Nancy Grace

[GBBob]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

rightfully? there is nothing right about letting a woman who dumped her childs body in a swamp walk away. Its one of the sickest things ive ever seen/read.

They didn't prove a damn thing Lori...I'm not saying she's innocent or isn't evil, but you have to seperate emotion from what happened in court. If you hadn't read anything about this case prior or let that blowhard Nancy Grace pontificate nightly as biased as she was and strictly went by what happened in court, I think you might have voted not guilty as well.

This is different than OJ. He should have been found guilty based on what was presented in court.

I have no sympathy, respect or feelings for that Mom at all.

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by GBBob

They didn't prove a damn thing Lori...I'm not saying she's innocent or isn't evil, but you have to seperate emotion from what happened in court. If you hadn't read anything about this case prior or let that blowhard Nancy Grace pontificate nightly as biased as she was and strictly went by what happened in court, I think you might have voted not guilty as well.

This is different than OJ. He should have been found guilty based on what was presented in court.

I have no sympathy, respect or feelings for that Mom at all.

there was plenty of circumstensial (Sp?) evidence for a neglect or aggravated manslaughter guilty verdict. There might not have been enough for a 1st degree murder verdict, but I think the jury failed by not getting a manslaughter verdict.... which is somewhat of the prosecutions fault for not focusing on that charge and putting all their energy towards 1st degree murder.

[Antitrust32]

in my opinion, the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that there was a dead body in Casey's car. that, accompanied with her behavior and lack of calling the police, along with finding the body right near the home where she had been staying with duct tape and other materials that came from the home... it would have been impossible for me to have let her walk out of jail without a manslaughter charge. If I was on that jury, we'd still be debating, I would have made it a hung jury before I let her walk. What I think sucks is half of the jurors wanted to convict her on manslaughter.. but they were too weak and let her walk.

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by GBBob

They didn't prove a damn thing Lori....

Yes - all because the medical examiner couldn't conclusively determine a cause of death.

I guess Scott Peterson should have also walked as well?

Oh wait, you wouldn't hit it.

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

Yes - all because the medical examiner couldn't conclusively determine a cause of death.

I guess Scott Peterson should have also walked as well?

Oh wait, you wouldn't hit it.

I doubt Bob has any interest in "hitting it", I know being with a woman who may well be a sociopath doesn't interest me. The state had no cause of death, no time, date or place of death, what exactly is the smell of human decomp? The motive was weak as Ms Anthony had plenty of opportunities to party while her daughter was alive, what suddenly changed? Peterson had a concrete motive and there was more evidence. The result leaves a bad taste but the jury didn't allow TV talking heads to make their decision, they made their own for better or worse. That's the way the system is supposed to work. The state overcharged going for capital murder.

[Calzone Lord]

We are all just a figment of Somerfrost's imagination.

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

We are all just a figment of Somerfrost's imagination.

Yep, take the lazy way out...

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

what exactly is the smell of human decomp? .

If you were ever unlucky enough to smell it you'd never, ever forget it.

Guaranteed

Multiply a rotting deer by a thousand.

[rpncaine]

For sure. 20 Years ago I had a great uncle hermit type who cooked in his closed up house for 2-3 months. My Grandpa and I were with the cops when they went in. There are times to this day I get a whif of something that will remind me of that stench.

Never will forget it no matter how badly I want to.

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by rpncaine

For sure. 20 Years ago I had a great uncle hermit type who cooked in his closed up house for 2-3 months. My Grandpa and I were with the cops when they went in. There are times to this day I get a whif of something that will remind me of that stench.

Never will forget it no matter how badly I want to.

Yeah, I've had the misfortune of coming upon rotting corpses in Nam as well as in Norfolk, Va...I am well aware of the lingering yuck...but in a trial, evidence must be factual, not "smelled like" or "was consistent with", that was my point. There were lingering questions about the car...why didn't George notify the authorities and how did he know the car ran out of gas and that was the reason it was abandoned (the state presented no evidence that he was told the car was out of gas yet he went to the impound lot with gas cans), perhaps he just assumed this or was even told yet the state presented no explanation despite the defense questioning this midway through the trial. The state relied too much on Ms Anthony's behavior and lacked solid evidence. A circumstantial case can be powerful if solid, this case was far from it.

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

Yeah, I've had the misfortune of coming upon rotting corpses in Nam as well as in Norfolk, Va...I am well aware of the lingering yuck...but in a trial, evidence must be factual, not "smelled like" or "was consistent with", that was my point..

IMO The smell is so unique, 'smelled like' and 'was consistent with' don't exist.

[GBBob]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

Yes - all because the medical examiner couldn't conclusively determine a cause of death.

I guess Scott Peterson should have also walked as well?

Oh wait, you wouldn't hit it.

I think I'd rather hit Scott Peterson

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by GBBob

I think I'd rather hit Scott Peterson

LOL!