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RBInMaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 09:42 PM Original message |
The very troubling problem with the Casey Anthony verdict is: |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. i would have had no problem finding her guilty. |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. Juror #2 is a moron. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 09:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Most people that would make good jurors are kicked off by the lawyers |
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Citizen Worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 11:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
33. There are already limits in place. In capital murder cases, while it varies somewhat from state to |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 12:37 AM Response to Reply #5 |
35. They really don't want anyone on the jury with lots of education and/ore who possesses good critical |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
3. The Unrec brigade is out! |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
4. I thought some one said yesterday that |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
6. Oh, FFS. So try her for being an "unnatural mother." |
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RBInMaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 09:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. First, welcome to the tiny minority on this issue. Second, do you have an actual intelligent reply |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 10:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. The jury disagreed with you |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 10:07 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Why are you in this thread telling others what they need to do? |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 12:46 AM Response to Reply #10 |
38. In another jurisdiction, the prosecutor might not have been a media whore |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 10:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. It's an issue because it shows that juries are full of idiots who... |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 12:44 AM Response to Reply #6 |
37. The only person stopping you from letting this go is yourself. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 06:26 AM Response to Reply #6 |
42. Thanks for the intelligent response |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. i think as some have suggested in other threads.... this was a death penalty case. |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 10:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. It is the jury's fault. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 10:38 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. The jurors were a bunck of MORANS. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 06:30 AM Response to Reply #11 |
43. You do know they would have been the jury to decide the punishment, right? |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 11:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
31. The jury had a number of lesser non-death penalty charges to chose from |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 12:49 AM Response to Reply #7 |
39. The jury didn't see the saime thing as the public did? You mean they were partially shielded-- |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 06:05 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. people think the jury should have found her guilty based on what THEY saw or know but the jury |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
8. It's always the same problem. |
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givemebackmycountry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
9. Well, tough titties. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 10:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Stick a fork in it, it's done |
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RBInMaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 10:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Well, in our system we the people are the "victim" in criminal cases, and I think we all need to be |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 06:32 AM Response to Reply #17 |
44. I know! Let's do away with criminal defense attorneys |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 10:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. fucking-a.. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 10:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. People don't stop being vicious psychopaths just because they were aquitted. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 06:57 AM Response to Reply #25 |
48. Thanks for the diagnosis, Dr. Frist-Lombroso |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
12. Unrecced cause it's time to move on |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 10:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. You've said it much better than I could. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
15. Best source for trial facts |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
18. Since it is up to each juror to determine |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
19. Actually, the real problem is that people keep talking aobut it. |
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RBInMaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 10:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Maybe because they are concerned about some justice for a child killed and dumped in a swamp. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
26. Some juries are conservative and some are more willing to make connnections. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
27. On the other hand, the Innocence Project is constantly battling to release convicted innocents |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 11:21 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. I agree. I am happy with this verdict. If you cannot establish motive and other facts |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 12:43 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Some commit murder with no logical motive |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 01:04 PM Response to Reply #36 |
51. That is why I added "And other facts" nt |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 07:11 AM Response to Reply #32 |
50. My hunch is that she's guilty, but my hunch is useless in any court of law in the world nt |
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Mosby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
28. have you heard of the CSI effect? |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 12:06 AM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Do you mean people |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
29. That's actually the very good part of the Anthony verdict. |
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Dept of Beer (957 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-10-11 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
30. No offense but... |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 06:23 AM Response to Original message |
41. Cause of death & motive help establish "Intent" |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 06:33 AM Response to Original message |
45. Thanks |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 06:48 AM Response to Original message |
46. Seems like the system functioned properly to me and there wasn't a conviction where the state |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 06:53 AM Response to Original message |
47. I remember Condi rice using a similar excuse of why she ignored the warnings |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 07:07 AM Response to Original message |
49. It's Called Reasonable Doubt... |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. I so agree. If the jury feels like they are reaching in ANY way to convict, I say, acquit the person |
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