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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors proved Casey Anthony was a liar, but convinced the jury of little else. The government failed to establish how 2-year-old Caylee Anthony died and they couldn't find her mother's DNA on the duct tape they said was used to suffocate her. There was conflicting testimony on whether the putrid smell inside the family's car was a decomposing body or simply trash, and it was never quite clear why chloroform was so important.
The lack of evidence and the doubt raised by the defense — that Caylee accidentally drowned in the family's pool — was enough to win an acquittal. After a trial of a month and a half, the jury took less than 11 hours to find Anthony not guilty of first-degree murder, aggravated manslaughter and aggravated child abuse.
Ultimately, though, the burden of proof wasn't on Baez.
"I don't think it was Baez' great lawyering that won the case," said Richard Rosenbaum, a Fort Lauderdale criminal defense attorney who closely followed the trial but wasn't involved in the case. "I think it goes back to the prosecution and the weaknesses in their case."
Kendall Coffey, a former U.S. attorney for Miami and now a defense attorney, said Baez had to offer an alternative to the prosecution's theory of how Caylee was killed, though he was less impressed with the molestation accusations.
"The biggest questions were the 'how' and the 'why,'" Coffey said. "Even the state acknowledged they weren't exactly sure of how Caylee was killed. That was a candid acknowledgement, but Baez seized on that."
"This case has brought on new challenges for all of us. Challenges in the criminal justice system, challenges in the media, and I think we should all take this as an opportunity to learn and to realize that you cannot convict someone until they have had their day in court," he said.
Yale Galanter, who has represented O.J. Simpson in a number of cases since 2000, said he was not surprised by the verdict.
"The issue is there was absolutely no evidence linking her to the death. None," said the Miami lawyer. "So what the defense did was brilliant, they brought up the drowning, they brought up the sexual molestation, and it really got the jury to focus away from the bad behavior of the mom."
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors proved Casey Anthony was a liar, but convinced the jury of little else. The government failed to establish how 2-year-old Caylee Anthony died and they couldn't find her mother's DNA on the duct tape they said was used to suffocate her. There was conflicting testimony on whether the putrid smell inside the family's car was a decomposing body or simply trash, and it was never quite clear why chloroform was so important.
The lack of evidence and the doubt raised by the defense — that Caylee accidentally drowned in the family's pool — was enough to win an acquittal. After a trial of a month and a half, the jury took less than 11 hours to find Anthony not guilty of first-degree murder, aggravated manslaughter and aggravated child abuse.
Ultimately, though, the burden of proof wasn't on Baez.
"I don't think it was Baez' great lawyering that won the case," said Richard Rosenbaum, a Fort Lauderdale criminal defense attorney who closely followed the trial but wasn't involved in the case. "I think it goes back to the prosecution and the weaknesses in their case."
Kendall Coffey, a former U.S. attorney for Miami and now a defense attorney, said Baez had to offer an alternative to the prosecution's theory of how Caylee was killed, though he was less impressed with the molestation accusations.
"The biggest questions were the 'how' and the 'why,'" Coffey said. "Even the state acknowledged they weren't exactly sure of how Caylee was killed. That was a candid acknowledgement, but Baez seized on that."
"This case has brought on new challenges for all of us. Challenges in the criminal justice system, challenges in the media, and I think we should all take this as an opportunity to learn and to realize that you cannot convict someone until they have had their day in court," he said.
Yale Galanter, who has represented O.J. Simpson in a number of cases since 2000, said he was not surprised by the verdict.
"The issue is there was absolutely no evidence linking her to the death. None," said the Miami lawyer. "So what the defense did was brilliant, they brought up the drowning, they brought up the sexual molestation, and it really got the jury to focus away from the bad behavior of the mom."
George Anthony
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I'm watching Dr.Phil he is interviewing Casey Anthonys parents and the more I listen to their point of view, I get the impression, their daughter Casey, is a Psychotic Beast. Why the hell would you wait for 31 days to report the child missing and during and after the time she was missing she was having the time of her life. The dispatcher on the phone asked this chick why did she wait 31 days to report her daughter missing and she says because she was bussy looking for her That to me is a RED FLAG, she mean to tell us the viewers that it took her 31 days to find her daughter, 31 DAYS are you for real. I don't know about ya but if my child was missing half a day i'm going to report it right away . If you wait thirty one days that means you did something wrong and are scared to report it. Whats really scary is that these crazy b****** kill their kids and go party, shopping, and God knows what other fun activities they have after killing thier own, I c a pattern here.
I just clicked on the video above that says "Many unhappy with Casey Anthony's verdict" This one chick talkin bout justice prevailed, because the jury didn't prove beyond a reasonable dout. Well all i have to say about that remark is they didn't want take into consideration all the evidence pointing to her the abuse and the story that they gave the police that later they recanted and switched up. there was more than enough evidence pointing her way. Then this lady goes on to say that if you are not one hundred percent sure you can't send someone to jail well lady can you count how many people are sitting in jail innocent of what they are accused of because the judge and jury wasnt a hundred percent sure but they are in jail innocent as can be meanwhile scum like this woman like i said before evidence pointing dead at her but was not used to convict her so the poor lil girl gets no justice and the murderer is free to go . wheather her own momma did it or not someone is not being held responsible for this childs murder and that is so sad that the justice system continues to make the victim suffer instead of holding the perps accountable.
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