I admit I didn't know much about the case before the last couple of days. Hell it is all I can do to find time to know my own cases let alone delving into a case being heard 4000 miles away. However, from what I did read, there were holes in the prosecution's case the size of Kansas and the defence drove right through them.
After all, it was hard to convict in the first place when there was nothing directly tieing Casey to her daughter's death. Second, there was no certain date of death. Last, the prosecution's own pathologist could not tell for certain it was not an accidental death. Pretty hard to nail someone for murder when you can't prove how the victim died and whether it was by foul play or not.
Yes I know Scott Peterson was found guilty of murder in similar circumstances but just because he was does not mean Casey should be.
In the end, all the prosecution proved was that she was an atrocious mother who partied while her daughter was missing and didn't report the missing child for 31 days. Yeah she isn't mother of the year but that does not make her a murderer.
Of course, that didn't stop Nancy Grace's hyperbole and tears during her show last night. The former prosecutor who believes if you are charged you must be guilty because after all, if you weren't guilty, why would you be charged, was on a total rampage last night. She cut off any guest who didn't agree with her view of the world and didn't challenge a psychiatrist who had never met Casey when said quack called her a psychopath nor did she cut off another guest when he said he guarantees Casey will kill again.
I am sure Nancy was a great prosecutor, as she loves to tell us all she never lost (which only means she only went to trial on slam dunks because unless your name is Count you do lose in court sometimes), but she makes Fox News look fair and balanced.
Of course, despite being found not guilty, Casey's life is pretty much over. No one will hire her (after all she was charged and even though a jury of her peers found her not guilty, as she was charged, she must be guilty and therefore should not be allowed to get a job) and will be treated worse than OJ Simpson who at least was found liable for the deaths of his wife and Goldman in a civil trial.
I understand people are upset but the hysteria and teeth gnashing are hilarious. People who aren't lawyers, don't understand evidence, reasonable doubt etc are ripping this travesty, the injustice etc. I do believe people only think the justice system works when they win their case (either as plaintiff or defendant) or when the prosecution convicts. If you get off as a defendant, then it is just your slimey lawyers who pulled the Chewbacca defence in court to get you off.
Get a grip people, while you and I might think Casey is an atrocious person (even though we never met her), that she is the worst mother in the world and that next to her Joan Crawford is June Cleaver, that is immaterial. Before the law, she was entitled to a full defence and not to be convicted unless the prosecution proved her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Given what I wrote above, the prosecution failed big time. They did not connect the dots or complete their puzzle. Our system works because it is able to find people like Casey not guilty because the safeguards there for her also protect us.
The old saying that it is better for 10 guilty men to go free than one innocent to be convicted applies to this case. Remember that next time you are busted for something, either a speeding ticket or a major crime. That is when you need rights.
Just because she wasn't convicted does not mean the system doesn't work, in fact it means it does.
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