the casey anthony case

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The woman is a pathological liar... yeah, that's not enough to convict her of murder, but for me it painted enough of a disturbing pattern that it's more than suspicious. Even before her daughter disappeared, Anthony lied constantly to cover up her flagrant negligence (would tell family and friends that her daughter was with some fictitious "nanny" while she was out partying, most likely leaving the girl unsupervised and uncared for). I think even the jury recognizes she's a bullshitter, and doesn't for one second buy her accidental-drowning-and-my-dad-is-an-accomplice defense. From the videos of the family during the investigation, it seems pretty clear she was giving them the runaround just like she was doing the police. The jury absolved not because of the bullshit defense, but because the prosecution for them was unable to paint a complete enough picture of what happened with the facts (personally I don't agree).

It's very possible she committed first degree murder, and got away with it. But assuming the death was an accident, her pattern of negligence as a parent means such an accident was not a fluke but inevitable, and that should at least earn her a lesser conviction, imo (heck, I can dream, can't I?)