If so many people really hated Casey Anthony and are so upset about the verdict, wouldn't it be best to just stop talking about her?

I already forgot about it. I actually never really cared until last week when everyone pumped it up. I’m like the guy that just watches the superbowl or the world cup finals because of the anticipation of seeing who wins lol.

Here in England Town not even a whisper can be heard…..tumbleweed!

The “people on tv” are making money off of this. (sadly)

I’ve stopped talking about it until I read this question.

Eh, let people get it out of their systems.

I’m simply saddened (and somewhat frightened) by the gross misconceptions about the tenets of our justice system. The same people who are howling that the jury was a bunch of idiots are the same people who would scream loudest if someone was executed and evidence later found them innocent.

Like it or not, this is the way it is supposed to work. I’m glad she was acquitted, since it means that sometimes the system works the way it’s supposed to (that is, to protect citizens from an intrusive and over-zealous government/majority/mob).

Note, I’m not saying that she didn’t do it.

I’m surprised the case became such a soap opera in the first place. As soon as it stops being overdramatised the better I have to agree with you.

It’s sensational in a manner that I don’t understand but that other people seem to.

This too shall pass when something else comes up. The news cycle doesn’t seem to have a long attention span which is thankful in cases such as these.

@ucme That isn’t a true statement. The story has been in the BBC News.

Why do people not let go of cases like this? It is because they have empathy for the victim. They want to see the person who committed the crime convicted. They also take on the role of a back seat, layman prosecutor based upon what is read in the media. This is why people talk about it.

Why does the talk continue? I would say that it is because it is still an unsolved mystery, and no one has been convicted for the murder. We’ve witnessed this time and time again. Just look at the OJ Simpson trial for his ex-wife’s murder, or the Jon Benet Ramsey murder. Like these stories, they will eventually fade from the media headlines unless more proof comes to light.

I think this case needs to be discussed as a killer got off because of dumb shit prosecutors. This is an outrage and to ignore it would be a greater outrage.

Yes, but the media, particularly, HLN, is flogging a dying horse to the end. They used the excuse of covering the sentencing.

There was coverage of a group of protestors. Some drove from Sarasota and some from Miami to be outside the courtroom protesting. I liked what attorney mark Eiglarsh said. He suggested that it would be more productive to take that energy and hug a victim or reach out to a child in trouble. A child that might not be as attractive as Caylee, but would be alive and in need of help right now.

Too many people simply pay lip service to the idea of “a fair trial” and “justice for all”. When things don’t work out the way they want, they think: “We should have given her a fair trial and then executed her.”

It was the people of Florida who might complain about not having gotten justice. The prosecution seems not to have done a good enough job in investigating, preparing and presenting the case.

@Pied_Pfeffer Oh i’ve no doubt it’s been on the news, however my intent was that no one is talking about it, as in anyone in my circle of friends, family, work colleagues. I speak the truth.

I’m hoping that she’ll end up like Tonya Harding. Living in a trailer somewhere.

People talk about it because they can’t get over the (ever-repeating) fact that justice doesn’t always get served and it can happen to them.

To actually answer the question, no. If people are upset and think there is a miscarriage of justice—a gross miscarriage—then they need to apply pressure to politicians to fix things. Protests and whatnot are a good way of calling attention to the issue, as is a media frenzy.

There’s a problem. I’m not sure if anyone knows what the problem is—bad prosecutors, bad investigators, bad law, or what—but people feel that something is wrong and they want it fixed. There’s a baby who’s dead, and no one knows why. How can that be? How can we fix it?

That’s the use that outrage has. It helps us keep from sweeping things under the rug. It shines a spotlight on the problem. There are probably a few other cliches I could use. People tend to focus on the media as pandering, and they look on the people who get all riled up as…. what? Small-minded? But these emotions and issues that are brought to light by the media helicopter flying the searchlight overhead may be reflective of larger problems. In any case, we do need to reflect on what happened here. There must be something we can do to make sure justice is more likely to be served.

Justice will be served. They’ll bust her when she tries to steal back her memorabilia.

Hahaha!

It is interesting to note that while we are screaming about Casey Anthony not getting the death penalty, we are also screaming about to let a convicted murderer out on a technicality. You can’t please everyone no matter what the verdict is.

She’s the flavor of the month right now. Something even more newsworthy will pop up here in a few and she goes away. Remember how quick we stopped talking about Gary Condit? Saved by 911, the story was gone.

I spend time discussing it here because where I live nobody else knew who she was or what happened :) SO it was fun to talk to something about which I did not knew so many things [ except the short versions I have read on the web ] .

@Jaxk

Hyperbole aside, asking for a stay of execution is hardly “screaming to let a convicted murderer out on a technicality”, is it? Aside from which, it seems that the President is actually right, if the facts in your link are as stated. Not allowing a foreign defendant access to his consular representative – in violation of international treaties – could mean that Americans start facing the same treatment overseas. Do not want.

Why Congress hasn’t even attempted to resolve this via legislation is beyond me, but so is most of what Congress decides is “important”.

We’ll forget about her when the toddler riots die down.

She will probably be talked about for a while, and in later years be used for jokes, sort of like OJ Simpson.

Yes, it would be wise. Stopping now…

What? And lose all that potential revenue? The bottom line is “If it bleeds, it leads”.

@YARNLADY . . . from one of my favorites

@Jaxk It is interesting to note that while we are screaming about Casey Anthony not getting the death penalty, we are also screaming about to let a convicted murderer out on a technicality. Actually the ”we” part is mostly ”them”, the government, and they are only looking after their own good no one else. The only way they are looking after us is indirectly, the thought if he is allowed to be executed Americans caught overseas might suffer greater for their crimes. That should not happen, we are Americans, we saved the world from communism, we have bases in more then 50 nations about the globe, and our cultural influence is vast and wide. We are the stealth empire that is running the imperialist game so well; those under foot do not even know they are under foot. That is why when an American teen convicted for his crime and was to receive the standard punishment the US government tried to butt its nose in thinking it was too tough for him. If they were aware of the treaty, they might not have tried to hit a home run off him, but since they did not know they didn’t care if he was not a citizen they wanted to slam-dunk him as hard as they could.

The reason she is talked about still, is that the wound is fresh. A cute doe-eyed child died and someone has to pay. That is it in a nutshell. About half the people spitting mad now would hardly bat an eye if this was thirty months ago and Casey disposed of Caylee. Because Caylee had photos of her cute face everywhere and people gushed over her cuteness we as people can’t stand to see cute little things we see as innocent and nice, destroyed. Given the fact her mother seem like she didn’t care and was out living it up when the child was missing, society want to punish her for not acting accordingly. The more they mug the camera and say what a douche Casey was, or how much of a dirt bag, hunk of s***, disgusting sack of bile and rotten cabbage, the longer or more she will suffer publically and end up a pariah.

TL:DR

We Americans like things that piss us off. We like trainwrecks. We like feeding trolls. What we don’t care about is what is best for us.

So I expect this to drag on for a while.

@WasCy

You are right, I did overstate my case. I wasn’t really trying to argue that case so much as draw a distinction in our reactions. In doing so I hastily posted the comment. A stay of execution would likely result in a new trial (assuming Obama gets the legislation he wants) and given that no one (to my knowledge) is arguing he’s not guilty, he would most likely be convicted again. Unless the Mexican government can get him released to them (seems unlikely). And I should mention that he was not denied his right to speak to the consulate, but rather that he was not informed of his right to speak to them.

The real problem here is the Death Penalty. Most other countries criticize us for it and there is a good argument against it. Without the death penalty, I doubt this would be an issue. Casey Anthony would likely have been convicted as well.

Agreed. The Death Penalty is an abomination.

Also: Cute, doe-eyed, murdered child + hot, irresponsible, party-girl mom = MEDIA GOLDMINE!

(Brittany Spears, anyone?)

Around or a little before 2002 google was trying to figure out how to handle typos in common queries. From what I’m told, the most common typo was: Brittany Spears