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Originally Posted by dillywho

No one has asked anyone to agree with the verdict. I was as surprised as most anyone when the three "Not Guilty" verdicts came in. I did not expect a guilty on Count One, but could see the possibilty on one of the other two. I am certain that she knows what happened to her child and why. She has to live with whatever that is.

What disturbs me above and beyond all else, is the lynch-mob mentality, some of which is directed at the jurors by the way, and the lack of respect being shown for our court system. Maybe it does have flaws, but the basic concept is sound. Television and all the access to what it has to offer was not even a dream when the system was born, much less a reality. There were no Nancy Graces building hatred toward someone on a nightly basis. Many have said they don't want to read the books that will surely be written or the ensuing movies because of the money to be made, but I can assure you, Nancy Grace is a whole lot more interested in her own pocketbook than any of the little Caylee Anthonys or Trenton Ducketts. The same can be said for many of the others out there. She is not alone, just the worst of the lot.

These 12 (acutally 17) people were charged with a job and did it to the best of their ability and conscience. That is more than can be said for those who refuse to even serve. I fault them for their unwillingness to do so, but in light of this, who can really blame them? They just might be on to something. Self-preservation, perhaps? Maybe they just don't think it's worth the price if their decision has to be an unpopular one.

If anyone should be faulted for the verdicts, it should be the State. They failed to prove to these jurors that she was guilty of the charges. That was and is their job. The defense has to prove absolutely nothing.

We hold ourselves up to the rest of the world as the greatest nation in the world, all the while telling them that anyone in America is to be "presumed innocent until proven guilty" and that that is part of what makes us so great. The outrage and disrepect for the very system we claim to value so highly that is being broadcast around the world screams volumes to the contrary.

This is something I feel very strongly about. (Betcha couldn't have guess that, huh?) All the ones you see on tv trashing the verdicts and especially the jurors are no better than their perception of Casey. They just want their 15 minutes of fame. When asked why she came to Subrban Drive and Hope Spring Drive, one lady said, "I just wanted to say I had been here."

Dilly,

As you may have seen from my post - we seem to have dads that were made from good stuff! I think you have this absolutely right.

I too believe she was involved in whatever happened to little Caylee. But we will never know...

Kate