Interesting thread.
Even if I want to say I feel sorry for her, or what she could have been, or because she had a manipulative mother, etc, I would be lying. The honest gut truth is, I don't have any feelings for her at all, not even sympathy. I'm not trying to be a smartass; it's just the honest truth. It just doesn't register with me. I wish I were as compassionate as some of our posters here. I've tried to imagine myself in her position, but still no feelings of sympathy.
I think there are many, many young women who grow up with mental health problems, and controlling parents, that haven't murdered their children. I know not everyone reacts to those issues the same way, but she obviously knew right from wrong (at least in terms of social norms-even is she is a sociopath, she still knew that murder is against the law, because she hid her crime). She knew murder was wrong, because she lied to cover it up. She had an easy to alternative to murder-turning over custody.
I feel sympathy for Cindy and George, because they lost Caylee. I feel sorry for working mothers who love their children, are exhausted because they bust their tails to care for and provide for their children, when they HAVE no alternative, no parents to lean on/live with.
I guess I just don't have any sympathy for Casey, because I DO believe she knew right from wrong. There are sociopaths who don't murder. It's not a free pass.