Comments on: Casey Anthony: Insufficient Funds Part Deux

By: Casey Anthony Gets a Reality Check – Florida Law and the Criminal Justice System

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:30:15 +0000

[...] I discussed in Casey Anthony: Insufficient Funds Part Deux, the guilt is overwhelming here and the defense is trying to delay the case to avoid the [...]

By: MysteryReader

MysteryReader — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:31:07 +0000

I think the reason for Lyon’s lackluster performance on Friday’s closing statements, was that she and Baez were not all prepared to see J Ashton go up to the dias and give his statement.

After all of the hoopla about the recent Lyon-Gate Tape, I bet they had their money on seeing more of LDB, and, had prepared themselves to that regard.

When Ashton went up, Baez, Lyon and Casey were “ash-white” ~
The state took them off guard, and they didn’t have anything prepared for that, and, Lyon lacked in her comeback.
She made a point to try to clean up, in regards to her thoughts about juries, but, she fell short and hard.
They had the wind whipped right out of their sails, and, it was painfully obvious in their short, tempered press conderance immediatly following court.

They should have played their Monopoly game better on Friday.
Their client is going straight to jail.

By: FairWitness

FairWitness — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:28:35 +0000

For crying out loud, how can everybody be blaming Cindy Anthony for Casey’s murder of Caylee???? However defective and deficient Cindy may be as a mother, she’s an amateur in comparison to her daughter. Casey Anthony, with her narcissism and sloth, has terrorized her family for years. She’s stolen money from them all, lied her ass off about everything (including accusing her brother of incestuous advances), went out partying all the time doing drugs & drinking, constantly left her child in the care of her parents and used that child as a weapon against them, slept with every man she ever met, and broke the hearts of everyone who has ever loved her and her child— and NOW she’s killed that angelic baby!

Cindy, on the other hand, has been a taxpaying, contributing member of society, or at least she was until Caylee was murdered. She raised her children in a well-kept home, saw to it that they were healthy and well fed, educated, protected from harm, helped provide for them and her husband, saw to it that they lived decent lives and did her best to be a good wife. She even took on the responsibility for raising her granddaughter. Is she demanding, difficult, even shrewish? Yes. Has she responded badly to the murder of Caylee? Yes. But who knows how any one of us would cope with this horror? I see Cindy, and George, as flawed parents who, nonetheless, worked hard and tried. They are broken, pitiful creatures who have lost their beloved granddaughter. They get my respect for that.

And they loved that child, they are not responsible for Casey’s actions, no matter how lacking their parenting may have been. Their family is destroyed, their lives will never be the same, they will have to live with the heinous crime their own daughter committed, for the rest of their lives. I’d say they have much to be angry about.

By: Whaa??

Whaa?? — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:19:29 +0000

Do you think Jose practices that “Jerk Smirk” in front of the mirror at home?

By: Richard Hornsby

Richard Hornsby — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:45:18 +0000

I do not condone killing, even if it is of a convicted killer – which Casey Anthony is not yet. But for what it is worth, I doubt a women’s prison can be compared to a men’s prison.

As for making Cindy the fall-person, I suspect that this will happen in the penalty phase (if we get there).

By: FairWitness

FairWitness — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:46:01 +0000

Mr. Hornsby, thank you for the information regarding FL criminal law as it applies to this case. Your writing is excellent and coherent. I found your outline of the various “strategeries” available to the defense very enlightening.

I would like you to consider one thing regarding Casey’s tears at Friday’s hearing; if you watch her right before she turns on the waterworks, she looks enraged, not scared, not upset, not worried… she’s pissed. Personally, I was unmoved by her crying. She’s a homicidal narcissist, incapable of compassion or guilt.

By: Punch

Punch — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:21:53 +0000

Just to be a wise guy, did you intentionally name the title part one “uno” (spanish)
and part two “deux” (french)

Un (french)
Dos (Spanish)

LOL – You’re trilingual

By: Word Girl

Word Girl — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:42:03 +0000

Mary Beth,
You’ve got it. That will be the Defense’s strategy and they actually think they can win or lessen the punishment on their client. Baez has sleazly alluded to this in a number of interviews. He can’t stand Cindy, either. But a Jury won’t buy it.

I served on a Grand Jury murder case. The woman had been abused by her husband and she killed him.
GJ didn’t cut her a break (I tried) and neither did the Jury.

I actually wonder if this murder case will go to trial. Will she plead? She won’t want to, of course, but if Lyon leaves and the Defense softens, it’s going to be inevitable.

By: Punch

Punch — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:04:03 +0000

I hope in your debriefing you will comment on Ms. Lyons rebuttal to Mr Ashtons argument.

I thought it was weak, and I didn’t think the comment during rebuttal regarding the duct tape was appropriate during a motion hearing.

(I could be, and often am wrong.)

By: Jenni from TX

Jenni from TX — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:49:14 +0000

Well gee Yankee, give yourself a good pat on the back and tell yourself how wonderful you are while you are kicking people while they are down.

While I dont agree with some of C&Gs decisions in handling this matter, I dont think they are responsible for everything wrong in the world. May I point out that you have NO idea of the state of C&G’s finances. Can you prove that they have had facelifts? I doubt that they did. And yes they took a short cruise, I cant imagine anyone who needs a break more…