The Casey Anthony Verdict Stuns All Those Seeking Closure

We are (most of us anyway) bound by the constitution and the laws built around this magnificent Document.  It was designed 235 years ago with its design is to provide an opportunity to judge and be judged by the commoner (a Jury of our peers), with intent of delivering justice as they see it. Some of us have firsthand knowledge of the legal system and how it is so easy to levy guilt by the simple assertion and a court filing. The system has been built by attorneys, for attorneys and has a myriad of loopholes, rules and “what if scenario’s” so they can engage in their “Legal Games” (as described by an attorney). The Constitution grants the accused the presumption of innocence until proven guilty, why has society lost this principal and knows guilt is a given?

The State of Florida made the choice to seek the death penalty; therefore this invoked a clause that stated guilt must be proven beyond a shadow of a doubt. They got greedy, sloppy and attempted to leverage the media in this which convinced the entire US that Casey Anthony was guilty of murdering her 2 year old child. The State failed to connect the dots for the jury, therefore, by law the jury could not pass the verdict that all of us just knew was going to occur.

We are a nation of laws that are designed to deliver fair and equal justice. Sometimes it works so well we brag to the world how great our legal system is. Other times it seems to fail so badly we quietly pull our head back into our shell and hide in shame.

Our legal system is broken, it is far too easy for a hungry attorney to put his needs in front of the legal “code of ethics” (might I add, decency) and accept cases that have no business being in the system. There is no benchmark of proof that must be vetted prior to a lawsuit. The result is an overworked, plugged up system that is so turned inside out that it is ready for a complete overhaul. Meanwhile the “legal games” continue, the attorney’s make billions, and the desire to fix it has been lost to the politician speech material archive file.

Our society is guilty of perpetrating this condition as well, giving the media a pass by no longer “Investigating” before they spread the story across the airwaves. They have lost the objectivity necessary that would give them anything more than the credentials of a gossip channel. Yet we eat it all up as they spew this dribble all day long. They know if we are told something long enough and loud enough we turn from justice to guilt (I’m just as guilty myself), like the rudder of a ship, they steer the public along any direction they want.

What’s even worse is the “media system” already has plans in the works for books, movies and talk shows rehashing every gory detail around this story. The public will literally shell out millions to hear it all again and again. The Micheal Savage Show claims he did not talk about the case as he verbally assaulted the balance of the media world. Yet, every entry following a commercial break he opened with a diatribe about his refusal to talk about the Casey Anthony case.

It has already been said, Casey Anthony is a millionaire today. It is our society’s addiction to pain and destructive behavior that will insures this happens. The media will be providing the pipeline to the bank of her choice.

Yesterday’s verdict on the Casey Anthony’s case was as shocking to all of us as the OJ Simpson case. Not all that surprising to me really, who do we have to blame for this debacle? A child remains murdered with her killer running free; a family has been forever ripped apart and the public has another example of the legal system gone a muck. I have said many prayers for Caylee, may she rest in peace. I remain with mixed feeling following the Acquittal of Casey Anthony on the 4 charges that fed the media for the last 3 years. We as the public have turned our scorn to the jury, with complete disregard of the legal code that they are bound to. There was no DNA evidence linking the murder to Casey Anthony, but a prosecutor’s office was under pressure to get a conviction. Without the evidence that a legal laymen like me, knows they will need to have, they took the roll of the dice and lost.

This acquittal is tragic statement of the need for the legal system to re-evaluate itself to get back to the principals of the law and step away from the mob mentality to fabricate convictions for the media spectacle they become. Americans deserve a legal system that is open and fair, not the one where judgment is made by the very people the constitutional designed was to protect us from. It is not the place for Government, The Media or even the public to convict anyone without due process. It seems this principal has been lost to power, greed and entertainment. That’s is until you find yourself the target of any legal action.