Recent content by Hope for the Best

My daughter goes to FSU, the school they were dropping their daughter off at, and I will attest that most in-state students get the Florida Bright Futures scholarship, which can pay full tuition, or at least 75% of it (depends on SAT scores, GPA and volunteer hours, and with it being so...

I'd never heard of the professional jury idea, but I like it. Was there doubt in this case? Of course there was. There's doubt in any case where there isn't a series of impartial eyewitnesses. But was it reasonable? Not in my opinion. I think the jury couldn't see the forest through the trees.

Hey, for the record, those jurors are from Clearwater, not Orlando. As an Orlando resident, I just wanted to clarify that. ;) Anyways, I am sickened, sickened, sickened. And shocked by this outcome. What I've learned is that I can't trust our judicial system. They keep saying that the system...

I agree with you. For some reason, I have always sympathized with GA. I saw him and CA at Target a few months ago (it was on St. Patrick's Day actually, because he was wearing a bright green tee shirt, which is what caught my attention). Anyways, he just looked so depressed and beaten down. I...

Yeah, I would think that it would be very difficult to keep all of her stories straight if she were smoking pot heavily, too.

Not necessarily. I'm sure that Zenaida Gonzalez and Juliette Lewis would love to have her head up their nanny business. Since they're fictitious and all, she should still be able to manage them from prison.

If the jury believes her. Personally, she didn't seem believable to me. When JA had her read back the transcripts of her depo, she sounded like she was crying, but yet the whites of her eyes were still white, her nose didn't turn red, and as soon as she was done speaking, she was fine. Maybe I'm...

She seems delusional to me. I think her and ICA would've made good friends. They could've lived in fantasyland together.

Exactly! ICA does not seem like the martyr type to me. No way is she going to sit in jail for three years and "have my whole life taken away from me" (or whatever it was she said in that jail visit call) to cover up an accident, or cover for someone else. If she had a real tale to tell, she...

I live in Orlando, so I'll give you my opinion on this. IIRC, I think she does have sunpass, but in all honesty, to get from their house to where she worked, it really wouldn't have made sense to take the toll roads. Granted, she could've, but it would've been a longer route (and I'm not sure...

Now that the initial shock of CA's testimony is wearing off, I just had a few thoughts. While in my heart, I still believe CA just perjured herself on the stand, I do wonder about something. What if she was telling the truth and did actually look up chloroform in her search for chlorophyll...

BBM- IIRC, ICA was supposed to be giving it to her supervisors at Universal. Amy wanted to get a job there. There's no end to her lying...

In the DT's opening statement, they pretty much dismissed the nanny scenario and decided to go with an accidental drowning. If there really was a nanny who stole the child, why would they claim that the child accidentally drowned? Personally, I think bringing in the drowning was a big mistake...

I voted not sure. Not sure, because maybe something in forensics will be able to tell what happened. I know they haven't yet, but I keep hoping there is some other piece of evidence that will tell that either hasn't been looked at yet, or has and LE is keeping it secret. I am still in the belief...

I've always thought that education for inmates was a huge waste, especially ones with no hope of getting out, and it does seem to be a slap in the face to those of us law abiding citizens who had to pay for their own education. Maybe the ones serving shorter sentences, but then I think they...