Comments on: UPDATE VI: Justice In The Age of YouTube (Innocent whiffs of Chloroform)

By: CompassionateFascist

CompassionateFascist — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 22:08:02 +0000

Nothing profound happened here. If you have enough money to hire a competent lawyer, or commit an atrocity sufficiently fragrant to attract one (in this case)then you will likely get away with it; in fact, if you are convicted of anything in our crime-lobby legal system, you should probably sue your lawyer. Baez was, in fact, an excellent lawyer: he went to law school, learned how to jury rig during the juror selection process, and simply applied his knowledge. This case was decided before a shred of evidence was even offered. One ringer = mistrial; 12 = acquittal. Frankly, I’m impressed. If ever I off someone and am caught, I will certainly contact this proven expert in jury rigging.

By: Myron Pauli

Myron Pauli — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 21:31:01 +0000

Naturally, Ann C has weighed in (very sure of herself considering she has no kids herself) and naturally it is all the fault of “liberals”:

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/coulter070711.php3

By: Graham Strouse

Graham Strouse — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:30:11 +0000

Something seems missing in my life…I wonder what it is. Oh, yeah, my child! I must have misplaced her a month ago! I freak out when I lose my keys & wallet and I do that on a fairly regular basis. Just sayin’…

By: Myron Pauli

Myron Pauli — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:31:13 +0000

Here is this alternate juror statement: “I agree with their verdict wholeheartedly,” said alternate juror Russell Huekler, who sat through the trial but did not participate in the jury’s deliberations.
“The prosecution did not prove their case,” he said. “The big question that was not answered: How did Caylee die?”

In Huekler’s “standard”, the prosecution does not only have to prove THAT Casey murdered her baby but they must prove exactly HOW and WHEN it was done!!! Utterly absurd!!! So if Captain Schmidt and 20 Gestapo were seen marching 200 Jews off to a field and they are found 10 years later in a pit burned and decayed with bullet fragments – NO ONE CAN BE CONVICTED since we don’t know who fired which bullet when into which victim as well as the precise time order of each victim’s death?? That is monstrous stupidity disguised as an argument.

It appears that not only should the Anthony family have been sterilized a long time ago (by the way, did the baby have a “father”?) but probably most of the jurors should be sterilized to prevent them from further polluting the gene pool. And Florida is a state that worries about gay adoption?!!

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:04:41 +0000

I wonder how the jury dealt with the fact that the mother did not report her child missing for a month, if not because she already knew where she was.

Was I the only one who viewed half the defense as a self-indicting attempt to abrogate responsibility in the event of a guilty verdict?

I further suspect the primary reason for the ‘Not guilty’ verdict was an overwhelming aversion to send the mother to the electric chair without even knowing exactly how the child died.

Finally, am I to understand that when someone reports a dead body, the appropriate response is to send one lone idiot to search the entire marsh, and then fire him when he can’t find it?

What a mess.

By: Robert Glisson

Robert Glisson — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:59:29 +0000

My wife likes television. I have by osmosis saw just about all of the Perry Mason, Mattlock, and McBride series. In each, the defendant is found not guilty by reason that the defense proves someone else guilty. The other 99 television law programs find the defendant ‘not guilty because of social injustice or some other rot.’ It’s because the NRA defends guns that someone made a different decision than the Liberal one. It was because welfare reform cut off the freebies, or we didn’t build enough basketball courts or something else the Republicans did that is the ‘real fault.’ In other words, juries are being home schooled to overlook the facts in favor of the defendant becoming the victim. The real victim is rarely even mentioned.

By: Redman

Redman — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 03:49:24 +0000

No longer any doubt about the dumbing down of the folks; these 12 folks on the jury remove all disbelief. As ‘Tater says, there is no cure for stupid.

By: Bill Meyer

Bill Meyer — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 02:26:37 +0000

I agree with you, Ilana, that she was guilty, but am unsure that the evidence presented rose to the “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard. The system is designed to let some guilty walk in order that few innocents walk the plank. That innocents are still railroaded through the massive resources of the state is why I can not support state execution. “Dream-teamed” OJ walks and “looks for the real killer”, while “Juan Guttierez Gonzalez” is accused of capping the 7-11 clerk, draws a public defender, and gets the needle. At least life in lockup preserves the possibility to correct a grievously incorrect sentence.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 02:06:45 +0000

There is actually a very plausible case bi William C. Dear that O.J. didn’t commit the murders of his ex-wife and her lover. Have you heard about his investigation?

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 01:54:19 +0000

I agree 100%! The jury was made up of idiots. But we shouldn’t be surprised, after all, this is the USA. Left wing idiot Nancy Grace hyped this story for the last three years and the people bought in. The media will focus on stories like this and not inform the American people of what the President and Congress are doing to this country. I hope Casey gets hit by a bus very soon. Now that would be justice!