Their opinion (the jury) is not mine but I kinda get it now....on my first go around watching this case (live day after day on a live feed and with the ppl of websleuths) I viewed all the evidence from the perspective of no loving mother goes on a date to Blockbuster with a boyfriend they have had for 6 weeks the night their beloved is "kidnapped" and then doesn't even mention that "kidnapping" to a single person who could help her, not even that lovely new boyfriend. There's a ton of evidence that Cindy searched for Caylee in that 31 days and absolutely zero that Casey did. The well documented behavior that followed the "kidnapping" is just icing on the cake for me & my approach to evidence as it was presented. I don't even need to get in to the science to believe Casey neglected her child and is responsible for her death. But you have to get in to that 31 days to understand what happened. That 31 day period explains it all (to me). Without it, you have no case.
I know from comments the jurors made after the verdict that the 31 day period and all contained therein was nullified before the rest of the evidence was presented, so I've been watching the case now as if the 31 day period has no real relevance. It is quite frightening to take this perspective and mind boggling at times but I can see how the rest of the evidence is skewed when the 31 days is taken off the table. There's reasonable doubt all over the place now. These jurors, before they even heard from witness number one, took Casey's responsibility for the safety and well being of Caylee off the table. Custody of Caylee on June 16th became debatable. And without that 31 day period (that contains all the proof I would need as a juror to convict), what are you left with? Conflicting science, bugs no bugs, stains no stains, smells no smells, an absolutely crushed Cindy Anthony, sketchy George and Lee Anthony, a parade of normal kids who think Casey was normal too, trash or a dead body, arrogance, "pigs in a blanket," a bumbling idiot who can't phrase a question to save his life, a deaf guy, a pretty girl looking right at you the whole time and no time line...
I believe Baez won this case on his opening statement. What is said cannot be unheard no matter what the jury instructions may be. This is beyond sad for a thousand reasons, but also reality. The jury stopped listening after the opening statement. The jury connected zero dots - the scenario described in Baez' statement is just about the purest definition of neglect yet they found her not guilty of that as well.
Somehow this jury failed to connect with the victim. They themselves neglected to assign responsibility for the safety and well being of this baby to the mother. It was everyone else BUT Casey in their mind. I'll never understand that, but I can see that that's their perspective as they heard all the evidence we all did.
In summary, the ship sailed on day one. No 31 days literally takes all the proof that she was responsible for and covering up Caylee's death off the table. It makes drowning a possibility. A possibility = reasonable doubt. Reasonable doubt = not guilty.