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Originally Posted by Wilder
I heard about the Casey Anthony case a while ago and thought from the begining that she would be found gulity. Well i guess me and all of America were wrong. I couldn't believe that the jury found her not guilty. I really just dont understand.
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Please remember, the jury isn't subjected to everything the people outside of the trial is.
Normal people following the case, or ANY high profile case for that matter, are subjected to countless news and opinion broadcasts (Nancy frigging Grace anyone?) who have no responsibility to report honestly or thoroughly (this is more aimed at the opinion pieces than the simple facts of the matter news pieces).
As such, many MANY of us jump to conclusions.
This is why there is jury sequestering. In the hope of giving everyone a fair shot, the Jury is charged with only considering what is shown before them. Now if the prosecution or the defense get certain items excluded it's because they prepared better legal arguments or had case law on their side.
As a reminder to anyone who is finding fault with the system, please remember these rules have been put in place over hundreds of year of case law and should you ever wind up in a position where you are on the defense side, you will fight your damn-dest to make sure the playing field is as even as possible.
Remember these two things: Innocent until proven guilty and the quote "tis better that 100 guilty men go free than an innocent man be convicted". A lot of people don't really believe these things any more, but I firmly do.
As for the statement earlier about the possibility of the family suing to prevent her from benefiting from a book deal; I don't think they have any legal standing to do so. It's not like the OJ case where the victim was a third party and the family had a legitimate argument.
Who would file for wrongful death in this case with standing? The victim was her own daughter, I don't remember seeing anything about the father and I don't believe the grandparents or extended family would have any basis for preventing it. Just the rules of law.