Casey Anthony trial verdict was not a surprise

Casey Anthony

A lot of media people were surprised by the verdict but The Major's wife predicted Casey Anthony would not be convicted because all of the evidence was circumstantial and the prosecution mistakenly went for the death penalty.

Charles Rose, a legal expert and professor at Stetson University, indicated the state did not have enough evidence for a capital murder case.

They did not have cause of death or time of death and they still chose to go for a capital one murder charge. They chose to roll a big dice.

Rose thought the  prosecutors should have gone for negligent homicide. The state would have to prove Casey Anthony wasn't watching the child properly which led to her death. 

An alternate juror Russell Huekler said he didn't think the prosecution presented enough evidence for a murder charge

Apparently the courtroom antics of the prosecution did not set well with the jury either. One of the jurors ignored the closing arguments of the prosecution.

Good Morning America got it right and HLN's Nancy Grace got it completely wrong. Grace's comments were shill and opinionated. See the interview with George Stephanopoulos: 

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/casey-anthony-nancy-grace-reacts-not-guilty-verdict-jury-cooky-14006609

Anthony is certainly "a nutty puppy" who appears to be in need of psychiatric care. The death of her child fractured her family.

Grace should have known better since she has been a prosecutor. The Supreme Court of Georgia has twice commented on Grace's conduct as a prosecutor. 


In a 1994 heroin drug trafficking case, the Court declared a mistrial, saying that Grace had "exceeded the wide latitude of closing argument" by drawing comparisons to unrelated murder and rape cases.

In 1997, the court was more severe, overturning the murder-arson conviction of businessman in the death of his wife. While the court said its reversal was not due to these transgressions, since the case had turned primarily on circumstantial evidence,


The Supreme Court noted "the conduct of the prosecuting attorney in this case demonstrated her disregard of the notions of due process and fairness, and was inexcusable.

Rightardia doesn't know if Casey Anthony is innocent or guilty, but the jury reached the right verdict. In the Us, you are innocent until proven guilty by the state. This is one of the foundations of English common Law which has its basis in the Magna Carta, not the bible.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Grace

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