This case would have turned out very differently had Casey's attorneys not advised her not to testify. They knew her lies couldn't hold up to the scrutiny of the prosecutors. I also believe her mother was involved.
I've been following this case for several weeks, and thought about even driving to the courthouse today, anticipating a verdict. I decided I would rather use the gas to go see the shuttle launch this Friday, being that the various news channels have covered every angle of the trial, and will surely be discussing it for weeks to come.
I couldn't believe my ears when they read the verdict. I have yet to talk to anyone who thinks she wasn't guilty. The difference is that we, outside the court, have been exposed to, and swayed by the media, whereas the jury had not. And if they think she didn't do it, or that the prosecution did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that she did, who do they think may have done it? Someone had to put duct tape over her mouth and throw her in the woods. You wouldn't duct tape the mouth of a child who had drowned, there would be no reason. Someone murdered that child.
I hope that whatever sentence she does get for the charges upon which she was found guilty is long and unrelenting. If she did not kill her child, she certainly showed no sorrow for having lost her, and for that she ought be punished.