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FR There are innocent people who have been put to death, there are innocent people who have died in prison, there are innocent people languishing in prison. There have been innocent people who were sent to prison who have mercifully been released because of DNA evidence. DA's have prosecuted innocent people. Sometimes maybe most times they genuinely believed them to be guilty. But in some cases they were under pressure to convict someone, anyone of a crime. I'm of the I know it's not always popular belief, that it is better for the guilty to go free than for the innocent to be imprisoned or die. That the innocent have died is one reason I oppose the death penalty. And yes of course the victims were innocent to and the guilty who go free might go on to other victims. But a legal system built on the assumption if innocence and the burden of proof being on the accusers is a good thing. The prosecution in this case did not prove to this juries satisfaction that she was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. They did what they were sworn to do. They made their decision on the evidence that was put before them. When your on a jury you have to be rational. You don't vote on your hunches or bad vibes you get from the defendant. That said, I believe from what I know from reading about the case in the press(some of it tabloid) and various things I saw on tv that she murdered her daughter. I don't believe she had any helpmcommiting the crime. Why did she do it? There are psychiatry texts full of theories on why mothers murder their offspring. Parents kill their offspring more than strangers do. All murder victims are more likely to be murdered by someone they are at least acquainted with than a stranger. Armchair diagnosis: Extreme narcissist, sociopath, fucked up dysfunctional family dynamics but probably not a incest situation. I dud read that Casey didn't want to raise the child but had wanted to find adoptive parents but her mother was strongly opposed to this. Casey may have always resented her daughter and obviously never bonded with her. Speculation as to what will eventually happen to her. She will implode one way or the other. She might end up in jail fir something else like OJ, she might have a complete mental collapse. She probably want make old bones. She'll off herself in some way, I imagine. Not intentionally perhaps but drug overdose, car wreck, etc. As for her celebrity. It's very distasteful but the public has made her a celebrity. We even contribute to it in a small way by posting about her. Celebrrties can usually find a way to cash in on their celebrity. As long as the public is buying she'll be selling. And a narcissist does no good attention from bad. They eat it all up happily. So, yeah probably a sick murdering bitch but free in the sight of the law. She can't be tried for the crime again and that's a good thing to in the big picture if things. But the public needs to let it go and let her tango with destiny and meet whatever fate is in store for her. Nothing will bring Caylee back and nothing could be done to Casey if she is indeed guilty that would atone for the crime. Yes, it's upsetting to think of a murderer going free. But is she really free? On some level she's batshit crazy, that's a sort of prison itself.
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A thousand dreams within me softly burn. Rimbaud
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