So we all have an opinion on the Casey Anthony verdict right? As a Paralegal I can work on many cases and some high profile ones without anyone ever knowing. Lawyers are the ones who have to legally and make public records that they represented a client, not a Paralegal. We do all the bulk of the work for the lawyers and no one really ever knows who we are... With that said, I know what it's like on the inside.
I will admit I followed this trial VERY closely as a legal professional and a mother, I to had mixed feelings. The media had her guilty before she was ever given a trial date. I wonder what Nancy Grace will do now? Who will she go after tomorrow? I know she is a smart women and needs to make a living but sometimes she goes too far. The media is a business and they market us just like everyone else. So people need to remember that and not always believe what they hear. Though the attractive and sexy story the state told us and told us through the media made sense, it also didn't make sense. Nancy Grace has always maintained this was a done deal, as I watched the verdict being announced, I wish I could see her face in a split screen with Casey's. Now that would have been entertainment!
I may have been leaning slightly toward a manslaughter guilty verdict, but I know the jury had more information than all of us did and I also have legal experience and trial knowledge they don't have. I was shocked that they came back so fast with a not guilty verdict. Even if a mistrial was likely I figured some days of arguing and discussion would go on. This tells us a lot. 12 people of different backgrounds with little or no legal experience can sit there and say within a day that she is NOT GUILTY, then she isn't. Remember it's decided by the evidence presented and must be convincing beyond a “reasonable doubt.” What the jury sees and hears is used to determine the outcome of the case, and nothing else...
We were given an opportunity to see most of the evidence presented to the jury. The jury has only their notes and admitted evidence to work with and not a picture of Caylee next to each one. Being a visual learner myself, I know persuasive it can be. Looking at pictures and evidence and feeling it yourself brings a whole new meaning to a case. There just was no evidence suggesting how this child died and that her mother did it. Only that she is a very trouble woman who should not have had a child if she wanted to party all night. I hope she gets help for her mental conditions.
All day people keep asking me if I agree with the verdict? To there surprise I say YES 100%. One question I still have is after all this, where is the child's biological father? Who is he? I never once heard any talk on the media about him and why he was not a part of her life...
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