The problem with the "decomposition expert" is that they were making hypothesis without proving that what they were claiming was correct. Basically they were doing a bunch of tests without doing controls to show that whatever they were measuring really did support their hypothesis.
How? What did the decomposition expert say that was unproven? He noted exceptionally high levels of chloroform in Casey's trunk and he (along with about 5 other people including Casey's parents) identified the smell in the trunk as that of decomposition. He has the background to make both of those statements.
The defense's "swimsuit theory" was an even bigger hypothesis and they offered nothing aside from the Anthony's having a pool in their backyard to back it up.
I would still rather listen to an unbiased expert rather than defense hearsay stemming from a client has proven themselves to be a pathological liar and who has repeatedly changed their narrative only after it's been debunked and always in a way that completely absolves themselves of all blame.
First Casey was completely a victim of Zanny, her only fault was trusting Caylee with this person.
After Casey realized that Sawdust Apartments wasn't going to fly, Caylee was kidnapped at a park by the nanny's fictional sister. Meanwhile the nanny who physically held her down as she tried to run to her child, threw a script in her face and then drove off cackling that this was to "teach Casey a lesson."
Story three: Casey is once again blameless. She overslept (and was possibly drugged) meanwhile her evil father snuck into her room and possibly drowned her child in the pool.
When he came upstairs with her unconscious child in his arms, poor Casey sat on the floor and cried while her father screamed at her that "her mother would never forgive her" then he, all by himself, did something with Caylee's body all the while assuring her that "daddy would take care of everything."
Meanwhile, Casey's car is the one that smells like it had a dead body in it and the defense can't even offer any sort of concrete time frame of when this occurred. Slight discrepancy there.
Why does someone who has told three ridiculous stories deserve the benefit of a doubt? Why should we believe that she was acting in Caylee's best interests or that she somehow was a victim of anything?
The duct tape proves nothing. It could have been placed there post-mortem as part of the wrappings to conceal and contain the body, or it may have slipped there incidentally having being somewhere else in the package prior to the body decomposing. The mere fact that it was present does not mean that it was used to suffocated Caylee. That would have been seen by the jury as common sense, and the attempts by the prosecution to suggest that (and again, with the supposed chloroform connection) would have been perceived as clutching at straws. That did not help their case.
How is unreasonable that searches for "recipe for chloroform", "how to make chloroform" were performed on the Anthony computer back in March and high chloroform levels were found in the trunk?
Computer forensics discovered the chloroform searches AFTER forensics reported finding the high chloroform levels in the trunk. The police had to specifically ask the computer experts to search the Anthony computer for "chloroform." Interesting coincidence there.
I think a jury wants to see a compelling case before they do something as serious as convicting someone of murder, and the problem for the prosecution was that they did not have a compelling case. They had suspicion, but that was all. You could equally well make an alternative argument for how Caylee died, and that would have been just as plausible. Just saying that Anthony was an irresponsible mom is not enough. That was why the case ended in acquittal. As to why the state proceeded with prosecution when they clearly did not have a case for the charges they were making is up for debate, but no doubt public pressure and the high profile of the case played a large role in that
I disagree. There was plenty of evidence that pointed to Casey either accidentally or on purpose being responsible for her daughter's death, failing to notify anyone and get Caylee emergency care if some sort of accident had occurred, doing everything she could to cover Caylee's death up, disposing of her daughter's dead body in a callous manner and obstructing the investigation into her daughter's disappearance.
Whatever Casey did to Caylee, she did it all by herself and the fact that she's willing to go so far to frame her father for molestation and murder speaks volumes about her, along with her behavior and her actions (which when combined form powerful circumstantial evidence) during those thirty one days.
