This is the typical Casey Anthony Trial Mob Member: [video=youtube_share;6EflikHDMpI]http://youtu.be/6EflikHDMpI[/video]
If the statute is like the one in Virginia, I'd agree that it's slightly puzzling. I think it amounts to the prosecutor over-charging and losing the jury with a crap case otherwise. If this were charged better, I think abuse would have likely been a guilty verdict.
[video=youtube_share;6EflikHDMpI]http://youtu.be/6EflikHDMpI[/video] lol someone should re-mix that to some music.
Yep. Ashton wanted a kill shot on his last trial and ended up blowing the whole thing. But he still got to go on Today and The View so I guess it worked out ok for him.
Even if they did overcharge her, there was nothing to stop the jury from convicting her on one of the lesser charges. For reasons I cannot comprehend, they found her not guilty of aggravated child abuse.
It's about credibility. You can't expect a jury to see you whiff on first degree murder and have no impact on how they perceive your evidence on the other charges. The Richmond Commonwealth's Attorney spoke at a conference I was at once. He was talking about how a different jurisdiction messed up a charge where the owner of an ice cream store was robbed. He chased the robber out of the store and shot him in the back in the street, killing him. The jurisdiction that messed it up charged him with second degree murder. He said he would possibly have charged him with as little as assault if he actually wanted a charge to stick. I thought the same went for Baez's case. If they did find her guilty of first degree murder, I felt he was going to have a very difficult time convincing a jury to spare her life because of all the crap he pulled. That's why a different attorney would generally handle the sentencing phase of a death penalty case, but I didn't get the idea Baez wasn't going to handle it that way.
Ha he wacked her consecutively....he gave her a total of 4 years on misdemeanors as a first time offender......that tells you... 1) He thinks she did it.... 2) He would have gave her the DP..... a case like this usually gets probation...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/06/casey-anthony-gets-porn-offer_n_891339.html?view=print What will Casey Anthony do now? Porn -- that is if one major adult entertainment studio gets its wish. Following a shocking jury decision that could make Anthony a free woman at sentencing on Thursday, Vivid Entertainment has offered Casey Anthony a job in one of its upcoming porn films. "Whether you agree with the verdict or not, Casey will want to move forward with her life and has a right to make a living," Vivid co-founder Steve Hirsch told TMZ. "It's not going to be easy for her and we believe we can help her make the transition into a new life." After a month-long trial, Anthony was found not guilty of murder, child abuse and manslaughter charges in the death of her daughter, Caylee. She was found guilty of misleading to investigators. Hirsch claims he has put a call into Anthony's attorney, Jose Baez -- but Anthony might not need the job. The 25-year-old could make big bucks by selling her story to the press, according to Fox News. "It seems inevitable that Casey Anthony and her family will try to capitalize on their situation and that they will hire a publicist, and perhaps even an agent, to identify and sort out immediate opportunities," said crisis management expert Gene Grabowski. "No doubt her legal counsel will also want to limit her exposure and ensure she is careful with any statements she might make." Grabowski says Anthony will likely try to land a high-paying exclusive interview with ABC's "20/20" or Oprah Winfrey. Legal and communications experts told the news organization that they expect Anthony could make $1 million, or more, in a single interview. "She could probably get $1 million from an outlet -- it could be a network or a tabloid-type magazine," said Michael Levine, founder of Levine Communications Office. "But I wouldn’t recommend she do that, because she's such an unsympathetic figure and a known liar."
Eh, not really, if he had not given her 4 yrs she would have walked with time served, which I'm sure he was loath to do.
She's getting out on July 13th per Orlando Sentinel. That extra week will really show her. I can't believe I'm taking to this woman's defense but what the hell is the point of one more week in jail? It's enough. She was acquitted of murder, right or wrong. Just end the circus and let her go do whatever she needs to do.
Pads very rarely do mis. cases ever get actual jailtime, never mind consecutively AND the max time (1yr) allowed on every count.....there just isnt enough room in prisons for it......The Judge either thought she did it, or there was so much nat'l attention on this case that maybe he felt to had to give her the entire sentence for fear of a possible riot if he didnt, and she walked out this morning...... This way is better because now the prison will just release her at some random time in the upcoming weeks at like 2am, and all you hear as the public is a press release saying she was released at said time....
Which would be to color her hair, cut it a different style, change her way of dressing, name, social security #, address, phone #, etc. etc....before the inevitable happens. Can you say marked woman?
Nah. As toxic as the atmosphere seems right now, in a week or two people will have moved on to the next outrage and will forget all about this. I imagine the extra week in jail, while ridiculous from a punishment standpoint, may have simply been to allow things to cool down before she walks out. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me if they let her go in the middle of the night before the 13th. Casey will be looking for attention long after people have forgotten about her. She's got a GED, no skills and no significant work history. She's also 25 and has 3 years of jail under her belt. Unless somebody takes pity and gets her into college or something she will be doing girl boxing matches, porn, stripping, etc.
Disagree, in this case the Judge by maxxing her out also relieved her of any sort probationary sentence as well. Anthony for better or worse is a "free" woman./
I think this is as good a place as any for a note on Caylee's Law. I struggle with whether the idea that a parent must report a child missing (or dead) within a certain amount of time is a potential violation of the 5th Amendment. We require people to report accidents when they're the driver, and Virginia even has a law that attempts to do so if someone is a passenger. In light of this law, I question whether the passenger law is constitutional. The difference with the driver, if you ask me, is that licensure is required to drive. I haven't looked into this much at all, but I find the law troublesome. Does anybody have other thoughts about it?
I like the dialogue JJ, personally I am for it, and actually called my Rep, and Senator endorsing they be the one that authors it. I definately see the 5th Ad. issue here, and am somewhat conflicted; however I must say the most crucial time period for a missing child is much like solving a murder case, the first 48-96 hours is paramount searching/investigation time. The Anthony case went unsolved largely due to the time it took to find poor Caylee; and at which time her body so badly composed, and chewed on by animals that no concrete forensic evidence was recovered. This case should have been solved, IMO only 3 people coud have done it (Casey, father/mother/somebody else), and somewhere somehow I believe evidence would have been in abundance if they recovered the body sooner. I guess the way I look at it is if you didnt do it, you obviously report it as quick as possible; waiting 31 days IDK JJ I am not sure the 5th AD. matters in this. Your actions will pretty much incriminate you at that point.....
I just figured out the passenger accident reporting law: the passenger is virtually never going to be incriminating himself. A parent with a missing child is opening himself up to neglect charges at minimum.
