Hello, everybody!
Some of you may know me from the JonBenet forum. But I confess that I don't really know much about this case. So, I thought it might help if I could gain a little more knowledge.
But I have my own reasons. What inspired me was a blurb on TV the other night. In in, it was stated that the case against Casey is purely circumstantial. I knew that, but it illustrated the difference between the approach law enforcement in Boulder took vs. the approach they take just about every place else.
Correct me if I'm wrong about any of this:
--the police arrested Casey before they even found a body;
Yes, but her initial arrest was not for the murder charge. She had other crimes (non violent that she commited and has since pled out to IIRC. Her arrest and charge of murder came in Oct of 2008 IIRC but it is accurate that she was arrested before Caylee was found. I've seen quite a few cases where the individual is arrested prior to the murder victim being found (if they are indeed found) as I'm sure you have as well. IMHO this factor doesn't prove she was railroaded at all. JMHO
--there are no eyewitnesses, no confession, no DNA, nothing at all that would be considered a classic "smoking gun;"
Accurate, no smoking gun so to speak. But the circumstantial evidence is compelling to say the least JMHO.
--the prosecutor in this case cared more about a little girl's death than about hurting the suspect's feelings or their politcal careers or the town's reputation;
Accurate statement IMHO.
--Casey cannot afford high-price, politically connected lawyers;
No she can't but she has some very high priced attn's that have assisted her case so far. I have no clue if they are politically connected though because sometimes those connections are obvious. JMHO
--the evidence against Casey is mostly anecdotal;
No not at all. Here is where the circumstantial evidence (what we have seen so far) is so compelling that IMHO one can not logically explain away that evidence in context.
--Casey had no known history of violence, mental illness, etc.
Well, she has no history of reported violence where there is documentation of that violence. Meaning she may have acted in a violent way at one time or another and it wasn't reported (by her parents..etc) and we also don't know if she has any mental illness. It hasn't been reported that she was diagnosed with a mental illness that is accurate (I'm not saying she does I'm just saying that because we haven't seen so far any reports of mental illness doesn't mean there wasn't some type of issue in the past)
See, over on the forum where I'm so well-known, this is the perfect counterpoint to some, who claim that literally every single case must have a "smoking gun" in order to get a conviction, that there's no such thing as putting together circumstantial evidence into a totality, that probable cause is a very easy thing to establish, etc.
By their own logic, then, Casey has been railroaded six ways to Sunday. To me, the way this case was handled vs. the JonBenet case is night and day, but that's about the ONLY difference.
I agree with you on this one in comparing both cases and seeing that legally that is the only difference.
But, as I said, I don't know that much. I am your empty cup. Fill me, baby!