Casey Anthony NOT Guilty Of Murdering Caylee Anthony Guilty of Lying To LE
Orlando, FL- 10 days shy of 3 years after the smell of decomposition in her pontiac sunfire prompted her Mother to shriek through a 911 call that something “was wrong” Casey Marie Anthony has been acquitted
She has been convicted of providing false information to a law enforcement officer only
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Interesting, I read here that someone brought up the Dale Hill trial this morning, he was found “Not Guilty” as well. Apparently they (Hill and Anthony) shared a defense witness.
Blink,
The more I hear from this alternate juror, the more and more I am convinced that this jury did NOT heed Judge Perry’s admonitions about discussing the case amongst themselves. Isn’t there something that Judge Perry could do about this – or is it just too late?
Sheri says:
July 6, 2011 at 12:46 pm
I’m from Galveston Texas & was called to jury duty on the Baby Grace, aka Riley Sawyers case…
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Riley Sawyers is another tragic case that still haunts me.
I cried for days after reading about that poor little girl’s ordeal and I still hear her confused and pleading little cries to her “mother” while she beat her to death. Actually, many of the smaller details of the Sawyers case has similar parallels to the Anthony case in regard to what the step-father initially told police. He also attempted suicide afterwards and lied to cover for his wife.
Is this what the human condition has been reduced to? What have we let ourselves become when we can’t even do right by our own children?
Dearest Blink ~
I hope you have had some down time today with your beloved family (the beach sounded wonderful and good for you!).
I was just wondering in regard to the mama doll you were going to originally purchase if you have changed your mind and now will be seeking a voodoo doll instead?
I know there are many of us who would gladly follow in your footsteps. I don’t know why but in last hour I have spontaneously begun to feel an overwhelming sense of purpose and renewed conviction. Not for Casey’s demise but for Caylee’s legacy. Anyone with me?
nana2 – i have all the same questions you have posted about this jury and how they interpretted the evidence. for me, the lack of any questions regarding instructions, definitions, evidence, suggests to me some form of disconnect with the search for the truth. i don’t know what they were thinking, but hope to hear from them so that i can understand better. so for what it is worth, conservatism does not affect me at all in the ways you have described!
New Law Proposed In Wake Of Caylee’s Death
South Fla. Lawmaker Proposes Law
BOCA RATON, Fla. — State Rep. Bill Hager, R-Boca Raton, said Wednesday he’s drafted a proposed law to make it a felony for a parent or legal guardian to fail to report a missing child in a timely manner, according to the South Florida Sun Sentinel.
Hager dubbed the proposal Caylee’s Law, after Caylee Anthony, whose mother was acquitted of murder charges on Tuesday.
http://www.wesh.com/news/28464231/detail.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=wesh
Read more: http://www.wesh.com/news/28464231/detail.html#ixzz1RMM3hWqu
It’s already starting … Caylee is in fact still speaking. Bless you little one.
Casey Anthony Writes About Wanting More Babies
http://abcnews.go.com/US/casey-anthony-children/story?id=14009375
I never got to read all the letters in their entirety, but this needs to STOP!
http://www.keepcaseybroke.com/boycott-letter.html
Here is a sample letter to let companies know you intend to boycott all products associated with Casey Anthony
Dear (Name or Company name),
As a concerned and loyal American citizen, I will no longer purchase products from a company that supports and/or intends to profit from Casey Anthony or anyone involved in this tragedy.
Using the death of Caylee Anthony for personal, monetary gain is unacceptable and disgusting. I refuse to support any company who believes it is ok to exploit innocent children. Particularly under such disturbing circumstances.
I hope your company will join me in the support and pursuit of a stronger, better America that no longer tolerates or supports persons or corporate entities that purposefully profit from the exploitation of children.
Sincerely,
Name
City, State
I have a renewed vigor today and three words …
STRENGTH IN NUMBERS
@peggy
That’s funny–I guess the 25,000 pages dumped for public consumption had nothing to do with it.
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Peggy, for that you will have to blame Florida’s Sunshine Law or Open Records Law its not in control of the prosecution or media.. Ck with the office of Florida’s Governor Scott for info on that Florida Law..
As far as Judge Perry no comment.. Google him..
The only attorneys to go on national TV & to grant media interviews on this case over the 3 yr period have been the defense attorneys & the attorneys for George, Cindy & Lee (there have been several).. The prosecutors office never made any TV appearances nor granted any media interviews during the course of the 3 yrs this case has been in progress.. George & Cindy Anthony also did their best to keep this in the news with many, many, many interviews..
Kim in SC says:
July 6, 2011 at 2:41 pm
This alternate juror who is seeking out the media continues to say things that absolutely make me believe that they in fact did NOT heed Honorable Judge Belvin Perry’s admonissions! This jury must have discussed the case before going into deliberations. If that can be proven, what if anything could be done at this point, Blink? I’ve been following your site for quite some time and this is my first time posting…I’m just outraged and heartbroken that our little Caylee was failed yet again!
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This crime occurred three years ago in June 2008. The jurors had as much access to the media coverage of the crime as we did. I cannot believe the jurors had an open mind as this was a “high profile” case created by the media when the case first broke. They formed opinions way back then as we did and took those opinions with them when they chose to become jurors. I think the prosecution’s evidence against Casey was overwhelming and the defense managed to twist the case in every way possible including defamming GA’s character by accusing him (in no less than graphic terms) of molesting his daughter. The jurors somehow bought into the farcical attempt by the defense to point fingers at the Anthony family when I believe in their hearts they knew their client was guilty as H and of course they didn’t want her to testify. And now at least one juror wants to make $$$$$ from this heinous crime and there will be more to come. Really, just really, how does duct tape appear on a tiny skull from an accident!! The jury did not connect the dots. Sorry, I am totally PO’d.
(snipped)
“Lippman said the Anthonys had hoped to get “some sliver of truth” about Caylee from their daughter during trial, but Casey didn’t testify.”
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Did they think they would get “some sliver of the truth” by lying themselves?
I am still so disgusted and depressed over the injustice for Caylee. The Anthonys wanting the truth is just comical and I am so over hearing that from them.
Oh, and the defense team partying at a local bar after the verdict was announced….
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/28453358/detail.html
Blink~you do not have to post this, but in regards to your post to me,
5.Blink says:
July 6, 2011 at 10:25 am
@Debbie, I would not feel comfortable. I would send anything to his office
I was answering someone else that wanted Jeff Ashton’s home address. I was suggesting that he would probably still receive anything that was sent to the State Attorney’s office.
Aside from that, I for one will be participating in any boycott of anyone, juror or Anthony family, making a profit off of Caylee.
Chelsea, in response to your reply…and if anyone else would like to commend Jeff Ashton and Linda Drane Burdick, here is how you write them:
LINDA DRANE BURDICK, ATTORNEY. Assistant State Attorneys. 415 North Orange Avenue. Orlando, Florida 32801
Does it go without saying that we will all be boycotting whichever station/media that pays Juror No. 5, or any of them a cent to speak of their stupidity? Honestly I doubt that I could watch while some loser reporter blows smoke up the ass of some loser juror anyway. Unless they rake that moron over the coals and demand answers. Then I might watch it on YouTube where they won’t make a cent off me.
JR, I really appreciated your comment a page back. I agree with you completely. What the hell were they doing? NOT their job, that’s for sure.
cherylz, I agree. It’s not ringing true for a very good reason.
Casey Anthony Juror: ‘Sick to Our Stomachs’ Over Not Guilty Verdict
http://abcnews.go.com/US/casey_anthony_trial/casey-anthony-juror-sick-stomach-guilty-verdict/story?id=14005609
Hard to view this honestly. Damage control. Seriously Mr. Huekler? Go back to playing with your marbles and transistor radios.
http://www.wesh.com/casey-anthony-extended-coverage/28465689/detail.html?utm_source=manual&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=casey+updates
Casey Juror: ‘I Did Not Say She Was Innocent’
Juror No. 3 Speaks About Verdict
Read more: http://www.wesh.com/casey-anthony-extended-coverage/28465689/detail.html#ixzz1RMYDkkOQ
ORLANDO, Fla. — The first of the 12 jurors who acquitted Casey Anthony of first-degree murder is speaking out.
Jennifer Ford, or juror No. 3, says the jurors were “sick to their stomachs” after voting to not convict Anthony in connection with the death of her daughter.
Ford, a 32-year-old nursing student, told ABC News in an exclusive interview that she didn’t think there was enough evidence to convict Anthony.
“I did not say she was innocent,” Ford told ABC.
Ford said it was difficult to determine a punishment without proof of the crime.
“Everyone wonders why we didn’t speak to the media right away,” she said. “It was because we were sick to our stomach to get that verdict. We were crying and not just the women. It was emotional and we weren’t ready. We wanted to do it with integrity and not contribute to the sensationalism of the trial.”
Ford is single, has no children and is the youngest of five siblings. She said during jury selection she didn’t know about the case until recently.
Hours after the verdict, an alternate juror who did not participate in deliberations spoke with the media.
Blink, Could the prosecution have tried Casey on child abuse charges first, then if convicted, up the charges to murder? All of the analysts are saying the prosecution overcharged her.
justice23 says:
July 6, 2011 at 2:58 pm
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Judge Belvin Perry issued an order Wednesday afternoon that he had personally burned all of the jurors’ notes Wednesday morning.
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/28464092/detail.html
“I’m sure I speak for all of us (or most of us anyway) when I say, “Judge Perry did WHAT??”
Yes, justice 23, you do. There are suspicions regarding the alternate juror’s comments and they have reached the State’s Office. If Judge Perry does not look into suspicions of jury misconduct, I hope, just hope that the State’s Office does.
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Columbiares (Pam) says:
July 6, 2011 at 3:19 pm
“Mirage- I love it!! I totally agree!!
WPG- I hope you’re right..it’s what I’m holding out for.”
I’m not a legal-beagle, so the best I can do, too, is hope that the stature can be applied in a capitol way.
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In Memory of Gini says:
July 6, 2011 at 3:12 pm
“Agreed…isn’t that what the Goldmans filed against OJ?”
Lippmann on HLN right now. He says on the verdict, if his clients are happy, he’s happy. And maybe sometime down the road, their daughter may open up to them. Also said in regards to the missing child foundation, there was a time that Caylee was a misssing child, and if people wish to make donations in Caylee’s name, blah, blah, blah . . .
So . . . there ya go.
ooops . . . “statute” not “stature”.
Sheri
This was a case where the grandmother played a part in getting some justice for the little one. The punishment of the mother and boyfriend did not fit the treatment and crime comitted on this child.
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I am awed at all of those who mostly read and do not post, but at this time have chosen to do so. A community far broader than could be imagined. Love for a child we did not personally know and the quest for justice has made this a community of caring people that I am proud to be associated with.
This trial has lessons for everyone. Most especially the court. Judge Perry IMO made two colossal mistakes. First he took the jurors from another county and sequestered them for the entire trial. Second he pushed the jury selection so hard that attorneys could not spend the time to properly do their work.
It is obvious that despite repeated admonitions to not discuss the case prior to gettting all the evidence, it apparently happened. Did the court have an officer monitoring all the gatherings of the jury for dining and recreation? IDK.
The takeaway for the court should be not to move out of the area or jurisdiction for any reason until all efforts to get a jury are exhausted. How could a jury of peers be selected from an area eighty miles away?
Some have expressed that this group of people came from a very conservative background and could not leave that circumscribed thinking. I don’t think the tag of conservative fits that behavior.
This jury IMO was overwhelmed by all the science presented by the prosecution. There were several places during the trial that truth should have resonated with each juror.
One in particular was the statement made by Dr. G. the medical examinor regarding the fact that in all her years of experience, there were zero cases where a drowning occured that 911 was not immediately contacted for emergency help except for this one. This told her that the drowning story was a lie.
I’m curious about something. Since I figure quite a few of you readers live in the Florida area, maybe you could tell me.
I live in a heavily Spanish-speaking area, and I’d never heard the name Zenaida, until it was mentioned in relation to this case.
Is that a common first name there?
Most people, if they had to come up with a random name, it’d be something like John Smith, or Jessica Brown, or Maria Mendoza or something altogether common. I’ve always thought it a bit too much of a stretch that she would have grabbed such an oddball (to me) name out of thin air.
I’m really curious if she knew someone with that first name at some point. It’s not really relevant – but I’m curious. Then again, I suppose it might become relevant, now.
(And yes, I looked on namestatistics.com and howmanyofme.com… both the first name and the name combo are shown as much more rare then my name, which is on the fairly uncommon side.)
11. Tarheel – My sister just called me to say, “Don’t forget OJ and Joran Vandersloot.” I’m not real big on karma, but they have so much in common. They were both in prison even when there were no bars. They both used to money and the media to amplify their lies. No one wanted to be around them; they gradually became shunned. They both wound up in prison where they belonged. There lives are shear misery. I guess I’m beginning to understand Karma. You reap what you sow.
Little Caylee is free from any of her family members hurting her further, I suppose this will have to be her justice from heaven…..I simply cannot understand why justice wasn’t served on this earth for it’s own child. Should a dark shadow follow those who prevented justice, know it is the shadow of hundreds of Caylee’s advocates still
mourning the injustice to this little baby and forever searching for the truth. Blink, thank you for making this blog personal, welcoming and informative……You failed no one, know this, this is a truth you can believe.
Forgot to mention,
Lippmann, who is outside in front of the courthouse doing media interviews (how uncanny, huh?), now is “stretching” the Cindy “untruths” to be that she searched SOMETIME IN 2008 . . . and it was the Sate who said March 17.
Guess he knows complaints are being received by the State’s Office regarding his client and “perjury”, IMO.
Mark Nejume is TES Tim Millers attorney and he was the Anthonys attorney in the beginning of this. I hope they do sue miss Casey.
I also agree with the grandparents suing her for wrongful death and tell the REAL DADDY of Caylee file wrongful death.
OH and also the state can sue her for all the money that went on this farse of a trial. it will at least help the community feel a little better knowing this idiot has to pay for all of her lies, even if the jurors could not convict her of even a lesser charge. all they had to do was talk to the judge, that is all they had to do.
Question for the legal egales. Can the Judge over throw the verdit?
Juror #3 speaks to Diane Sawyer tonight at 10pm EST on a one hour special Primetime news.
Judging from the quotes, yet another cretin steps forward to eliminate any doubt about the intelligence level of this jury.
Juror #3 speaking out…
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“I did not say she was innocent,” said Ford, who had previously only been identified as juror number 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.”
http://abcnews.go.com/US/casey_anthony_trial/casey-anthony-juror-sick-stomach-guilty-verdict/story?id=14005609
You couldn’t even come to the aggravated child abuse conclusion? Really?? I still don’t get it…
Disneyland Court: “Dreams can come true, Unless you are two, Wrapped in Winnie-the-pooh,Duct-taped by loonie-loo”
Casey and her Boys at Disneyland Fantasy BatCourt taught that jury how to become Casey’s clones…how get rich through lies, fantasy and child-murder and they were all only too eager to fall for it…how any member of that jury can bold-facedly state they were “sick to their stomachs”, without KNOWING THEY MUST GO BACK TO THE JUDGE AND ASK FOR CLARIFICATION, especially how they “knew she wasn’t innocent”, and explain their dilemma, if indeed there ever was one. Nope, Casey’s Clones learned how to act real good, and I do not believe Ford for one minute, hope she drowns herself in the world’s vomit too.
I find it so hard to believe that not one juror felt she was guilty and held their ground. Something about this just stinks to high heaven. I am physically ill over this. And to think that murdering bitch is going to profit off this makes me even sicker. I for one will not contribute to her, will not buy a book, watch an interview, etc. I mean really, what is she going to say that we don’t already know. It will be very rehearsed lies. Think about it. She’s had 3 long years to craft her new web of lies. BOYCOTT CASEY ANTHONY!!!!
WHY COULDNT SOMEONE ASK THESE jurors, or why couldnt the jurors ask each other, how in the hell did Caylee get into that trash dump to be ( cant say it) I just dont understand how they didnt even ask one question of the judge on a lesser charge? Why did Caylees life mean nothing to these people? This little girl was dead and buried in a trash dump. Does anyone care how she got there? IT DOES MATTER, doesnt it?
IMO: In re Jury tampering… as much as that might help some of us make sense as to this verdict, I kindly ask you to think more about that scenario. Think about how much MORE money I could get (as a juror) if I were to “out” whomever approached me with a bribe. (Come on, that is what several are inferring here, so I’mma just say it.) If “someone” in some way tried to get me to cast my verdict in a certain direction, I could surely stand to profit even more by telling THAT story.
The prosecution really dropped the ball on this one. My jaw dropped when they rested. There was so much more evidence, why did they quit? How about how Cindy cleaned the car, (admitted in her depo), how many more hairs or blow flies would have been found? And the jurors! Where the hell do they think the baby was when not w/casey for 31 days? Did they believe there really was a squirrel plastered to the car? What abut the fight on the 15th as partial motive? So much evidence, and only an iota was presented.
I guess all we have now is the fact that nobody will hire casey (6 felonies), nobody is going to want to party w/her, let alone be a friend. I can’t imagine Ma & Pa Anthony wanting her to return home. Maybe she’ll follow the path of Amy Fisher & have to resort to porn.
I hope Zenaida sues the sh*t out of that family.
I remenber Family member saying after this is all over Casey will walk out of JAIL COURT with her head held high. Just heard the the police are planning to screte her to an unknown location if she is freed tommorrow. No intergity of innocence it that move.
Casey likes the spot light I wonder how she will reconcil her big moment. Geraldo said Casey should join a monastary. He got the first interview with JB. Maybe didn’t the first interview with Casey not enough money offered?
This takes me back to the Anna Nicole days. REmenber all the aspirations of the people involved? None it has panned out. No Coropation will take the heat it gets from the public. Their sponsors will suffer the public outrage.
I respectfully disagree that sites like these popping up are “good”, for the same reason I found it disgusting for people to camp outside the Anthonys home protesting in the early months.
12 jurors spoke. I may not agree with the verdict, but I accept it. God Bless America. Our justice system may not be perfect, but it’s the best out there.
sweetie_pi says:
July 6, 2011 at 3:03 pm
I have never seen something like this, ever, but I have to say it’s good for these sorts of things to show up – http://www.topix.com/forum/city/lynchburg-va/TF4A0M89B5C8ITDQQ.
Another juror speaks…
http://www.wftv.com/news/28466587/detail.html
Yes, WPG…kidnapping is a felony. But LYING about someone else kidnapping your child is a misdermeanor. It’s still lying to authorities.
Read an article today where one of the jurors said the veridict they reached made her sick to her stomach (and several other jurors). She says she didnt say Casey was innocent, only that she couldnt determine the Murder 1 charge because she couldnt determine how Caylee died.
Made me sick to my stomach to hear that verdict and I still havent gotten over it. Lets me know the state of the world we live in. But one thing I do know, I know WHO is in control and I have complete trust in HIM. No matter what the circumstances of this life may look like to me. Justice is always delivered, just not by me.
I invested three years of my life in this case and to be honest, it’s taken such a toll…I have to get back to what matters, God (the Gospel), Family, and my life.
She probably got away with murder; however, if you and I were on the jury – what would you need to know, in order to convict someone of First Degree Murder? Two things:
1. How did Caylee die?
2. Who killed her?
If you give jurors those two things – how Caylee died and that Casey was the one who killed her, they would have convicted. You would have, and so would I.
The prosecution did neither.
Did the prosecution prove to you how Caylee died? Or did they leave room for you to wonder about it? Was it pre-meditated? Was it an accidental death from too much chloroform? Was it an accidental drowning? Which one was it? Do you have any doubt over how Caylee died? It is reasonable doubt.
There was no DNA on the duct tape and no chloroform to be found. I know the exact moment that the prosecution lost: when Ashton said that he could only hope that Casey used the chloroform first before she bound her with the duct tape. Hope?!?! As in, you mean you don’t really know? That was game, set, and match. And what an idiotic thing to say. You cannot convict someone for a crime that carries a life sentence on hope and wishful thinking, and I think that the jury ultimately realized that.
This was a poorly prosecuted case, and if there is any blame to be had here, it rests with the prosecution and not the jurors.
Blink-
I can’t help but feel that this is a direct slap to my face (as I’m sure many feel). I kept thinking “I can’t wait to see her face when she realizes the jury wouldn’t dance to her lie of drums the way her parents have, and boy will that shock her”. Now I feel like I am the one who has been made of fool of. I’m embarrassed, sad and disgusted. I too live every day with a family who thinks that enabling is loving, and I have never understood it. I want Cindy to open her eyes and see what her enabling has done to her family, to her children. Their enabling cost them, and the world the beautiful Caylee. When will it end? Do they not see how their actions led to the demise of this innocent child. I for one will love my daughter no matter what, but I will not defend her negitive behavior. I will support her good decisions, and stand by her when she makes mistakes, but I will not defend nor enable her to continue those mistakes. As a troubled teenager myself, the best thing my parents did for me and my daughter is stand up to me and say no more. They made me accountable for my actions and because of that, I had no choice but to change my life, for the sake of my daughter. If it is true that Cindy reads here, or to any other parent that doesn’t know the difference, enabling is not love! Love is tough, and as my parents always told me doing te right thing is hard. God Bless Caylee and thank God that she didn’t have to witness this joke of a verdict.
Sorry for my typo. I meant to say They both used money and the media to amplify their lies.
I want to share something with y’all….
I have been sitting at work all day agonizing over how this jury reached its decision.. chatting with my co-workers about how terribly wrong this all is. And I still know its wrong, but…
When I got home from work I had an email from my dad. Knowing my dad, I knew it would be one of those warm-fuzzy things, some story of wisdom etc that I just wasn’t really in the mood to read. But, he’s my dad… so I began reading this story about a lady who’s daughter was getting married… blah, blah, blah.. then, at the very end of his email it said:
‘Life is not the way it’s supposed to be. It’s the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.’
I know he has no idea how badly I needed to read that.
According to this juror Ms Ford they were thinking about the penalty for Casey while they were still only in the guilt phase.
http://www.wftv.com/news/28466587/detail.html
If a movie deal is to be made why make it with the devil and her family. I suggest that life time and everyone else who want the truth and will tell the truth is make a movie about J.Ashton and L.burdick. I wil not and I will protest any movies made by the Anthony’s we know the story, why would you want to go see more lies. May the Anthony’s rot in _ell. I wish we had a real Charles Bronson. I pray that Tim Miller and Zenida Gonzales, Roy Kronk go after Casey Anthony & Cindy Anthony with a vengence. If Cindy or Casey or on a talk show everyone turn their TV’s office. I will only watch one of their shows if the States attorney office is talk. Funny, how Cindy & Casey talked dirt about law enforcement officers and now they want their protection. Ha. Ha.
The only way you can hurt the Anthony’s is thru money. I pray they will loose everything they make. Judge Perry you would not tolerate any foolish in your court room. Don’t let Casey out. Set an example it is not okay to lie and murder your child.
How about felony child endangerment? De facto. Evidenced by the death of a child, left in her charge. Does that not fall under the auspices of aggrevated child abuse? If the definition the jury received did not include endangement, might they have asked the judge? Abuse of a corpse? Certainly.