Casey Anthony Verdict Stuns Moms
Posted on 06. Jul, 2011 by Andy Ptacek in The balancing act
Since the verdict was read yesterday, the most seemingly stunned are moms, myself included. I am in complete disbelief, but for some reason that doesn’t lead me to feel outrage or anger… it’s more of a what-the-heck-am-I-missing, empty sort of feeling. I know that those jurors are among the most informed on the specifics of the case and part of me wants to trust their judgement. But the mom part of me wants to give Casey Anthony at least a fist to the face. The amount of money, resources and man power put in to finding justice little Caylee feels wasted to me. As a mom, what are your thoughts on this circus act and what do you think is next? Will there ever be justice?
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Jackie
06. Jul, 2011
The sadness I feel is for a poor little girl who’s life just doesnt seem to have mattered.
Kim
06. Jul, 2011
I’m sure we will hear more as the jury starts to speak out. I am certain they were too overwhelmed/upset/exhausted to speak after verdict was announced.
- I am upset that no one was held accountable.
- I am baffled as to why the state went for the death penalty. The case has to be rock solid for a jury to stick a needle in someone’s arm….this one wasn’t. The burden of this jury was huge and I wouldn’t have wanted to be in one of those seats. My thought is that many of these jurors were torn to bits that they had to return this verdict.
- The circumstances baffle: goes missing, never reported, body found so badly decomposed that a cause of death would never be certain. The medical examiner can only say it was likely homicide with suffocation or drowning a possible cause…no bullet wounds or blunt force trauma…just “animal activity” and severe decomp.
No one can say for certain who did it. And with all the deception and dysfunction with the players involved…no wonder jurors couldn’t tell which end was up. Baez was reaching….but he planted the seed of reasonable doubt. So much so that the jury had to acquit. No one was more surprised than he was, rest assured.
The jaded journalist in me says she will secure a book deal, consult on the TV movie, have more children and never get the therapy she needs. The media will check in on her time and again and we will soon be shaking our heads like we have over the Octomom.
The mother in me hopes that she will repent, seek forgiveness and get the help she needs.
Let’s hope she doesn’t have another victim before she’s locked up like Van Der Sloot and that she will do something ridiculous like OJ and get locked up without doing harm to another. Karma and conscience will be in play here.
I pray for all the missing and murdered children that none of us are talking about.
Andy
06. Jul, 2011
Kim, that was so wonderfully put.