It is not okay, but the state failed to charge Casey with anything that this act would cover. They could have done so, but they were going for the top charges only and it backfired, IMO.
Cluciano, all the legal experts, the lawyers, the court watchers, the law enforcement personnel, etc., cannot be wrong. She was not overcharged, IMO.
This was a first degree murder case. But obviously, certain things helped the defense:
1. They did a great job at jury selection, the state did not.
2. They listened hard to everyone who described in fantastic detail, exactly how casey should be dressed for trial, which was a huge difference from her pre-trial look and which made her look sweeter and more innocent.
3. casey acted well during trial, looking stunned and sad and weepy and scared, at all the right times, when it counted.
4. The state failed to introduce better evidence of motive. I cannot completely fault them for that because some of that evidence would have had to come from a dysfunctional family who never would have divulged the truth.
5. The state had to contend with a seriously dysfunctional family who seemed shady and lacked credibility to people who have not watched them and analyzed them for three years.
6. The jury understood reasonable doubt to mean any doubt at all.
Finally, if casey had been charged with tampering with a corpse, etc., and found guilty of such, it would not be justice. :twocents:
