Imperfect Justice: Prosecuting Casey Anthony

The “performers” of the trial played a crucial role in the trial, the verdict and the informal perceptions of Casey Anthony. The prosecutor and defense both played contrasting roles in shaping their client/opponent legally and informally, in the media. The

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Casey Anthony is an Ohio-born and Florida-raised woman that had a daughter named Caylee Anthony be born on August 9, 2005. In the summer of June 2008, following a major argument with her parents, Cindy and George Anthony, who were questioning her suitability as a mother figure, Casey left her parents’ home with Caylee. Over the next couple of weeks, Cindy kept reaching out to Casey concerned about both her and Caylee’s whereabouts. Every time Casey was inquired about Caylee, she would report that Caylee was out under the care of her nanny, Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez. Nothing seemed amiss until July 13, 2008 when George and Cindy received a notice that Casey’s car was currently being held in a tow yard. Upon their arrival to pick up the car,

The American jury system is no longer reliable. Those on the American jury system usually base their decision on opinions rather than facts. Ordinary citizens do not have the a full understanding of the law. The majority of the jury is easily influenced like the image of the convicted can influence the juror. Jury duty is mandatory not a choice, it is a person's choice that is not their own.

Casey Anthony, born on March 19th, 1986, in Warren, Ohio, was one of two children by her parents, George and Cindy Anthony. In school, Casey played volleyball, ran track, and played soccer. She was a good student that excelled in math and other subjects; she even won a citizenship award. Casey hadn’t had any history of violence until a tragic event took place in 2008. The Casey Anthony case pulled at the heartstrings of millions of Americans, and made it onto various headlines for months. The people seemed to believe that Casey’s motive for murdering her daughter was freedom, without the “burden” of taking care of a child. Reported missing on July 15th, 2008, Caylee Anthony was found and reported dead months later. Casey

On August 5, The State Attorney's Office officially filed formal charges against Casey Anthony for one felony count of child neglect.After two months of being in and out of jail, for both case-related reasons, and other charges unrelated to her missing daughter, a Florida grand jury officially indicted Casey Anthony on charges of first degree murder, aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter of a child, and finally four counts of providing false information to law enforcement officers (Anthony Indictment, 2008). At this point, all charges of child neglect were dropped against Casey due to the belief that Caylee Anthony was presumably dead. Casey Anthony officially plead not guilty to all charges on October 28. For two months following the indictment, Florida’s state Assistant State Attorneys built their case against Anthony. However, on December 11, 2008, the investigation into the disappearance of Caylee’s disappearance changed as officers discovered skeletal remains in the woods behind Cindy and George Anthony's house (CNN Library, 2014). Pieces of duct tape were found on the skull, and hanging from strands of hair and tissue still left on the skull. Eight days later, on December 19, medical examiner Dr. Jan Garavaglia confirmed that the remains found were the remains of Caylee Anthony. Her death was ruled a homicide, but ultimately Garavaglia labeled the cause of death unknown (Office of the Medical Examiner,

In the facts regarding the death of Caylee Anthony, it is mentioned that her remains were discovered in a swampy wooded area. The child’s remains were so fragmented and scattered that a cause of death could not be determined. The condition of Caylee’s remains and the location where they were found create a narrative of what happened to the victim once her life ended.

The Casey Anthony trial was a controversial and a media-encompassed case that followed the disappearance of Caylee Anthony – a two year old girl who lived in Orlando, Florida. The case began on terms that were less than adequate, when Casey’s mother, Cindy Anthony, called authorities on the basis that she had not seen her granddaughter for over 30 days. It should also be acknowledged that the mother had even stated, in her own words, that Casey’s car “smelled like there’d been a dead body,” in it. Investigation led to portion after portion of evidence, along with even more questions on what had befallen Caylee after it turned out that her mother had falsified a slew of information. The original story that Casey offered stated that she had left

Due to doubts surrounding the forensic evidence in this case it may have led the jurors to have reasonable doubt regarding returning a guilty verdict ("Forensic Analysis of the Casey Anthony Trial - Crime Museum", 2017). The jurors finally found Casey Anthony guilty of aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter of a child ("Forensic Analysis of the Casey Anthony Trial - Crime Museum",

The recent criminal trial that involved the victim Kallie Anthony and the accused, her mother, Casey Anthony was certainly filled with both determinism as well as free will accusations. What was lost in what became a sideshow or no more than a soap opera for some people was the tragic death of an innocent child that was no more than two (2) years old. After a lengthy criminal trail Ms. Anthony was ultimately found not guilty of the crimes in which she was accused after less than eleven (11) hours of deliberation of a jury of her peers (Hayes, 2011, para. 1)

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Jury selection beings with a summons being sent out to all eligible adults. These summons, in Canada, are sent out randomly in order to obtain representativeness amongst the jury members (Friedland, 1990). While this seems to be the best way of obtaining impartial jurors, it sometimes ends up creating other problems through-out the trial. The Crown and defense try to avoid problems, such as bias, impartiality, pre-trial publicity, and polarization, during jury

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There is certainly a lack of direct evidence. The defense used that to their advantage and was able to paint a different picture of what happened. A speaker from the prosecution, Linda Burdick, paints the picture of Caylee Anthony living a happy life, with changes over the course of a month that led to her eventual death. For example, in the beginning of her opening statement, she discusses Caylee’s room, toys, and how she was loved. (Lohr, 2013) Then she presents Casey Anthony as a parent who wants to be freed from her responsibilities. Their claim is that Casey Anthony killed Caylee using Chloroform to make her unconscious and duct tape to suffocate her. (Lohr, 2012) They are trying to prove their case using prima facie that supports this claim. (Lohr, 2012) The information was presented in a straightforward fashion. She logically described the day-by-day changes in the life of Caylee Anthony, her grandparents, and the last time anyone saw her to a month later when she was reported missing. (Lohr,

Statement of Facts “Twelve Angry Men” is a fictional story which tells of story of jurors deliberating over if the teenage son who was accused of murdering his father. The evening of the murder the defendant and his father had an argument. The father hit the son like he did many times in the past. After this encounter the defendant left the apartment. At approximately at midnight witnesses state they saw the stabbing and hearing the defendant yell, “I'll kill you.”