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I am sure that this will get some people’s dander up….but keep in mind that I am NOT making a call on guilt or innocence…….
I was not gonna post anymore on the Anthony trial but since the media has turned this into a three ring circus….I feel I must!
We Americans are proud of our country especially because of our rights and freedoms, at least that is what we are told to be proud of daily, but (there seems to to always a but) there are times that I have a hard time understanding the thinking…..Americans are an emotional people, and at times act in a contrary way than what the Constitution and such say…….
By now everyone with hearing knows that Casey Anthony was been found not guilty of murder….my most appreciative thing about the trial was listening to Nancy Grace self destruct and her head explode at the verdict, that aside….I do not post too often on gossipy crap but this time I will make an exception……
People are all over the media saying what a travesty of justice has been done……of course these are all personal opinions….but look at from a legal point of view and leave the media induced emotionalism behind……the prosecution did not prove its case beyond a shadow of doubt…..is that not what our laws say…..innocent until proven guilty? The prosecution did not prove its case on her guilt. That should be enough for the citizens, but instead the media has turned this into a circus for the sake of ratings…..I am not voicing my opinion on whether she is guilty or not, my opinion is just that MINE, I am however saying that because were are a nation of laws and procedures and after a trial of her peers she was found to be not guilty and that should be enough for the people….the system worked the way it was designed to work…..
All the hysteria and emotions that have been poured out by the people is disgusting…….there have even been death threats and physical harm threats against the people on the jury because they did NOT find this person guilty……they did not act the way that the media wanted and so now we have every nut job being trotte3d out to a mic so we can hear what the media wants us to hear….this is unacceptable….if these dirt bags want to harm someone then go after the prosecution, because they did not make their case…..but leave the people on the jury alone…..
And why do all these people think Anthony is guilty? Basically, because the media made the case against her few of the hysterical people were in the courtroom to hear the evidence so they are talking smack brought on by the media……
Like I said earlier, I am NOT making a judgment on the verdict or the guilt of the person…I am speaking from a purely analytical point of view…..my biggest bitch is that the media has the power to convict a person even before a trial and then has the power to question the verdict to the point that Americans go bat shit crazy and will possibly break the law…if so, where does that serve the public’s best interests?
Excellent post! I have to agree almost 100% – of course there’s a couple of “buts”, but in the main, I could hardly agree more…
The buts? Well, the system did NOT work as it was intended because the system was designed bEFORE the advent of TV (or even radio). However, that said, I understand what you mean. The media SHOULD be prosecuted for “trying” the case before it happened (and in many countries, they WOULD be so prosecuted – including the UK). Casey Anthony SHOULD have a case against the local legal authorities for malicious prosecution, because, from what I’ve heard (and I know almost nothing else about the case), the authorities came to court with the biggest load of sh*t on the planet.
Finally, if there really ARE a few altruistic philanthropists out there in the US (as distinct from big talkers), then one of them should stake Anthony to sue the goddamned media (MOST of them!), since they appear to be falsely accusing her of all sorts of things that she has been found NOT GUILTY of in a court of law.
Oh, and I know I just said “finally” there, but I lied… I think you’ll find that the law does NOT say “beyond a SHADOW of doubt”, but “beyond REASONABLE doubt” and that is something different. In fact, that more strongly supports the point you made – the prosecution patently FAILED to prove it’s case! The saddest thing to me is that, whatever people may think of her, innocent or guilty, Casey Anthony has been handed a life sentence that is against the US constitution since she is receiving that life sentence involving “inhumane” treatement and she should NOT under US law receive that sort of treatment even if found guilty.
If people don’t like what they got in this case, fire the state authorities and then vote to change the law, but don’t blame Anthony for sticking to the rules OTHERS made!
I agree with the law suit thing…..right now the media is all upset because they do not know where she is…….they are running story after story on when she was released yesterday and then gave them the slip….the trial is over…..they need to move on….unless they are trying to track her with the hopes someone will make good on a death threat and then they will have yet another story…..even the jurors have been threatened……Americans are making me sick!
Great comment and just not because you agreed with me…LOL
Media frenzy of Natural Born Killers comes to mind. Except people are rooting for violence against Casey. That’s why the integrity of journalism is chasing her.
Once again, the media is trying to drive the story……
The media isn’t trying to drive the story – it IS driving the story – in fact it’s often CREATING the story!
For sure!