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July 6, 2011 5:56 pm at 5:56 pm #597820HealthParticipant
Your opinion/comments?
I think this is another nail in the coffin of the US Justice system. Morality is slipping extremely fast!
July 6, 2011 6:19 pm at 6:19 pm #784021I can only tryMemberI despise the mother. Her cruelty, selfishness and lack of feelings about her baby daughter are inhuman. Any normal parent would be beyond frantic while she was missing, and possibly suicidal once the body was discovered, not out partying.
July 6, 2011 6:20 pm at 6:20 pm #784022oomisParticipantWhatever we might think of this sick woman, I believe that her child’s death was accidental, probably the result of incompetent parenting or the result of trying to put her sleep for a few hours so she would not interfere with her mother’s partying, and when she realized her baby was not breathing, she panicked, called her parents, and Daddy helped her get rid of the body to make it appear she had been kidnapped and murdered. He was a cop, so ghe would know forensically what DNA evidence would not survive a month long decomposition period. But anyone who advised Casey to wait that long to report her baby missing, had rocks for brains. Her behavior during that month, is bizarre, to say the very least, and shameful and unconscionable. It sickens me to my core when I look at that child’s picture. My only hope is that she died quickly and painlessly. They are lucky I was not on that jury or it would have been a mistrial.
July 6, 2011 6:22 pm at 6:22 pm #784023cleverjewishpunMemberOr you can just look at it for what it is,
a tragic story of a neglectful mother, an over-reaching prosecutor after headlines, and a media that was determained to let mob justice prevail.
The state had no business seeking a murder in the first degree charge but because the suspect was caucasian and “middle class” they needed to bare their teeth and show that the law applies “equally” to everyone.
To extrapolate that the entire criminal justice system is now defunct is just another case of crying wolf when it’s not only unnecessary but incredibly counter productive.
Mothers killing their children is present in every society/country, dont use that as evidence that this “treifah medina” that everyone seems to love benefiting from is now totally lawless.
In this instance, the law did what it was supposed to. It protected the mother from an instance of mob justice due to an unpopular verdict.
July 6, 2011 6:24 pm at 6:24 pm #784024TheGoqParticipantI think shes guilty however the prosecutions case was not very strong they didnt have any witnesses no confirmed cause of death, and their main point seemed to be she didnt act like a mother would act when their child was missing there was no smoking gun that proved beyond a reasonable doubt that she was guilty
July 6, 2011 6:27 pm at 6:27 pm #784025msseekerMemberWhat about the skeleton in the laundry bag?
July 6, 2011 6:28 pm at 6:28 pm #784026adorableParticipantanyone see that viseo clip of her crying to her parents. I think she is guilty just by the way she acts and she belongs in a mental home that is for sure.
July 6, 2011 6:34 pm at 6:34 pm #784027Pac-ManMemberIn this case, justice was served. There was no evidence to warrant a conviction. That being said, American justice is corrupt and broken, with the innocent being convicted and the guilty acquited.
July 6, 2011 6:47 pm at 6:47 pm #784028oomisParticipantThe sad thing is they are calling her the new OJ, when in fact, he committted a clearly heinous act of butchery of two people (if he did it, of course, after all, the glove don’t fit). Casey, if she truly murdered her child, broke every law of decency of G-d and Man, by committing matricide, going against every maternal instinct. That is what is so horrific in this case. It is so incomprehensible to think anyone could murder her own child and then go dancing. I would rather believe she was careless and unknowingly killed her child and then panicked. The prosecution simply did not have the evidence on their side.
July 6, 2011 6:55 pm at 6:55 pm #784029bombmaniacParticipantihavent been following teh trial…can someone link me to material i can read on teh subject?
July 6, 2011 6:59 pm at 6:59 pm #784030adorableParticipantI still dont understand why she is able to talk to her father after what he did to her.
July 6, 2011 7:56 pm at 7:56 pm #784031deiyezoogerMemberHow can someone even be charged on first degree murder without any real evidence? There was no finger prints, no DNA, no witnesses, all there was is a theory that may be true and may not be true. If the jury would FEEL they believe the prosecutions theory (who themselves cant say for sure) she could have got the death penelty!!
July 6, 2011 8:37 pm at 8:37 pm #784032cherrybimParticipantCasey did not sit shiva, but that does not make her guilty. Some people cannot cope with personal tragedy and go into denial and act accordingly.
If it was a premeditated murder, Casey certainly would have acted the grieving mother part.
And it doesn’t appear that Casey was that sophisticated to dispose of all physical evidence.
July 6, 2011 9:33 pm at 9:33 pm #784033on the ballParticipantoomis – matricide is killing ones own mother. You mean prolicide or filicide.
July 6, 2011 9:49 pm at 9:49 pm #784034Torah4LifeMemberJuly 6, 2011 9:52 pm at 9:52 pm #784035charliehallParticipantI didn’t follow the trial, but my understanding is that the prosecution’s case was based on circumstantial evidence. The gemara in Sanhedrin 57a requires an eyewitness to execute someone for murder, which is what the prosecution was trying to do. The jury may have saved the country from being in violation of one of the Noachide laws.
July 6, 2011 10:27 pm at 10:27 pm #784036nygalMemberits so sad even if it happened to a non jew were all humans. her mother is disgusting and i 100% disaagree with the jurors!
July 6, 2011 10:51 pm at 10:51 pm #784037basket of radishesParticipantIt doesnt really completely matter what the end result of the verdict is. True you have to have faith that Hashem will guide the jury. If this is so, perhaps she has some mitigating factors that render her to be innocent of these charges. Had there been a greater wrongdoing, if it is not answered by the courts in our nation, it will most certainly be answered by the courts in heaven. So whatever the case, there will be justice.
July 6, 2011 11:25 pm at 11:25 pm #784038MDGParticipantDr Hall,
I don’t believe that eyewitness account is needed for Noachide law. Burden of proof is less for Noachide capital punishment.
July 7, 2011 12:55 am at 12:55 am #784039oomisParticipantoomis – matricide is killing ones own mother. You mean prolicide or filicide.
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On the ball, you are well-named. I of course MEANT the words you quoted. You are 100% correct, and I DROPPED the ball.
July 7, 2011 1:02 am at 1:02 am #784040cherrybimParticipantMDG is correct; circumstantial evidence is valid for conviction of an Aino-Yehudi.
July 7, 2011 1:16 am at 1:16 am #784041Pac-ManMemberIt is telling that the goyim have a term for every type of killing. Kill your father – patricide; mother – matricide; infanticide; suicide; homicide; prolicide; filicide; etc. etc. (even deicide – to kill their g-d lol).
They are true experts on murder and killing, given their history, unlike Loshon Kodesh they need a word for every form of it that they regularly experience.
July 7, 2011 2:07 am at 2:07 am #784042truthsharerMemberPac-Man,
You can’t be serious.
It’s called adding a prefix to a common suffix. It doesn’t prove anything.
July 7, 2011 8:18 am at 8:18 am #784043HealthParticipantThe evidence here is called circumstantial, but never the less this evidence has found many a person guilty.
July 7, 2011 8:22 am at 8:22 am #784044HealthParticipantOOmis -“I believe that her child’s death was accidental, probably the result of incompetent parenting or the result of trying to put her sleep for a few hours so she would not interfere with her mother’s partying,”
And why do you believe that? The facts point to murder. Child’s body found in woods with tape in mouth. Are you basing your decision on your emotions, just like the Jury?
July 7, 2011 8:43 am at 8:43 am #784045HealthParticipantCJP – “The state had no business seeking a murder in the first degree charge but because the suspect was caucasian and “middle class” they needed to bare their teeth and show that the law applies “equally” to everyone.”
It was premeditated. They had every right to seek a murder one case. The only reason they should have maybe hesitated was because all they had was cicumstantial evidence which maybe they should have gone for murder two, instead of one. Her gender and race and “class” had nothing to with it. Maybe her gender was a factor for the jury.
“To extrapolate that the entire criminal justice system is now defunct is just another case of crying wolf when it’s not only unnecessary but incredibly counter productive.”
From one case- you would be right. It hasn’t worked in years. This is just another miscarriage of justice in a long line of foul ups!
“Mothers killing their children is present in every society/country, dont use that as evidence that this “treifah medina” that everyone seems to love benefiting from is now totally lawless.”
I’m not aware of what occurs everywhere else, but what proof do you have that where ever this does occur that Justice is not served there?
“In this instance, the law did what it was supposed to. It protected the mother from an instance of mob justice due to an unpopular verdict”
This isn’t about the law. It’s about whether s/o broke the existing law. There was a mob scene at the trial, but this had nothing to do with justice. They just wanted a piece of the action. The Judge should have never allowed this case to turn into a circus. The verdict only became unpopular after the trial, unless you & others knew what the jury would decide.
July 7, 2011 8:45 am at 8:45 am #784046HealthParticipantThe Goq -“I think shes guilty however the prosecutions case was not very strong they didnt have any witnesses no confirmed cause of death, and their main point seemed to be she didnt act like a mother would act when their child was missing there was no smoking gun that proved beyond a reasonable doubt that she was guilty”
deiyezooger -“How can someone even be charged on first degree murder without any real evidence? There was no finger prints, no DNA, no witnesses, all there was is a theory that may be true and may not be true. If the jury would FEEL they believe the prosecutions theory (who themselves cant say for sure) she could have got the death penelty!!”
The evidence here is called circumstantial, but never the less this evidence has found many a person guilty. She is guilty beyond any reasonable doubt.
July 7, 2011 8:47 am at 8:47 am #784047HealthParticipantPac -man -“In this case, justice was served. There was no evidence to warrant a conviction.”
Oh, really?
July 7, 2011 8:58 am at 8:58 am #784048HealthParticipantcherrybim -“Casey did not sit shiva, but that does not make her guilty. Some people cannot cope with personal tragedy and go into denial and act accordingly.”
True, but how did she know for sure the child was dead, unless she killed her herself? A parent calls 911 if they see their kid drowned -maybe they can revive the kid!
“If it was a premeditated murder, Casey certainly would have acted the grieving mother part.”
Who says?
“And it doesn’t appear that Casey was that sophisticated to dispose of all physical evidence.”
What physical evidence?
July 7, 2011 2:54 pm at 2:54 pm #784049cherrybimParticipant“..but how did she know for sure the child was dead, unless she killed her herself?”
Casey did not testify, so we don’t know anything from her directly.
“Who says?”
Logic says.
“What physical evidence?”
Exactly, a guilty person will leave some type of physical evidence, and there was none.
As I said above, the job of a defense attorney is to place doubt in the minds of the jury. Casey did not perjure herself on the stand; her attorney did a good job and she was found not guilty. Yes, Casey did not act like a Bas Yisroel, but she was not on trial for that.
July 7, 2011 3:01 pm at 3:01 pm #784050YW Moderator-80Memberis she Jewish?
July 7, 2011 3:08 pm at 3:08 pm #784051Pac-ManMemberNo. As Non-Jewish as they get.
July 7, 2011 3:10 pm at 3:10 pm #784052cherrybimParticipantNo, she’s not Jewish, so why are we so surprised at the way they conduct themselves? Even with Yidden, many a shiva house is turned into a moshav leitzim.
July 7, 2011 3:12 pm at 3:12 pm #784053adorableParticipantdont think so but she is a really idiot. i cant deal with justice system here. Rubashkin is sitting and shes free?!?!??!
July 7, 2011 3:14 pm at 3:14 pm #784054☕️coffee addictParticipantI’m surprised that this news story filtered into yeshiva world
but anyway here is my 2 cents
she probably is guilty yet the prosecution didn’t give over the case convincing enough, this is a classic case of “if the glove doesn’t fit you must acquit”
and I think this applies to halacha too
If reuvain killed shimon in front of beis din even though reuvain is guilty he can’t be killed
July 7, 2011 4:54 pm at 4:54 pm #784055HealthParticipantcherrybim- “Casey did not testify, so we don’t know anything from her directly.”
I was talking on the logic that she was killed accidentally, like the defense claimed. If it was an accident -A parent calls 911 if they see their kid drowned -maybe they can revive the kid! So this claim of the defense is bogus.
“Logic says.”
My logic says if she thinks noone will find the body -there is no reason for her to put on a grieving mother act!
“Exactly, a guilty person will leave some type of physical evidence, and there was none.”
Yes, a body with tape in the mouth is called physical evidence.
Do you mean she had to hang onto the rest of the tape and the choloroform until she got caught -she couldn’t possibly throw these away? And not all cases there is any physical evidence at all. Did you ever hear of the case of an American girl in Aruba whom they presume is dead?
“As I said above, the job of a defense attorney is to place doubt in the minds of the jury.”
Oh, he definitely did a good job. Somehow he convinced a Jury to ignore all the evidence and find a gulity perp innocent. He probably played on their emotions. They should have judged up on the facts, not anything else! Doubt is fine as long as you don’t use it find the guilty innocent. Only Hashem knows everything for sure, but this case fufilled the requirement of the law -Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt!
July 7, 2011 5:39 pm at 5:39 pm #784057cherrybimParticipantMod, all I said was that the OJ case was very different since he had loads of physical evidence pointing at him. And that with Casey, all you have is the behavior of a selfish lying lowlife; but that’s not murder.
July 7, 2011 7:20 pm at 7:20 pm #784058cherrybimParticipantAnother descriptive word that I had for Casey which the Mod kindly deleted was slang for an individual with loose morals.
July 7, 2011 10:50 pm at 10:50 pm #784059HealthParticipantCherrybim -“And that with Casey, all you have is the behavior of a selfish lying lowlife; but that’s not murder.”
No, that’s not all. You also have a dead body. A dead body with tape in her mouth. Before you start listening to all the logic of the defense -a dead body with tape points to the conclusion of murder. Maybe it’s not absolute, maybe there is doubt. But this dead body deserves answers. Despite the mental maneuvering of the defense, if I see a dead body with tape in their mouth, that body was murdered until proven differently. If the mother didn’t get up on the stand and provide us with answers, there is no logic to say she isn’t guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. So how do I know it’s the mother? Because there is something called motive. She is the only one who has even a remote motive. It’s not a big motive, but noone else in this picture has any! If you could find, for example, a child predator hanging around the kid right before disappearance, then you could say she wasn’t the only one with motive. But right now, since noone proved such a thing or came up with any other plausible scenario, she remains the only one with a motive. Could have it been an accident? Sure, but with the knowledge we have now, we have to assume murder. Had she got up on the stand and testified that it was an accident and why she didn’t call 911 and this testimony withstood the cross exam and then the jury came out with a non-guilty verdict -this I’d say was justice served. But that’s not what happenned, did it? This is a disgraceful miscarriage of Justice!
July 8, 2011 1:19 am at 1:19 am #784060cherrybimParticipant“A dead body with tape in her mouth”
Listen to the testimony of the medical examiner. There was no duct tape in her mouth. There was duct tape found with the skeleton remains. There was also a plastic bag found with the bones. There was no scientific proof presented at the trial which indicated that she was murdered, only circumstantial speculation, or guessing by the medical examiner. Laboratory testing of the remains produced no scientific evidence of murder. It’s no wonder that the jury acquitted Casey.
July 8, 2011 3:40 am at 3:40 am #784061oomisParticipantAnd why do you believe that? The facts point to murder. Child’s body found in woods with tape in mouth. Are you basing your decision on your emotions, just like the Jury? ‘
Health, do you know for an absolute certainty thaty the tape was not put on her mouth POST-mortem? Someone could have been trying to make it LOOK like a kidnaping and murder to help her, after she realized her baby was dead and panicked. It is you who are being emotional(I do not blame you one bit, this is just horrific), because the evidence was completely circumstantial and had no DNA on it. We do not know if Caylee was even murdered altogether. It may have been a tragic, tragic preventable accident. NO one knows how she died,except possibly Casey and her lawyer. If she drowned, well, nebbich that happens too often R”L. But if that was the case, her mother might not have been watching her, and personally I feel that IS neglectful, but it is NOT MURDER.
Remember little Lisa Steinberg O”H. Now, SHE was murdered, literally beaten to death.
Casey is a sick, sick woman, a liar about many things, and probably one of the most hated women in America right now. But at the end of the day, we will probably never know exactly what happened to this innocent baby. Some people should not be allowed to be parents. That does not make them killers necessarily.
July 8, 2011 4:07 am at 4:07 am #784062cherrybimParticipantoomis1105 – read my post, there was no tape in her mouth.
July 8, 2011 5:15 am at 5:15 am #784063HealthParticipantCherrybim -“There was no scientific proof presented at the trial which indicated that she was murdered, only circumstantial speculation, or guessing by the medical examiner.”
You really have no clue about murder cases. Why don’t you watch some reality TV like AMW or 48 hours? If you find a two y.o. dead in the woods, the presumtion is murder. If you find tape and a bag with the child, it strengthens your presumtion. If a defense lawyer (liar) wants to claim that this child was killed accidently – the burden of proof is now on the defense to prove his claims. Claiming it and manipulating minds doesn’t change the presumption of murder. Instilling doubt doesn’t change the ratio of presumtion of murder against accidental death, no matter how many times the lawyer repeats it. Yes, the evidence is circumstantial, but many a criminal has been convicted on this type of evidence.
“Laboratory testing of the remains produced no scientific evidence of murder.”
We are very lucky in the last couple of years because they have discovered how to use DNA as evidence, but before the discovery of DNA – people still killed others. I wouldn’t expect them to find any scientific evidence, due to the length of time before they discovered the body. Do you have any scientific knowledge?
“It’s no wonder that the jury acquitted Casey.”
This statement I can agree with, but for different reasons. The Juries in America are hand picked by the lawyers. They can’t be too smart, but not extremely dumb. Main thing is that they don’t want them to think for themselves. They want them to believe what’s ever fed to them. Americans used to be quite bright, but now the generations are being brought up on TV, internet, etc. Sitting your whole childhood like a zombie won’t make you into a genius! You see this isn’t a small problem because a good portion of America agrees with this Jury!
July 8, 2011 5:25 am at 5:25 am #784064HealthParticipantOOmis – “because the evidence was completely circumstantial and had no DNA on it.”
Exactly and that is why she is guilty of murder. Read my above posts and you’ll see how I refute everything you posted.
“Are you basing your decision on your emotions, just like the Jury?”
No; actually I’m basing my decision on the evidence, even if it is just circumstantial. The only emotions I have is that there was a terrible miscarriage of Justice – that they let a murderer off! And not just them, a good portion of America agrees with them!
July 8, 2011 8:00 am at 8:00 am #784065ZachKessinMemberI honestly have no idea if she did it or not. But I do know one thing for sure, the men and women of the jury were in court hearing all the evidence and testimony and we “know” what we heard on the news.
From what I have heard the DA failed to prove the case leaving the jury no choice but to acquit. The standard of a criminal case is “Beyond a reasonable doubt” not “Badmouthed on the TV news” for a reason.
July 8, 2011 2:02 pm at 2:02 pm #784066cherrybimParticipantGenerally, police testimony is given very little credence unless corroborated by other evidence. But what may occur at times in deliberations which result in contradictory verdicts for various charges, is that some jury members may be in favor of a guilty verdict on the most severe charges and others may want an acquittal on these charges, so an unofficial compromise is reached to convict on lesser charges.
However, all prejudices and preconceived notions are left outside the room. The panel will consider only the evidence before it and will make no assumptions. It is no wonder that many jailed individuals have been released many years after the crime when new technology becomes available to prove their innocence.
July 8, 2011 4:45 pm at 4:45 pm #784067HealthParticipantMods -are you going to approve my old post? Did you forget about it?
July 8, 2011 5:38 pm at 5:38 pm #784068ZosHaTorahParticipantWe can debate the merits of the case all day, but it’s irrelevant to us. As Yidden, we need to understand the MESSAGE of this case. For me, I find it interesting how she is receiving death threats, and in general, she’s been convicted by the court of opinion, not the court of law. As Jews, we need to understand how quickly this great country of ours could turn on us, too. Even without the law to support it.
July 8, 2011 10:51 pm at 10:51 pm #784069HealthParticipantZK – “From what I have heard the DA failed to prove the case leaving the jury no choice but to acquit. The standard of a criminal case is “Beyond a reasonable doubt” not “Badmouthed on the TV news” for a reason.”
From my post above:
They should have judged up on the facts, not anything else! Doubt is fine as long as you don’t use it find the guilty innocent. Only Hashem knows everything for sure, but this case fufilled the requirement of the law -Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt! The evidence here is called circumstantial, but never the less this evidence has found many a person guilty. She is guilty beyond any reasonable doubt.
July 8, 2011 11:04 pm at 11:04 pm #784070HealthParticipantCherrybim – “Generally, police testimony is given very little credence unless corroborated by other evidence.”
Please tell me if you found this in federal court or state court, and which state? I find this statement unbelievable (even though it’s probably true) and appalling. I’ve heard that in a cetain state that they ask the Jury candidates if they would believe a cop over s/o else and if they answer yes -they are dismissed. But I never heard that what you posted! They are ordered by the court to do this or they do it on their own? How could a Jury not believe a cop any less than e/o else? They will believe a lying low life and not a cop?!?!
I can’t believe the system is so corrupt! Did the libs destroy everything that was decent in our justice system? A cop should be believed on their testimony as much as any other witness!! Nuff said!!
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