Now that's an adorable mugshot.
Okay, so Casey's a bad mom, and everyone's gonna complain that justice wasn't served. To me, based on the the ranting that people like Nancy Grace have done about her for the past three years...I guess she's obviously guilty. Right? I mean, people with T.V. shows can't possibly be wrong.
Despite how "obvious" this case may have seemed to many, a recurring theme by speakers such as Casey Anthony's lawyer were brought up: that the media's opinion doesn't equal truth. Now that seems obvious, right? Maybe a cliche, even? But think for a moment; about a week before the verdict, news papers and T.V. shows kept crying about how she might walk, because the defense had too strong of a case.
Um...yeah. That's how it's supposed to go.
Despite this, Nancy Grace and all her media equivalents constantly kept pushing the idea that she needs to be convicted. Where's the common sense in that?
Now Casey never called the police (her mother did when she stopped seeing her grand-daughter), and she also lied to police repeatedly, even changing her story a few times. Signs of guilt? You betcha. Enough to convict someone and send them on Death Row? Not in the least.
What about the "smell" found in her car? Well, it shows her car was probably used. Do we know Casey was the one responsible? No. The search engine results for "chloroform"? Shows that someone used her computer to search for the same chemical that was used in the murder. Are all of these things enough to convict her? Well, if it is, it would be pretty damn easy to set someone else up for murder.
Casey's behavior, in conjuction with the bits of evidence which do implicate her, just weren't enough to convict her. Yes; they do make her a logical prime suspect, and it's definately enough for a trial. But a conviction? A jury decided no. Does that mean it's the correct answer? Not at all. But it does mean, that there wasn't enough objective evidence to put her away. Sure we say "Oh, it's common sense"; but this is a country full of people who believed Obama had a forged birth-certificate, and was "obviously" born in Kenya.
In short, "common" sense should never be enough to convict someone of murder; only hard, objective evidence, which if examined, leave no reasonable room for doubt. Anything less would truly be unjust.
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