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A review by dirtyseagull
Imperfect Justice: Prosecuting Casey Anthony by Jeff Ashton
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
4.0
It's so hard to believe that the individuals on the Jury could find doubt in the arguments here, and that all of the evidence presented was a failure on the prosecutions part to prove what we all knew here. It's baffling to me, because in the OJ trial, Marcia Clark and the prosecution made some glaring errors that caused the case to fall apart. This novel outlines how that just isn't the case here, and tries its best to outline the process by which the case was tried and the baffling jury decision was reached, though there is little that even the lead prosecutor can say to explain how this all came to be.
In Simpsons trial, he deserved to be acquitted of the charges presented, despite all the evidence that we had to the contrary and our own intuition that points to him OBVIOUSLY being guilty.
In Case's, its angering and depressing, and the writing makes it clear just how big a tragedy this is by painstakingly outlining the process by which evidence was gathered and its significance. Details are shared alongside stories that you may not have known about like a trip to Universal where Casey does everything in her power to pretend that she works there and push this lie forward that somehow she's a responsible parent. Some points of this book can feel a bit monotonous with the explanations given, but they are definitely short enough that you are drawn back in with the next incredible thing you hear or read from the case,.
Ultimately, when it comes to the story told here, how I feel about it is simple. Caylee deserves justice, she deserved better from the state of Florida and its people, and they failed her unilaterally when it comes to the verdict in the trial of her mother. Her entire family failed her, including her Grandparents, whom at every stage of this process could have done more and should have done more to honor her memory, even if it meant forsaking their daughter.
If hell exists, Casey Anthony and her parents will have a fastpass to enter, but undoubtably not soon enough for the atrocity Casey committed and her parents were complicit in via denial or a misplaced protective instinct to lie for her and defend her in whatever way they could while saving face.
In Simpsons trial, he deserved to be acquitted of the charges presented, despite all the evidence that we had to the contrary and our own intuition that points to him OBVIOUSLY being guilty.
In Case's, its angering and depressing, and the writing makes it clear just how big a tragedy this is by painstakingly outlining the process by which evidence was gathered and its significance. Details are shared alongside stories that you may not have known about like a trip to Universal where Casey does everything in her power to pretend that she works there and push this lie forward that somehow she's a responsible parent. Some points of this book can feel a bit monotonous with the explanations given, but they are definitely short enough that you are drawn back in with the next incredible thing you hear or read from the case,.
Ultimately, when it comes to the story told here, how I feel about it is simple. Caylee deserves justice, she deserved better from the state of Florida and its people, and they failed her unilaterally when it comes to the verdict in the trial of her mother. Her entire family failed her, including her Grandparents, whom at every stage of this process could have done more and should have done more to honor her memory, even if it meant forsaking their daughter.
If hell exists, Casey Anthony and her parents will have a fastpass to enter, but undoubtably not soon enough for the atrocity Casey committed and her parents were complicit in via denial or a misplaced protective instinct to lie for her and defend her in whatever way they could while saving face.