Caylee Anthony was murdered, they think she was murdered, according to their expert, because of the manner in which her body was disposed of.  How can you decide a murder has occurred because of how a body was disposed of.  The relevant fact is, that in the case of Caylee Anthony's death, the cause of death is unknown . . .

The State points to duct tape as the murder weapon, but there's no evidence that the tape was placed on a live body, and there are serious questions if it was on the body at all.  Most significantly, there's no evidence that Caylee Anthony died of asphyxiation from the application of tape to her nose and mouth.  Caylee's cause of death is unknown . . .

The State infers that chloroform was used on Caylee Anthony.  There's evidence that somebody in the Anthony household, probably Casey, did a search for chloroform on their home computer; but there's no evidence that Casey possessed chloroform, or the  ingredients used to make it, nor is there reliable evidence that chloroform was used on Caylee.  Caylee's cause of death is unknown . . .

The State did not prove that Caylee Anthony was murdered, and they did not prove that the instruments of death were chloroform or duct tape; or that chloroform or duct tape caused Caylee's death, and they most certainly did not prove that Casey Anthony used chloroform, duct tape, or both, to bring about Caylee's death.  Consequently, the Casey Anthony jury cannot find, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Casey Anthony used chloroform, duct tape or both, to end her daughter's life.

Casey Anthony will be found not guilty on all counts related to her daughter's death, but she will be found guilty on all four counts of "giving false information to a law enforcement officer in reference to a missing person."  She will be credited for time served on the convictions, and she will be granted her freedom on the spot.

The Casey Anthony trial is, another instance in American jurisprudence, in which evidence of bad character is used to convict, instead of factual evidence of guilt . . .