Common is the popular complaint that a jury ‘didn’t do its job’ when an accused criminal is acquitted. However, the duty of all criminal court jurors is to judge defendants based on admissible testimony and evidence presented before them according to the criteria for reasonable doubt, not to to pass judgment to satisfy the whims of outside observers. Perhaps it can be argued that the verdict was incorrect, or even that judgment ought to be weighed by experts instead of laymen. Nevertheless the fact remains that jury members are specifically instructed to judge the veracity of the prosecution’s case, for it is only the prosecution that bears the burden of proof.

Regardless, people often seem to feel juries should be given license to deliver verdicts based on judgments beyond the facts of the cases presented before them. With regard to the Anthony trial, this was made especially by certain commentators who exclaimed that the jury should have ‘connected the dots’ concerning the supposedly suspicious nature of the accused. However, following this mentality would not only violate juries’ aforementioned mandate to limit their considerations to the facts of the case, but would also derail juries’ critical thinking in favor of speculation. In short, this call for speculative judgment goes precisely counter to what juries are lawfully charged to do.

Conviction Rates

Given the unique complexities of each state’s laws and conviction statistics, it at first appears to be a challenge to evaluate the generalization that prosecutors lose too many criminal cases. This perspective, however, falsely assumes that conviction rates are a relevant measurement of prosecutor performance in the first place. Whereas it is the duty of defense attorneys to cast as much doubt as possible upon the arguments of prosecutors, the duty of the prosecution is to bring forth evidence against the accused within the bounds of the law, not do whatever they can to ensure a conviction. The court is meant as a medium in which the jury may soundly come to a fair and legal verdict, not a circus of accusation and unregulated inquisition. To assess the adversarial system of trial on verdict outcomes alone would be disingenuous to the pursuit of justice. At best, such measurements reveal trends without explaining how they occur.

To be fair toward advocates of judicial reform, conviction rates can sometimes suggest an underlying systematic problem. Clearly, consistent rates of extremely high or low conviction do warrant some amount of inquiry. However, there seems to be little out of the ordinary in that regard in Florida, where the Casey Anthony case was tried. According to official state sources the past ten years have been relatively successful for Floridian prosecutors as the vast majority of violent crime trials resulted in either convictions or plea bargains. If anything, this fact suggests that Anthony’s acquittal wasn’t a matter of incompetent or ineffectual prosecution.

Even on the national level, the notion that prosecutors aren’t obtaining enough convictions does’nt hold up against the data. The National Center for State Courts, a non-profit judicial research center, estimates that conviction rates can be as high as 60 percent for murder cases across the country, while lesser violent offenses tend to have a higher chance of acquittal. One can hardly call this a sign of a conviction shortage, especially in light of the recent drop in crime rates in the United States.

As sensationally as political pundits may play up the acquittal of Casey Anthony, the trial should not be regarded as a symptom of a judicial breakdown. Upon level-headed consideration of the relevant information, it should be clear that criminal courts by and large suffer from no lack of convictions and perform within reasonable expectations. Furthermore, even if it is true that the criminal justice system needs reform, there is little reason to tamper with the role of juries as impartial judges of the adversarial arena. Therefore, instead of vilifying jurors, defense attorneys, and prosecutors for performing their proper duties under the law, maybe commentators should discuss better ways to report on legal proceedings and give the public a clearer understanding of our judicial process.

They do NOTHING but sit around all day long sending off hate mail day after day, and pinpointing where they think the object of their hate might be.  When they think they have her sighted, they report it to some unibrowed eunuch who gets off on seeing his name in binary.  No one is even paying attention to any of the other happenings because they are so consumed with hate for Casey.  It’s pretty sad.

I’ve decided that I just don’t want to get to know anyone else from the true crime community.  Call me an elitist snot.  Call me a B. Don’t care.  These are NOT people that I want to discuss other cases with because they lack the mental faculties to comprehend the basic tenets of the United States Constitution and the American judicial system.   It’s pretty sad that the blood, sweat and tears of our  founding fathers are tossed to the wayside all for one case by the booger eating Caylee Groupies. Little old ladies who pretend to be so loving and so kind  are really horrid old sea hags who are disseminating vile hate and are no better than those who spread evil 50 years ago because of one’s color.  Where do these scumbags even come from?  They neglect their own children in order to harass Casey Anthony – that is what is so amazing.  Oh, the irony is RICH!  One of the forum members said it perfectly:

“Of course, Grandma loves you honey!  Just not as much as a dead kid that I don’t even know!”

The children were seen eating cereal off the floor, and when police questioned the 5-year old, she said she was “babysitting” the other children while skankburger was at work.  However, the 5-year old didn’t know her mother’s NAME or the names of other relatives to contact them to take the children.  Please explain to me why this child didn’t even know her mom’s name?  Answering my own question here…this is a woman who has no business having children.  Someone who takes no time with her children and obviously doesn’t give a rat’s butthole about their safety.

Law enforcement couldn’t find Evelyn Smith  for DAYS after removing her children from the FILTHY home they inhabited.   While they searched the home they also found almost 10 grams of suspected crack cocaine in a shoebox on top of the refrigerator.  These are REAL living children who needed help.  Real, living children who could use clothing or even food, and I can’t help to continue going back to the idiots who are STILL harping about the Anthony case — what exactly are they doing for REAL, LIVING CHILDREN?  Oh, that’s right…NOTHING.  They would rather pretend to be decent people.

Take one look at some of the Twitter accounts of these mongs.  HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of tweets harassing Dr. Phil and other media.  HUNDREDS of tweets dedicated to shit talking the grandparents that Caylee LOVED dearly, and they dare think that somehow they are honoring her.  Not so much.  They are dishonoring her and as she looks down from the heavens she KNOWS the frauds that these people are, and so do the rest of us.

It’s time to STFU and help some kids in your cities and towns.

Imperfect Justice: Prosecuting Bumbling Casey Anthony

Here is my issue.  For weeks the mental midgets have been going on and on about boycotting this and refusing to watch  that because the Anthony’s might get paid for interviews.  Or the fury of the douchetards when it was rumored that Casey might write a book – now that was something else!  BUT…when Jeff A$hton – the man who LOST the case because he overprosecuted and failed to present facts in a manner to satisfy the burden of proof BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT proclaims to have written a book, and suddenly all of the muumuu clad harpies are wetting themselves to announce to their fellow douchenozzles that they are pre-ordering the book and cannot wait to read it.  Oh *swoon* and a *snap*!  However, during the rumored Anthony book deal there were shrieks of blood money and death to the Anthony’s.  How can this be?  The level of hypocrisy is astounding.

Explain to me how this money making endeavor is not unlike the Anthony’s or anyone else for that matter making money off of this case?  Whether people agree or not, the family is the only entity that should be profiting from Caylee Marie Anthony.  A$hton obviously (in my humble opinion) had this book planned long ago.  Had to have – it’s already written.  No doubt he was sniffing the greenbacks back in June as he delighted in the idea of sickening the courtroom with the smell of Caylee’s decomposition in a can. 

He’s a pig.  A greedy scumbag that might as well take a place in line behind all of the other pigs before him who have profited while standing on Caylee’s back.

Furthermore, Dear Roseanne Barr:

Please stick to being a D-listed hack instead of a legal analyst and victim’s advocate.  Your thought process is skewed and you make no sense.  This was posted on her her site, and I think I am going to have to break out the tard translator because she is an idiot of epic proportions.  Hey, kinda like the other 94% of Americans that the tards4Caylee keep harping about. LOL  By the way, I’d like to see the empirical evidence for that survey and how many were surveyed.  I think the stinky people don’t realize about statistics and that there are groups of people surveyed, and the ratio is determined from the number surveyed and not the entire population of the United States, but then what am I thinking.  These social studies rejects can’t even comprehend basic American Government without it being explained in grunts, farts and stick figures.

the proof in the world that she did it needed for a conviction.  Jose Baez used jury nullification to get her acquitted…confusing jurors as to what “reasonable doubt” means–the same Johnny Cochran tactic that all lawyers learn in sleazy law practice 101.  Jose Baez was a public defender who screwed over the public, and turned a mentally ill child murderer loose on the world for profit.  Now is the time for a big change in this country–starting with child murderers and their immoral defenders. Laws protect the innocent–and should not be at the expense of children’s lives and safety.

 Let’s do this, America!  Read and sign! Let’s not let rinky dink podunk judges and juries rush to judgement at the expense of the moral heart/soul of this country!

I am truly embarrassed for these idiots.  There is NO reason that an adult should be this damn stupid.  I thought the waterheads would be onto something else by now, but I guess to hell with living children who desperately need our help.  That actually requires them to do something.  At least with Caylee they get to pretend to be child advocates.  Sadly, it is one giant douchebag gathering where they all get to pretend to be “doing something”.

So tonight, I’m cruising youtube and find this little doozie.  Here is the thing that bothers me — if you are going to opine about something there is NO REASON WHATSOEVER that you should not at least research the topic and know what the heck you are talking about, but that’s what these people have been doing for weeks/months/years.  Talking out of their butts and making libelous comments about others.

Some of the things that the youtuber is going on about:

1. You need $250,000 or the promise of funds to start a foundation;
2. Having a foundation is a very easy way to “launder” money;
3. You do not have to tell who gave you money;
4. The car was destroyed to prevent anyone from ever examining the “evidence”;
5. They secretly had Caylee cremated to prevent future examination of her remains;

First of all, you DO NOT need $250,000 to start a foundation.  It is called a nonprofit organization and they are HEAVILY regulated by the IRS for impropriety.  All nonprofits are set up and regulated to be transparent so that there is no easy way to defraud the public.  It costs around $500 to file the necessary paperwork with the IRS, and you must have a Board of Directors, and you MUST file annual reports.  You will lose your tax exempt status for not following the strict IRS regulations.  EVERY SINGLE CENT received must be accounted for.

Automatic Revocation of Exemption
Congress passed the Pension Protection Act in 2006, requiring most tax-exempt organizations to file an annual information return or notice with the IRS. Each month, the Internal Revenue Service updates the listing of organizations that under the law have automatically lost their tax-exempt status because they have not filed as legally required for the past three years.

You can check the status of a 501(c)(3) by going to the IRS site and searching.  It is not an easy way to launder money, and honestly – all of these people who are making these claims against the Anthony family need to be sued.  It is one thing to have an OPINION, but accusing someone of wrongdoing without proof is prosecutable in a court of law.  Maybe a few lawsuits and some of these mouth breathers would shut up finally.

The car:  It is NOT evidence.  Casey Anthony was found not guilty.  That does not mean she is innocent.  It means that she was found not guilty of the crimes she was accused of in a court of law.  But, I forgot…they want to harm the jurors too and are screaming that there is juror tampering.  I mean — AS IF!  I do not blame the Anthony’s one bit for having Caylee cremated.  If she had been buried, these freaks would be selling their homes to live on top of her gravesite.  Look at what they are doing at Suburban Drive.  It’s sickening and it’s abnormal.  This case has brought out all the mentally incompetent and they have revealed themselves for all to see.

Facebook groups are popping up all over with actual threats against Casey’s life and when reported – Facebook does NOTHING.  The Casey Anthony Lynch Mob group – really? The Many Mommies for Caylee Anthony Facebook group is SUPER CREEPY!!!  Aren’t these people the least bit embarrassed?  Here’s another one I found, and this woman “wasted” her life on “this case”.   Ureal.

It’s over people.  There are thousands of living children out there who need a mentor or who went to bed hungry tonight.  What about them?  Where is the outrage for them?  That’s what bothers me.  A LOT.  No one is doing anything for the children who are living.  I guess it is easier for these weirdos to pretend to love a little girl that they do not know than to actually get off of their rears and DO SOMETHING for living children who need us.

I’m almost positive that of those 200 mothers every year, some are tried and found not guilty. Where is the outrage in those cases that we are seeing in the Casey Anthony case? We haven’t read in the news about any death threats or harassment of the people involved in those cases. What is it that sets Casey Anthony apart from these other mothers that go on trial for murder that she can hold this whole country captive and cause feelings of such hatred? People have chosen to latch on to this case and it’s taken on a life of its own. It’s not about the little girl that was reported missing on July 15, 2008 anymore. It’s about seeing how much hate and rage can be directed at Casey Anthony because the public feels justice has not been served. Caylee’s memory is lost in the midst of it all and those crying for vengeance are too blinded by hate to see it.

The public accuses Casey of being a monster. What do they think they are when they threaten her, harass the people involved in the case and get online raging about what they would do if they came across Casey on the street, all in the name of seeking justice for a murdered child they never knew?

Several years back, a Houston mother was acquitted of murdering her 4-month old son. ( http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=92993&page=1 ) I don’t recall any outrage, any 24/7 HLN coverage or the mother going into hiding afterward. I just have to ask: why? Why was there no anger, no outrage, no publicity?

It’s time to give other missing and murdered children the attention they deserve. Caylee is gone and we cannot help her now. If these people are so insistent on speaking for a murdered child, then they need to realize that you don’t honor the memory of a dead child with hate, rage and vengeance. If you want to become a murdered child’s voice and seek justice for her, justice you feel was denied in a courtroom, you take that energy you put into harassing and hating the accused murderer and put it to good use. You can put your time into helping living children. You can bring your efforts to the searches for other missing children. Two hundred mothers a year murder their children. Three to five children a day are murdered by their parents. There are far too many children in danger for everyone to sit around and dwell on a not guilty verdict that we can do nothing about. We cannot save Caylee. But, if we move on from this, perhaps we can save other children.

Katherine “Kate” Phillips

They had been in an argument and police later found Sean at his parents’ home at about 4 p.m. that day.  However, Baby Kate was not with him.  21-year-old Phillips was arrested and remains in jail on a kidnapping charge.  Police have found the clothes that Baby Kate was reported  wearing that day, but they have not found the child.  Searches continue in an effort to locate her, but Phillips refuses to give any information regarding the whereabouts of his daughter.

The progress of the investigation has been hampered somewhat by “self-initiated and directed search teams”.  Law enforcement personnel have been diverted away to other areas where individuals have located material that is not connected to the investigation.  This is why people should stop trying to play CSI and participate in searches that are sanctioned by law enforcement personnel.  I know people want to help, but is this really helping find this baby?

Investigators would still like to speak with anyone that saw SEAN MICHAEL PHILLIPS during the hours of 1 to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, June 29th, 2011. He was reported to have been seen at the Wendy’s Restaurant and near the Birch Lake Apartments during that time frame.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Mason-Oceana 911 at 231-869-5858.

Persons wishing to provide information anonymously can call Silent Observer @888-STOPCRIME (888-786-7274).

Anonymous information can also be provided at WWW.LSOTIP.COM or by texting “LSOTIP and your tip to 274637 (CRIMES).

I blame Nancy Grace and the others in the media who are continuing to beat this dead horse.  I have seen HORRIBLE things written by people that I once respected, and this case has caused me to reevaluate the friendships I have with others because I simply do not want to be friends with people who are  calling for the lynching of another human being just because they didn’t get their way.  That is what this boils down to.  People did not get the verdict that they wanted, and rather than do something productive to save LIVING children, they are going to beat their heads and wail in the streets because they obviously don’t comprehend our legal system.   They would rather show their asses than do something for living children.  Why is that?  Why not use the anger that they are feeling to do something for the thousands and thousands of underprivileged children who are in violent homes, or who need mentors and the guidance of an adult?  To me, this just proves even further that these people do not care about the plight of  missing or abused children.  It’s easy enough for them to get online with other simple-minded people to feign outrage than to actually get off of their butts and DO something.

There are bellows of mistrial, jury interference, blah blah blah…but at the end of the day – the system WORKED.  I am not saying that it’s fair or that Casey is innocent.   I am stating the obvious.   Our system is based on the presumption of innocence.  The Sixth Amendment  sets forth rights related to criminal prosecutions.   If people would take a look at this and leave their emotions behind,  they would realize that the system WORKED.  The Sixth Amendment requires juries to be impartial. Impartiality has been interpreted as requiring individual jurors to be unbiased.   A juror must show no prejudice for or against something or someone.  At voir dire, each side may question potential jurors to determine any bias, and challenge them if the same is found.   To those who watched the voir dire process, each potential juror was questioned and out of hundreds 12 jurors and 2 alternates were chosen. 

The jurors were asked to view the evidence - leaving prejudice and emotion behind – and to find the defendant guilty or not guilty based on the evidence presented to them.  The jurors did their job and should not be persecuted.   The Sixth Amendment does not guarantee that victims are honored or even that justice is found for them in a criminal trial.   In other words, a criminal trial has nothing to do with obtaining justice.  I have said for a long time — how does one truly find JUSTICE for a dead child?

Amendment VI
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.

In a murder trial, the state  accuses an individual of being the perpetrator of an act of violence against a victim. The state must then prove that accusation by admissible evidence and beyond a reasonable doubt.   There is no middle ground.  There is no “little bit of doubt” or “all doubt”.  If there is ANY QUESTION at all about the evidence presented, then the jury must vote for a not guilty verdict.  It is not the job of the jury to retry the case, but to view the evidence as presented by the state.  If the state does not provide the evidence that will allow BEYOND ALL REASONABLE DOUBT that one is guilty as accused, then the vote is obvious.  I don’t know how to explain it any clearer, or why people just refuse to see it for as simple as it is.  As Alan Dershowitz stated in his Wall Street Journal article about the case:

A criminal trial is never about seeking justice for the victim. If it were, there could be only one verdict: guilty. That’s because only one person is on trial in a criminal case, and if that one person is acquitted, then by definition there can be no justice for the victim in that trial.

Maybe I just expect too much from people that they know what they are talking about before they decide to take someone to the gallows.  It becomes even more frightening when someone cannot understand the simple concept of “beyond a reasonable doubt” yet they are given the task of voting elected officials into office.  I don’t think people care about researching or critically thinking.  They want it piecemeal fed to them in tiny bits that are flavored with idiocy.

John McClure, manager at the Clearwater, Florida Skyline Chili has even taken it upon himself to speak for the corporation by denying entry to the Jurors to his restaurant.  So, because of how someone voted in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida and as instructed, they are not allowed entrance into Skyline?  Do they have separate drinking fountains and bathrooms for those they don’t like?

People are losing their minds over this case.  There are so many other children who need our attention.  Caylee is gone.  She is not coming back, and her mother is not going to be charged with her death.  Isn’t it time to put some of the energy that it takes to hate into projects that really need someone’s attention?  There are thousands of missing children and there are even more unidentified missing.  Instead, people would rather use all of their time and energy into making offensive animations of Caylee and to hell with the other children that need their help.

Shameful…truly shameful.

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