Comparing Casey Anthony Verdict To Republican Thinking

[Teatownclown]

"If you're a working-class American who still votes Republican then you don't get to grumble about that verdict."
Very good!

[TulsaMoon]

"If you're a working-class American who still votes Republican then you don't get to grumble about that verdict."
Very good!

Casey Anthony juror Jennifer Ford said that she and the other jurors cried and were "sick to our stomachs" after voting to acquit Casey Anthony of charges that she killed her 2-year-old daughter Caylee.

"I did not say she was innocent," said Ford, who had previously only been identified as juror No. 3. "I just said there was not enough evidence. If you cannot prove what the crime was, you cannot determine what the punishment should be."

To equate the verdict in this case to how one votes in the political realm is moronic. If that is the case then we should place the blame for the OJ trail square on the shoulders of Democrats.. Since every member of that jury was a Democrat. Again.. Moronic.

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/p...ge.html#Final%20Jury

[cynical]

+1. Maher's idiotic political comment aside, one thing that bugs me is when a jury has spent weeks hearing the evidence, has been sequestered from the talking heads' gratuitous spin on that evidence, and has been instructed by the judge about the law, does their job, and are excoriated by a bunch of sensationalistic Monday morning quarterbacks for taking their duty under the law seriously. How many of the pundits know, for example, that an element of the crime can be considered proved by circumstantial evidence only if the only reasonable inferences from that evidence are consistent with guilt. Just one reasonable inference inconsistent with guilt is enough to block a conviction unless the jury engages in what some defense lawyers like - "jury nullification."  We should hope that they don't do that, even in cases like the Anthony case. If there's a hole in the prosecution's case, the jury is duty bound to hold their noses and acquit.

Casey Anthony juror Jennifer Ford said that she and the other jurors cried and were "sick to our stomachs" after voting to acquit Casey Anthony of charges that she killed her 2-year-old daughter Caylee.

"I did not say she was innocent," said Ford, who had previously only been identified as juror No. 3. "I just said there was not enough evidence. If you cannot prove what the crime was, you cannot determine what the punishment should be."

To equate the verdict in this case to how one votes in the political realm is moronic. If that is the case then we should place the blame for the OJ trail square on the shoulders of Democrats.. Since every member of that jury was a Democrat. Again.. Moronic.

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/p...ge.html#Final%20Jury

[guido911]

@ssclown's hero:

[sgrizzle]

Casey Anthony Verdict: Unpopular and unfortunate, but the correct decision given the situation and rules.

Thanks!

[AquaMan]

Casey Anthony Verdict: Unpopular and unfortunate, but the correct decision given the situation and rules.

Thanks!

Agreed. You expect the masses to not understand, but the press? They look like the guys who fire up the mob, get the horses for the posse, then go back to the bar for celebration of how great they are.

[BKDotCom]

I haven't seen any "press" coverage of the trial or verdict, only tabloid journalism.
Having Nancy Grace come on Good Morning America every morning to say "tot mom" as many times as possible is not news.

[dbacks fan]

Interesting change in this thread from yesterday and last night.

[Townsend]

Interesting change in this thread from yesterday and last night.

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