The Casey Anthony Trail Essay

The New Jersey police became heavily involved in a battle over the jurisdiction of the case. Another questionable problem with the evidence was that the child was pinned into his crib so that he wouldn’t move at night and somehow, when the child was abducted, whomever took him, didn’t move the pins or even touch the pins to get him out of the bed. There were no fingerprints on the ladder, not even where the person that made the ladder would have left fingerprints, showing that everything had been wiped clean. Then there was the ransom note that was written with grave misspellings and horrible Germanic construction.

Casey Anthony was put on trial for murder on May 24, 2011. The trial lasted six weeks, from May to July 2011. Prosecutors were seeking to give Casey Anthony the death penalty and allegedly claimed that Casey murdered her daughter so she would not have any parental responsibilities for the child. By managing chloroform and applying duct tape onto the child’s mouth, Casey Anthony murdered her own baby. Casey Anthony’s defense team tried to argue against the charges by claiming that the child had drowned on accident in the family's swimming pool on June 16, 2008. The defense contended that Casey lied about this, along with many other issues, because of a dysfunctional childhood. They claimed that she had endured sexual abuse by her father. Casey Anthony’s defense did not present any evidence however on how Caylee died, or any evidence that claimed that Casey was sexually abused as a child, but yet they still challenged every piece of the prosecution's evidence. During her trial; Casey did not testify.

Casey told detectives several lies, including that her nanny had kidnapped Caylee on June 9, and that she had been trying to find her, too frightened to alert the authorities. She was charged with first-degree murder in October 2008 and pleaded not guilty. The prosecution sought the death penalty and alleged Casey murdered her daughter to be free from parental responsibilities by administering chloroform and applying duct tape. The defense team countered that the child had drowned accidentally in the family’s swimming pool on June 16, 2008, and that George Anthony disposed of the body. The defense contended that Casey lied about these issues due to a dysfunctional upbringing, which was said to include sexual abuse by her father. On June 5, 2011, the jury found Casey not guilty of first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, and aggravated manslaughter of a child, but guilty of four misdemeanor counts of providing false information to a law enforcement officer. She was released on a bond of $500,000 and a Florida court overturned two of the misdemeanor convictions on January 25, 2013.

Her trial, which started 10 months after the murders, was lead by what towns’ people called the “dream team” of lawyers. The jury had 12 men on it that believed that she was not guilty because after they showed her the skull of her father in court, she fainted, and because she was a girl. They thought that no girl was capable of committing such a crime.

In 2001, Andrea Yates drowned her five children in a bathtub in her home. This was very disturbing news. I am a native Houstonian. I was at home that day. The television was on and will never forget the news breaking announcements that broke the story of a homicide in Clear Lake. All the information the reporters had was a mother killed all her children then called the police to report it. The full story and the details that lead to this tragedy did not unfold until years later. It was sad because as details unfolded if Andrea Yates had been treated properly and followed her doctors

Going to school, attending college, and getting married are a few of the many activities Caylee Anthony will never get to experience. When Caylee went missing and was later found dead in 2008, her entire future ended abruptly. Whether the Anthony family murdered Caylee as a scapegoat for their own problems or Caylee 's death was a tragic accident, no one was convicted for her death. Although never brought to court, evidence suggests George Anthony killed his granddaughter, Caylee, and manipulated the evidence to direct the public’s eye away from himself.

McCormick was a known liar, which was a reason the defense team actually used in McCormick’s favor. It did not work the first time; McCormick was sentenced to death row. However, the second trial defense team had a new piece to work with: the fact that McCormick’s hair did NOT match the strand of hair left in Nichols’ car. As a result, this new hair fact was too much to ignore, and McCormick was acquitted.

Document D analysis • 1. agree with acquittal- Jose Baez, Joe Adamson….disagree- Angela Wright, Janine Gonzalez, Lawson Lamar • 2. Because the body of Caylee Anthony was found months after she had died, it was impossible to tell exactly how she died. These facts made the prosecution’s case of proving guilt much more difficult. Document D analysis • 3.

On December 4, 2000, two-year-old Kailyn Marie Montgomery died in her home due to severe bodily injury while under the care of Kyle John Kelbel. Kelbel was arrested at the scene and questioned several times. The jury found Kelbel guilty of past pattern of child abuse, first degree murder, and second-degree murder. On July 23, Kelbel filed a motion for acquittal and for a new trial; he claims that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction and much less to support that he committed a past pattern of child abuse against Kailyn. Kelbel argues that the district court failed to instruct the jury that they must find him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

After all the evidence that pointed to Casey Anthony for the murder, she still got away

“On July 5, 2011, the jury found Casey Anthony not guilty of first-degree murder …” I believe the jury was wrong. Casey Anthony proved to be a liar, a careless mother, and became secretive about her whereabouts. She leads us all to believe she is a woman capable of the murder of her own flesh and blood.

The Casey Anthony trial outraged the media and public when Casey Anthony was found not guilty on two counts of child neglect and murder. Casey Antony was put on trial on May 24th 2011 for the death of her daughter Caylee Anthony. From the beginning of the case all the facts seem to point to Casey Anthony, such as her lack of concern of her daughter’s whereabouts. Cindy Anthony made a call to law enforcement after picking up her car from a tow yard, which Cindy claimed reeked like human remains. The same car that Casey Anthony had abandoned in a parking lot after Caylee had been missing for about a month (Casey Anthony Biography, 2015). Caylee’s mother who failed to call police when her daughter went missing is a red flag.

Although the case was covered vigorously by media throughout its entirety, the start of the trial attracted reporters from all over the world. Thus, the courtroom became overcrowded, leading to some media personnel having to sit at the defense table. Eventually the grueling process of conducting a murder trial came to an end on December 4, 2009. Amanda and Raffaele were found guilty on all counts in the brutal murder of Meredith Kercher. Knox received a 26-year sentence and Sollecito received a 25-year sentence. Finally, Meredith’s family thought they could put the trial behind them and experience a sense of closure, but that wasn’t the cases. Both, Knox and Sollecito appealed their convictions. After going through two years of the appeal process, both convictions were overturned by an Italian jury (“Timeline”). It’s interesting because it appeared that there was strong evidence against both

During the summer time of 2008 Casey Anthony was facing first degree murder charges; she also had charges for misleading statements and on aggravated child abuse all leading into the connection of little Caylee Anthony death which was her daughter. Caylee was last seen on the June 16th of 2008. In July 15th she became the subject of a missing persons report. Casey didn’t report her child missing right away she waited an entire month to file a report on her missing daughter. Investigators believe and suspect that her mother Casey used chloroform to put Caylee to sleep before she died of suffocation. Caylee had duct tape around her nose and mouth. This is when Casey gave false statements about taking her daughter to the nanny’s house.

The case on "2 arrested in twisted, gruesome child abuse case; Corpse, starved teen and sick infant found" published by fox news on April 08th, 2015". The case shows how a couple Kellie Phillips and Jondrew Megil Lachaux abused two daughters a teenager and a three year old toddler. According to court records the couple took a trip eight months ago by taking five children along and leaving behind two daughters because their vehicle fully occupied; which is child abandonment. As the case unfolds the two children suffered abuses such as child abandonment/child neglect, sexual abuse/rape and murder.