Oh, I didn't mean to imply that you were prone to ridiculous flights of fancy, SuperDave....I know you are a respected poster here (for good reason) and know much about this case--
I do my best.
I just think that the evidence on Casey is sooooo much more overwhelming than any evidence on Patsy.
I can understand that, for a few reasons. One, these last few years, the media have presented the Ramsey case in such a way that you would never know why the Boulder Police investigated them in the first place. (I could talk about that at length, as well.) Contrast that with Casey, where it seems like every broadcast is another nail in the coffin.
Two, Casey better fits the media stereotype of white trash. She doesn't have a lot of money to afford top-gun lawyers and PR hacks.
Three, the evidence against Casey is much less, but what there is really can't be explained innocently.
My comment about the eggnog was my attempt at being funny---of which I often fail miserably at.
If it's any consolation to you, I'm just as bad at making predictions!
In reference to your offer above, I AM interested in you showing me why the evidence against Patsy is more solid than the evidence against Casey.
Not to seem like I'm copping out here, and I'm not, mind you, but I didn't say the evidence against Patsy was more solid than the evidence against Casey, just that there was more of it.
I think it helps to understand the difference between circumstantial cases and smoking-gun cases and how a good prosecutor knows that you handle the former one way and the latter another way. (I could give a dissertation on that, too.)
But I shall honor your request, in my way.
1) Fibers from her clothes were on the tape and tied into the knot at the back of JB's neck. More were found in the paintbox. We know she wore those clothes that night and her attempt to explain their presence ("I had my whole body on her body) is contradicted by her own husband.
2) Inconsistencies in her story abound, especially concerning the pineapple, heart, Burke and home security. Some of her stories have been characterized as "flat-out magic."
3) The various opinions of handwriting analysts, behavioral experts, and the like.
4) The brush, paper and pen all belonged to her.
5) She was one of only three people who knew where the Swiss Army knife was.
6) Prices on her credit card records match the prices of the cord and tape.
That's the short version of it.
Whereas I can only think of four things against Casey:
1) The death smell.
2) The computer searches
3) The location of the body
4) The lag-time in reporting the disappearance.
Hmm. In hindsight, this might be more appropriate as reasons why I think both are guilty.
Perhaps you and Roy have a point. I guess it comes down to your point of view.
That, and I think I was proceeding from a faulty premise, eleven, being that I don't really know what your take on either case is in and of themselves.