Beyond A Reasonable Doubt??

SO ..... Miss Anthony got out of the murder / aggravated assault / aggravated abuse charges today & only has to deal with 4 counts of telling fibs to government officials. Since half the population has told a small fib to a government official at some point in their life (I thought I was going the speed limit! ... No, I'm unaware my tag is expired .... etc.), we're going to ignore those and say she pretty much got off scott free, as time served will undoubtedly count for the majority of whatever jail time she'll be required to do.

I'm not sure what I think about this one. I do think the prosecution was remiss in thinking that they had a strong enough non-circumstantial case for a capital murder charge to stick. All the defense had to prove was a "reasonable doubt", and even though Miss Anthony handled herself in an unforgivable manner after the disappearance/death of her child, the defense turned the trial into a proverbial game of Clue, so there was definitely doubt raised.

Seriously, I'm not surprised about the outcome. Overzealous prosecution plus crafty defense that seems like they're screwing things up but come out blazing at the end equals reasonable doubt to a human jury. To quote a friend of mine, "She was acquitted because there was Doubt ... that doesn't mean she isn't Guilty". Miss Anthony will have to look herself in the mirror every day for the rest of her life. Guilty ... Not Guilty .... Premeditated .... Accidental ..... she has to make peace with the fact that the small, adorable, precious life entrusted to her by a greater power than ours is gone, and she not only did nothing to stop that erasure but additionally tried to cover it up for reasons we shall never truly know. That's the messed up thing about Court TV and the media. They tend to report that which they find interesting, and that which will sell papers or boost ratings ... anything to get the masses up in arms and talking. I guarantee there was a whole host of evidence that the general population just didn't hear, unless they followed every minute of the entire trial daily in person. The jury obviously could not, in good conscience, take this young woman's life away from her for something that they felt there was a small chance she may not have done. Ultimately, they gave her back her life ..... or did they? To Be Imprisoned in one's own Mind and Psyche ..... there is No Greater Punishment. I've said it before, Karma has a funny way of coming full circle ...... for whomever is truly at fault, be it Miss Anthony or someone else, that's gonna be one hell of a comeuppance!

~ The Girl In The Little Black Dress