The media's assault of the Casey Anthony jury is as repugnant as it is inappropriate. They did their job. They sacraficed time that none of us are guaranteed away from those they love. They did so knowing they were needed by sick children, frail parents, and/or the animals who looked at the door every evening at 5:00 pm expecting them to open it. They did so - knowing they were missing their 20th wedding anniversary or a parent's 90th birthday. They did so because they were called to serve - and directed to follow the law, which, by the way, they absolutely did.
The jury was not authorized to find Ms. Anthony guilty based on possibilty, probability or suspicion. They were not prepared to render a verdict that might send a woman to her death when there was no direct evidence that she killed the daughter with whom every one of the State's witnesses claimed she had a loving relationship. She may have killed Caylee - but if she did not, my guess is that Caylee would not have wanted her Mother to spend the rest of her days where she is going to spend them. Behind bars or not - she will be imprisoned for the rest of her life. I don't know if that's justice - because only she, Caylee, and God know what happened. But the media or its pundits act as if they are omniscient. They are not. They know as much - and as little - as the rest of us.
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