News Casey Anthony Trial

[Deleted member 487]

I disagree. I don't think she did it.
For that I reflect on my experience in firefighting and as a volunteer in other arenas. Let's just call it a gut feeling for now.

 

[njray]

Jack,

I respect your opinion as I do feel very far removed from so many facts

 

[Deleted member 487]

Let me ask you ladies (and guys) this- if you murdered your child, would seeing pictures of your child's injuries make you sick?

 

[anni]

I don't think that's a very good question for this discussion across the board, besides being a moot point. I don't think any mother here or anywhere has the faintest desire to look at those photos through her eyes.

Seeing pictures of her partying while knowing her child was dead made me damn well sick.

 

[njray]

Anni & Cactus......

I do not think any mother or father would want or have a desire to look at those photos per se. However, I must say if I saw pictures of my mutilated kid because they were forced upon me by police tactics for coercion I do not know how I would react. Speaking for myself and myself only as I have been in high preasure life and death situations and I made trained and perfect decisions and I also have made really poor choices in much less stressfull situations that after each instance I did very different things to relieve or deal with the stress and anxieties that followed. Some healthy things and some not healthy things.

I am not really sure if that is why "cactus" is suggesting the photos are not the smoking gun or not but i just thought i would offer my opinions based upon mine and only mine lifes experiences..

Again I have not followed the case daily nor been in the courtroom every moment of the trial but I surely need more than pics of a girl drinking and dancing to convict her....... but again only because of the media (they need to sensationalize to make money do not forget) I still think she is guilty again based upon snip its and not all the facts of the case.

Again my needs of stimuli to satisfy my impulsive behavior needs there to be a conviction as I want justice for a little kid just because it is a little kid. I wonder if I would be so quick to judgement if it was an adult shoved in a cooler..

Being honest in that that is my opinion against based upon my real experiences and opinions nothing more nothing less.

 

[Kintsugi]

Honestly, I started crying after seeing all of the footage of riots outside the Anthony house. I broke down when someone held up a little two-year-old or so who was holding a sign that said, "HOW COULD YOU KILL A BABY LIKE ME?"

Totally lost it. The whole idea of everything about this is really screwy and hard to watch.

 

[njray]

Missantisunshineinthedarkwhilechattingperson,

I agree it is screwy, the need to display and create sensationalism over a tragedy like this horrible. I personally would not be so much against it if the news was presented in un bias fashion but it is not anymore there are slants that are created either by omission or at times intentional over the top dramatics as to garner ratings. Unfortunately this is done often for ratings hence job security for the reporters and the corporate boardroom officers ....

For me regarding this child death tragedy I try to get as many different stations and media views on it as possible. I try as hard as it is for me to step back and look at all the stated facts (as they present them) and gather more facts until i can come up with something either pro con or indifferent (not everything in the world is black and white).

Also "A" yes this is tragic (VERY) situation. But remember u are a good person as am I. Neither you nor I would ever hurt a child especially in this manner ever at all because we know better and we are learning how to manage our issues healthfully to prevent others around us from harming us again. Hey you never know someday all that you learn and know might be handed to someone that is confused and it might afford them the opportunity to become educated enough that harming a defenseless child is not healthy and there are other options even when in crisis besides abuse through trauma.

 

[guesswho]

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.

You're absolutely right, no mother would behave like she does during the trial either. They're talking about her daughter's decomposed body and she looks like she's bored and almost annoyed by being forced to sit there.

 

[becvan]

Wow. I just can't believe I just read an entire thread of harsh judgements based on nothing but speculation in a forum for people STRUGGLING WITH REACTIONS UNDER EXTREME STRESS. You know reactions that may or may not be frowned upon by others. Reactions that often even we can not live with. I espeically love the whole no person would ever.... which is repeated throughout this thread..

Good to know if someone with PTSD ever came on here and they had reacted all wierd and got charged for it.. we'd all be so welcoming eh?

bec

 

[njray]

Wow,

Really mixed emotions on this one...... It was thrown in the media everywhere... not guilty on most charges. Now they are looking at maybe one of the biggest book deals ever. I tried to follow this case the best I could but every news outlet put there own little spin to create interest to get viewers back to there station. I wonder if justice was served or disserviced in this case.

I must say I never saw a smoking gun on either side but the defense was able to cast enough doubt because of the lack (I am guessing mostly based on my inability to get all the facts) of tangable hard evidence that was based on hard facts. There was inuendos and bits and pieces but i never saw a real definitive line. Our justice is not perfect no doubt. Some believe it is bettter to let a guilty person go free then see a not guilty one inprisoned wrongly..I admit I agree. That said I hope and pray we never forget about the little girl that was killed in our hearts but we do not become a more socialist country by creating more rules and laws that favor only the privilaged in this country because of this verdict.

 

[sea]

I think her kid died and she f*cked up everything else. Cause/effect is not a sufficient method of conducting a trial. Just because she did A, does not mean it was because of B. She f*cked up. She hid the evidence. She was responsible for the child's death no doubt about it but she didn't plan to kill her, it happened because she was an idiot and she was dumb. She didn't call 911 to begin with, and then when the kid died and sufficient amount of time passed she figured oh shit, if they find out I didn't call 911 I'm so f*cked, they'll think I killed her, gotta hide her, I'll make up a lie, etc. We don't execute people for that. Let me say now that I don't have any sympathy for her, but these generalizations y'all are saying you do realize you're applying to every situation, ever? Jesus.

It was due to neglect, not premeditation. I don't think "partying/looking bored" (I'm sorry, does boredom have a specific look now? What constitutes as bored, exactly?) are indicators of "obvious murderer". Like becvan said. No person would ever do such and such? Excuse me? Casey Anthony is, unlike most of you tend to believe, a person. She might be a f*cked up person but she is still a person. So if she did those things, obviously people do those things. Is there some new expected standard of grief that I was not informed about happening now? What exactly should I do while I'm grieving? I don't know. I'm seeing a lot of blind hatred here. I'm seeing a lot of people judging based on completely flawed logic. Grief and emotion is subjective. You don't paint someone as guilty because of how they f*cking feel.

 

[nie]

I don't know what happened or what I would have done as a juror. What I do know is that the media likes to make you believe what they want you to believe. Too many people like to act and make judgements off of the sensationalized manner in which they receive the information. I am sad for the little girl and I am sad that her family will have to deal with this for the rest of their lives. Do I like how it was handled - no. Would I have done the same thing - I hope not. Do I think this should have been plastered all over US television for the past three years - no. There are children dying everyday that no one even hears or cares about.