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Presumed Guilty: Casey Anthony: The Inside Story
by Jose Baez, Peter Golenbock
On a recent trip to Orlando I got immersed in the Casey Anthony story. I read one book about it while I was there. I couldn’t believe she was found not guilty. I asked my husband, who is a lawyer, how that could be. He explained to me that sometimes there is not enough evidence to convince a jury that the accused actually committed the crime to which they are charged (he said it much better, with a longer explanation and that is why he is a lawyer and I am a nurse).
When I started reading this book the “not guilty” verdict made a lot more sense. At the end I was telling my husband about it and my stepdaughter couldn’t believe I thought that the “not guilty” verdict was right. What about the lies? What about Caylee’s body being found so close to her house? What about Zanny the Nanny? All I could tell her was that I believed the state didn’t prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Casey in fact murdered Caylee.
I was intrigued by this story that I checked out the prosecutions book, Imperfect Justice, but I only got a chapter in when I decided I have had enough of this story for awhile.
All in all I really enjoyed this book and the glimpse into our legal system, that while imperfect, is still very, very impressive.
When I started reading this book the “not guilty” verdict made a lot more sense. At the end I was telling my husband about it and my stepdaughter couldn’t believe I thought that the “not guilty” verdict was right. What about the lies? What about Caylee’s body being found so close to her house? What about Zanny the Nanny? All I could tell her was that I believed the state didn’t prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Casey in fact murdered Caylee.
I was intrigued by this story that I checked out the prosecutions book, Imperfect Justice, but I only got a chapter in when I decided I have had enough of this story for awhile.
All in all I really enjoyed this book and the glimpse into our legal system, that while imperfect, is still very, very impressive.