Or it could mean KC refused a LWOP deal. I really haven't a clue if KC was offered such a deal. But she doesn't have to be offered a deal; she can change her plea to guilty at any time, which would most likely result in 20-life, or LWOP.But, again, this would mean that the state will not accept a LWOP plea deal. However, the general view is that the state have offered, and are still amenable to, a LWOP plea deal.
The only way that would make sense is if ICA is refusing to plead out for LWOP notwithstanding Counsel's advice.
Or it could mean KC refused a LWOP deal. I really haven't a clue if KC was offered such a deal. But she doesn't have to be offered a deal; she can change her plea to guilty at any time, which would most likely result in 20-life, or LWOP.
Again, just my own speculations.
Attorneys are only as effective as the clients they represent. Ultimately, it is the client who will spend the rest of her life behind bars or on death row, so the client has to be the one who makes that final critical call: plead it out or take it to trial. That said, I don't think that her attorneys may have recommended it as vociferously as they perhaps should have. Everyone seems to have their own agenda. Clearly Baez is a publicity hound looking to ride to fame on this case, and CM appears to be a longstanding showboat as well. I can respect the integrity of an anti-death penalty lawyer like Andrea Lyons, as my own feelings on the DP have fluctuated over the years, although I do believe it is proper in some cases. Maybe the true reason Lyons left this case is that she could no longer represent someone in good conscience whom she believed was being counseled in a manner that would end with her execution. WEre I the defendant in this case, I would have definitely taken the plea.
Before Caylee's body was found a letter from JB to the SA surfaced that indicated they might be negotiating a deal. Though it wasn't publicly discussed, the SA had taken the DP off the table publicly, then the letter surfaced. Then Caylee's body was found. At that point the SA put the DP back on the table. And I don't remember for sure but I believe the SA even acknowleged that there had been some discussion about a deal.
At the time the plea deal was being discussed, Caylee's body hadn't been found. And I believe that part of that deal may have been to give info on where it might be found.
But once the body was found, the DP went back on the table and the plea deal was withdrawn. Remember it takes agreement on both sides for a plea deal and after all that has happened, I wouldn't look for a deal.
IMO the defense knows she is going to prison. I believe they are just working to get the lowest charge they can get. Manslaughter or even 2 nd degree. Anything but LWOP or DP.
If Casey were to plea would Jose still be credited as a death penalty attorney or would that be shortening the process if they didn't proceed with a jury trial? Jose is out for a feather in his cap.
Kathi Belich said that Casey had the opportunity to plead before jury selection but turned it down. Speculation as to whether this was true or not but it is on the wftv website.
This case has held my attention from the beginning. To me, there is very little chance of an aquittal here because KC and her defense are always going to have to deal with the issue of when the child was reported missing. I suppose that KC can say that she didn't report her child missing sooner because she was trying to get her back but there is other evidence that will refute her claim. I've tried not to make up my mind about KC's guilt or innocence until all the evidence has been presented, but it's been very difficult for me to get around the issue of when the child was reported missing. I suspect that it will be equally difficult, if not more so, for the 12 men and women tasked with deliberating this case. I'm glad I'm not in their shoes...
Not even the most arrogant, egotistical, delusional defender could seriously believe that Casey Anthony will ever walk free again. As others have said, this is just a matter of saving her from the lethal injection. (For what, though? Fifty years behind bars instead of the 20 an appeal would take?)
Someone should have vociferously argued to her the benefits of a plea because a guilty verdict is a given and with the sticker on the duct tape + the pix of her partying as her daughter rotted, she will receive the death penalty. No doubt.
Someone who cared about their client probably would have. However, the leeches she has for defense attorney's are in it for themselves, therefor they MUST go to trial. MOO. Not that it bothers me any. She was a user all her life, so it's only fitting she get used in her most dire hour.