NBC: Jury has reached a verdict in Casey Anthony trial [NOT GUILTY]

[MissU28]

Crack detective work boys. Freaking unreal.

In these types of cases, I just try to look at it as even though they got away with it in this life, God is going to be the final judge ultimately.

Or Dexter will get her

[AsburySkinsFan]

If I'm ever on trial you'll know if I'm innocent or guilty: if I'm guilty I'll demand a jury trial, if I'm innocent I'll demand my hearing be decided by a judge who is known for integrity and wisdom!

[G.A.C.O.L.B.]

How much do you blame the jury for the acquittal? Or is it the fault of the police/prosecution for not making the case?

Or Dexter will get her

[Special K]

Or Dexter will get her

Dexter...God...whatever

How much do you blame the jury for the acquittal? Or is it the fault of the police/prosecution for not making the case?

I know the question wasn't directed at me, but personally, I hold the police and prosecuters responsible for the aqcuittal. They weren't able to present strong enough circumstantial evidence and solid forensic evidence to tip the scale to a quilty verdict.

[G.A.C.O.L.B.]

I know the question wasn't directed at me, but personally, I hold the police and prosecuters responsible for the aqcuittal. They weren't able to present strong enough circumstantial evidence and solid forensic evidence to tip the scale to a quilty verdict.

Question is directed at anyone who wants to take it. I'm just curious as to peoples take on the matter. Didn't follow the trial all that closely so I'm just wondering who ****ed up. I know people love to blame the juries in these type of things but it always seems suspect to me that 12 strangers can **** up something that big unanimously.

To your answer, you think the prosecution should have held off on pressing charges and going to trial until they had built a more solid case? Did they rush it? Did they have no choice?

[Special K]

I don't know, it is a really tough case.

Ultimately, the prosecution couldn't put forth enough irrefutable evidence to get a conviction. The defense was able to punch holes in just about everything the prosecution alleged and create reasonable doubt in the minds of the jurors.

This day in age with all our forensic technology, jurors have a tendency to expect irrefutable scientific evidence from a prosecution, particularly if the prosecution is charging for 1st degree murder and seeking the death penalty. The prosecution wasn't able to effectively do that.

Interviews with the jurors after the trial showed exactly that, they thought Casey did it, there just wasnt enough physical evidence to convict.

Personally, I think prosecutors should not have gone with the death penalty and should not have relied so heavily on the emotional aspect of the case. But, hindsight is 50/50...

I'm sure everyone involved in the case, prosecutors, detectives, jurors were sickened by the non-guilty verdict because I think most everyone believes she did this, but they just couldn't legally convict.

[Bubble Screen]

I didn't follow the trial all that closely either, but wasn't there a point in the trial where some begin to believe that her father killed her, or at least knew how she died? I guess if Casey did in fact suffocate her, then it's probable that her mother and father knew what happened.

All I know is that a LOT of people seemed enraged over the verdict. Sorta like the OJ trial. So you knew that she really must have done it, or knew who did.

[Special K]

I didn't follow the trial all that closely either, but wasn't there a point in the trial where some begin to believe that her father killed her, or at least knew how she died? I guess if Casey did in fact suffocate her, then it's probable that her mother and father knew what happened.

All I know is that a LOT of people seemed enraged over the verdict. Sorta like the OJ trial. So you knew that she really must have done it, or knew who did.

Yeah, the defense argued that it was an accidental drowning in the family pool then the family helped cover it up. Had the idiotic investigators done their jobs properly, they would have been able to present this search evidence and brought into serious question the defense's claim that the death was accidental.

This latest news story said they searched the internet explorer browser, but not the mozilla firefox browser...and the Mozilla Firefox browser showed more specfic searches. Apparently investigators didn't even ask for the FBI or Florida state cyber investigation authorities for assistance.

And yes, like the OJ trial, general public consensus was that she did it and people are ticked that the prosecution wasn't able to present a case that ended in a conviction...

[Thiebear]

I didn't follow the case as its disgusting and thought it was open and shut just based off the "So where was your child for 30 days Mom?"
Now i'm glad as its just another victory for evil no matter who killed this poor little girl.

This blows me away, we know who screwed it up now (Is this good enough as new evidence?)

WKMG reports that sheriff's investigators pulled 17 vague entries only from the computer's Internet Explorer browser, not the Mozilla Firefox browser commonly used by Casey Anthony. More than 1,200 Firefox entries, including the suffocation search, were overlooked.

[SWFLSkins]

I didn't follow the case as its disgusting and thought it was open and shut just based off the "So where was your child for 30 days Mom?"
Now i'm glad as its just another victory for evil no matter who killed this poor little girl.

This blows me away, we know who screwed it up now (Is this good enough as new evidence?)

WKMG reports that sheriff's investigators pulled 17 vague entries only from the computer's Internet Explorer browser, not the Mozilla Firefox browser commonly used by Casey Anthony. More than 1,200 Firefox entries, including the suffocation search, were overlooked.

Yeah I read that too. I can't imagine a real IT investigator would overlook other search engines and just look at IE only, this should get someone fired.

[LadySkinsFan]

Casey or whoever put Caylee in the swamp knew what they were doing. There wasn't much forensic evidence to discover let alone figure out what happened to that child. And, the prosecution didn't know about the drowning story until opening statements when her attorney dropped the bomb. Casey said nothing during her time in jail, either to the detectives or prosecution. The only reference we have to "drowning" is when she said something to her parent (don't remember which one) that the media was saying that the child drowned (and she got that from another similar case that was in the news).

It is something that the IT investigator didn't look at Firefox or all browsers on the computer. That surely was a mistake. And I believe the prosecutors overreached in the 1st degree murder charge and should have gone with something lower like 2nd degree and the manslaughter categories.

Anyway, the trial's over and I believe she got away with murder. It was a hard case and I believe the prosecution's timeline is correct. But karma is a funny thing, it will get her with an appropriate punishment designed just for her. And it may not happen for many years. But I wouldn't want to be her. I also believe that she's a psychopath and she will be in the news again some day.

[Tulane Skins Fan]

Just an honest question here: didn't she always claim it was her dad? And didn't her dad live with her? How do you say it was her and not her dad who did the search?

[pointyfootball]

Yeah I read that too. I can't imagine a real IT investigator would overlook other search engines and just look at IE only, this should get someone fired.

I would imagine that many law enforcement agencies have trouble hiring high-quality IT investigators, just because people could make a lot more working in the industry rather than making $60k/year for a PD. However, most teenagers could have probably found it if someone bought them an iPhone 5 or case of beer.

[RichmondRedskin88]

My Criminal Justice degree(Forensics no less) is weeping right now.

unbelieveable

[Dan T.]

Just an honest question here: didn't she always claim it was her dad? And didn't her dad live with her? How do you say it was her and not her dad who did the search?

No, she didn't always claim it was her dad. During the time when Caylee was missing, the increasingly worried grandparents constantly asked Casey where her daughter was and she was always evasive. As to the search,the next page after the incriminating search was Casey Anthony's MySpace page. And that session was conducted on a computer used primarily by Casey Anthony. Not airtight conclusive, but more common sense evidence that Casey Anthony got away with murder.