Casey Anthony and Public Outrage

I will be the first to admit that I believe Casey Anthony murdered her child.  However, I will also stand behind the jury’s decision.  Why?  Simply because the prosecution did not have enough evidence to convict.

This may be from watching too many crime shows, or too many marathons on ION of Criminal Minds (side note:  love that show), but I know through this dramatized versions that the prosecution did not have a strong enough case.  They did not have a murder weapon, they did not define a clear motive other than “living the good life”, and it left the jury with reasonable doubt.  Any sane, level headed, unbiased person would have voted the same way in the trail.  This is what the American Judicial System asks the jurors to do – take an unbiased approach and only go by the facts.  The facts presented did not have enough merit.  Sorry folks, Casey goes free.

The public outrage in this case has intrigued me.  It’s a clear case of emotions running amuck and sanity not prevailing.  The cries of “our judicial system failed!” are a little ridiculous and makes me feel sad people are uneducated about the system.  The fact is, the prosecution failed.  I hope the public sees that and someone doesn’t take “justice into their own hands”.  Maybe Casey Anthony will pull a Bryant and Milam a la the Emmett Till murder.  That would sure make her a lot of money and be able to live the good life...

Regardless, the public outrage is absurd.  Go back to seventh grade and pay attention to civil studies, people.  The system worked like it was supposed to.  They just didn’t have enough evidence.

The nation's summer obsession should be fading in to the background by now, what next will we as a society become obsessed with?  Oh, I know!  Maybe the 2012 Presidential Election and the Republican primaries?  It should be an interesting one with this woman apparently leading the pack. But that's another blog for another day.

Starting Out

I used to be one of those people that shunned the idea of having a blog, but as per obvious the idea has been milling in my head for a little while now.  My stressor, have you, was reading a CNN article about the healing powers of writing things out.  So here I am blogging for the first time in a decade when livejournal was prevalent and I had posts entitled "Why My Boyfriend Is Awesome" (two great examples: Because he surfs and because he plays in a band.  Needless to say, that relationship lasted less than two months.)

I've decided to keep this blog semi-anonymous and only semi-autobiographical.  I want to write about things that interest me or annoy me and things I'm passionate about or trying to figure out.  These things will include but are not limited to:  my disastrous attempts in the kitchen, the funny things the naked cat does, the Casey Anthony trial, traveling, family, and work.  I dislike blogs that turn into a long stream of consciousness about one's life - I want to make this interesting to reflect on in the future; I want to make this for me so I can have a little sunshine in an otherwise hectic life.