I really, seriously want this to spurn some sort of change to our jury system. My brain is grinding and I assure you if I come up with a plan, I will take action. Caylee's killer may walk free and party another day - but perhaps that can serve to bring bigger changes.
This system is BROKEN and it needs to be FIXED. Obviously this isn't anything I'm going to pursue via Websleuths as it is my own business - but I am going to find a way to affect some sort of change some way some how. Unlike the jury, I will act and think and take the hard road because there HAS to be people still willing to do this.
So I guess my constructive thing to do is to let it sink in: but act. Get involved. Our faith is shaken but whatever you believe in - do it with all your heart so that the apathy shown by the jurors in this case will be the exception and not the rule.
This case could use some scrutiny and more public exposure. Esp considering it includes an unidentified child victim.
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Oh, and read To Kill a Mockingbird during banned book week. Because it's enough of a disgrace to it that the defense quoted it during their closing. Sorry. I'm really angry right now.
I think that would really honor Caylee.We can petition to change our judicial system in some way to prevent this from ever happening again. We can raise awareness about missing/dead children. We can collectively e-mail blast news stations for the smaller cases that get no mention because the people are not as attractive, not as sensational, not the right age, sex, or race. We can do this all in Caylee's name so her death will have not been in vain.
contact Big Brothers Big Sisters. It is VERY doable to become the sister to a child for once or twice a week and make a HUGE difference. Less intimidating maybe than fostering, yet with HUGE impact. For Caylee!! May her memory inspire us always.
A wonderful thing, if you can do it, is to become a foster parent. The difference you could make in a child's life could be life changing.
Another option could be to volunteer at a children's emergency shelter, if you have one locally. For example, there's a shelter in my area that uses volunteers for tutoring, rocking infants, bedtime routines (brushing kids' teeth and reading them stories), has volunteers bring in cakes for birthdays, etc. Shelters like this often have lengthy background checks (this particular shelter takes a few months, I think). But that's necessary to protect the children from any volunteers who may have ill motives.
Yet another option, perhaps you could gather and make donations to a shelter? Call or look online to see what a local shelter could use. I would guess toys, clothes, personal hygiene and grooming supplies, school supplies, etc. would always be in demand.
Hope this helps.
I really, seriously want this to spurn some sort of change to our jury system. My brain is grinding and I assure you if I come up with a plan, I will take action. Caylee's killer may walk free and party another day - but perhaps that can serve to bring bigger changes.
This system is BROKEN and it needs to be FIXED. Obviously this isn't anything I'm going to pursue via Websleuths as it is my own business - but I am going to find a way to affect some sort of change some way some how. Unlike the jury, I will act and think and take the hard road because there HAS to be people still willing to do this.
So I guess my constructive thing to do is to let it sink in: but act. Get involved. Our faith is shaken but whatever you believe in - do it with all your heart so that the apathy shown by the jurors in this case will be the exception and not the rule.
We can petition to change our judicial system in some way to prevent this from ever happening again. We can raise awareness about missing/dead children. We can collectively e-mail blast news stations for the smaller cases that get no mention because the people are not as attractive, not as sensational, not the right age, sex, or race. We can do this all in Caylee's name so her death will have not been in vain.
some suggestions if someone wants to help in those archives that chicoliving provided in the link above.
1. many times there are follow up articles that are missed when they are published. Find those and take them to the appropriate missing persons thread.
2. If there are older articles from the google archives that reference the missing person, find those and link those to appropriate thread.
3. Many of those threads (esp. the from the older decades) do not have tags. Anyone can add a tag to a thread. Right above the box where you type to post you will see a very small "edit tags" click on that and add Missing persons Name, date they were missing, place they were missing from. Tags are very important and are often forgotten about.
4. If you do this make sure you also search for any social networking pages set up specifically for this missing person and link it to their thread.
Once you are comfortable enough and you find a missing person in particular you would like to see more attention on or follow up articles on many of us 1. Write to reporters that have done coverage before and very politely request they do a follow up story. 2. Some of us make sure that the missing persons are listed in NamUs. There is a thread here that explains that process.
There is also another subforum that deals with the unidentified deceased many of which that have remained unidentified for decades. We have members on that subforum that do match missing persons to the UID John/Jane Does.
This website is huge. There is a lot to contribute as a member here besides following specific cases and trials if one wishes to do so![]()