News Casey Anthony Trial

[Kintsugi]

I don't know which link is really appropriate right now, as most of them are live links to the court case happening now.

I actually don't know a whole lot about this case, but I know that this young lady (Casey) is charged with killing her daughter in a pool, though she said she drowned.

The important part is that her lawyer is using her experience with sexual abuse to vindicate her killing her little girl.

I just thought this was pretty gross.

There are updates all the time everywhere online. Just look up Casey Anthony Trial FL.

 

[OKRADLAK]

OMG! If my PTSD caused me to hurt anyone, let alone someone I loved, I would want immediate execution. Was she on drugs??

 

[catjudo]

She is charged with killing her daughter but the medical examiner was unable to determine an exact cause of death because the body was so badly decomposed by the time that it was found. Today, during the defense's opening arguments in the case, was the first time that we've heard of this accidental pool drowning claim. I believe the defense is using the mom's supposed history of sexual abuse as an explanation of why she hid the death of the little girl rather than reporting it.

But I'm not buying into this whole accidental drowning claim, not for a minute. The little girl's body was found with duct tape over her mouth. IF your child accidentally drown and IF we were to believe that you freaked out, didn't report the death and hid the body...what possible logical explanation is there for covering your dead child's mouth with duct tape?

 

[Kintsugi]

From what I've heard presented so far, it sounds like this girl's family had some issues. But that is a far cry from girl has issues = murder/cover up/ whatever

 

[a3a2]

I can't get past the duct tape used to cover her mouth and nose....drowning? I don't think so.

 

[Crl1983]

I don't believe any excuses the defense comes up with. Remember when she first got arrested and it was discovered that she had been posting tons of pictures online of her partying in clubs? In the pictures she was smiling, laughing, dancing, just having a good old time after her daughters "disappearance".. No matter what has happened to a mother in her lifetime, if her own child died she would not be out partying and laughing like that.

 

[BloomInWinter]

Ugh. I can't handle any news or watching these 'misery du jour' crappy 'infotainment' things in the media that I can do nothing about. Too triggering.

Imagine if our media spent those tv minutes educating people about lack of support for schools, prevention, intervention resources...

 

[Kintsugi]

She must have killed her. I don't care how you slice it into "this isn't solid evidence." There is enough liquidy evidence to go around. There is little evidence to the contrary.

I think that if the death row thing is the huge moral dilemma here, they should throw her in prison for life. I am guessing she would be dead in a week. Honor among criminals is alive and well in our prison system. Throw her to the dogs and let them rip her apart in prison. I'm sure the guards will be very concerned and respond oh-so quickly to her screams for help.

 

[njray]

Miss anti.........
I think (just think) that the mother is guilty.... But I caution in my opinion because I have limited exposure to the trial. I do not trust the media in them giving me all the facts as they are presented in the case......They need to sell advertising space so the more dramatic they make the case the greater chance people are going to stay viewed to there channel hence the more advertising they can sell blah blah blah......I have just started looking at other outlets via the internet to get other views because I think of all the sad stories on this forum.
That said I as much as I say there is evidence that seems to link this woman to the crime i find certain things (like the death smell) they have in a can odd.... I am going to be gross.... I have smelt death as a once volunteer for a rescue squad (Very busy one) i smelt of death of humans way to many times. Being an animal control officer I have smelt death of decaying animals wild and domestic way to many times There is know way in my opinion that one can diferentiate in any type of smell in death...............could the smell been that of rotting meat dead mouse I hate to say it yes....I want and need a collection of evidence. It just seams to me most of the evidence brought forward is not concrete enough for me...That said i do not think I have been exposed to it enough... Hence there are some things I do find odd such as the partying and etc.... But then again can an immature remember immature mother have used partying as an oulet for grief...........I dare say yes............"F" i want justice ...But I do not want someone who may be innocent to go to jail...but then again if guilty...she should pay the appropriate price...although how people and why people pay the price is another story yet...

 

[AngelaMarie]

I have been following it for a long time.
There is also a video on 48 hour mystery about the case if anyone is interested.
There is no excuse for this girls behavior. If it was an accident why wouldn't she have said something?
I never heard of the sexual abuse before. I know the home life was bad, but alot of it was from her mother too.
I was abused a lot. I wouldn't be out partying and hooking up with my ex-boyfriend. YIKES!!

 

[Muzikluvr]

Abuse is not an excuse for more abuse. The only way a person repairs their life is to feel the consequences of their actions, take appropriate steps to change their thinking and their behavior, forgive themselves for their past, learn from it and do better. If we let people off the hook when their actions can be explained by their own childhood abuse, who would ever face the consequences of their own actions against their own children? Abuse is a familial disease.

 

[njray]

I hate to say this... and yes it is based partially on my own experiences ...... I think she is guilty! but partially because emotionally I want someone to pay for this senseless crime.........But I am being honest in that I do not believe the blips of the news I get regarding this and or any case really. I am trying to formulate opinions based more on facts than here say. I also try to use scientific data as well in combination. IKES I never really did this in my past as I was quite often compulsive. As one of 48 and a male and being around and living with persons that have and had mental disorders I have see some strange behaviors........ Again i do think she is guilty! but it really has pissed me off that Ihave not seen the smoking gun or a clear path. And I have tried.... I actually think i would feel comfort in someone being convicted.......anyone, because a child was involved...

While i was going thru my case the police imho may have been swaying me into saying things that were not true. I got so pissed off I created in my own words exactly what happened no more no less........It pissed the police off. The guy that assaulted and nearly killed me for drug money had a long wrap sheet a long one and they wanted him off the streets and they were willing to IMHO stretch the truth to do it.. And i wasn't.......... BTW the scumbag admitted guilt or he would have seen 20 years instead of 5 as there were so many good people that came forward with facts and opinions that were corroborated as there were many witnesses. He is rotting in jail as I type this...the sad part is we spend about 40 k a year keeping him there and not one of his mental illness issues are being addressed and he will come out a more bitter and angry man............ Now who is to blame for that....

Because of that experience and 2 others I had with police (to which i never went to jail for) or was convicted or not even charged with anything but because of zelous police, prosecuters and political preasures it cost me tons in money and mental duress to defend myself in fact both cases the persons that made the claims against me are sitting in and living in a bunch of guilt which I am ever thankful for...... as I can look in the mirror knowing as f'd up i may be or others to perceive me as I could be a hell of a lot worse and I am not...... I am lucky though as many like me are in tons of trouble and cannot afford help or choose not to or do not have support structures in place. I am not sure of others issues and circumstances only mine.

I would support any victim of a crime or act of violence I could just like many of you here do to me, but I will admit I saw first hand mental abuse in my family and in the spouses families of the woman i married and it was raw..... I did not have a rock solid support system to reach out to. No my family was not filled of Jekyll Hyde terrorists but mental heath just was not as fore front when i was growing up that it is today. Am I guilty of bad choices yes! Some really f'd up ones and have i gotten bloody noses and given them as well Yes I must admit to them, own them and pay the price. NO doubt. But I just hope the mother that I have labeled as guilty is guilty because she really did it..... and if she is guilty she is given the appropriate sentence whatever that may be as this is not the post imho to express those opinions in......