PeteyGirl
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Definition of vague:
1. Of uncertain, indefinite, or unclear character or meaning
If vague evidence meets the legal standard of proof beyond a reasonable doubt, then our legal system is in a lot more trouble than I thought it was.
I think when the jury made their decision, they used the instructions they were given. When the prosecution presented evidence that had unclear meaning (like the level of chloroform in the trunk), uncertain meaning (like GA's testimony), or indefinite meaning (like whether or not the duct tape was ever placed over Caylee's mouth and nose), the jury was left with reasonable doubt, because this evidence was too vague.
Sorry, but I can't agree that vague evidence is proof BARD.
As always, my entire post is my opinion only
The evidence was NOT vague, though. Not vague at all, to a majority of the public. A majority of people who've heard, seen and processed the evidence provided do not find it, as a whole, too "vague" to conclude Caylee died because of criminal neglect or homicide.
Why a minority of folks find the evidence to be "vague" appears, to me, to be because of a lack of direct evidence or a "smoking gun". I have this impression by the reasons provided by pro-verdict folks for their support of the NG verdict.
"Vagueness" is NOT merely a personal opinion. Like I said before, personal opinion has no place in determining guilt in a court of law. In personal life? Sure. But in such an important context as a murder trial, the individuals determining guilt must adhere to higher standards of decision making. Like a scientist with a hypothesis, the juror must follow a well-proscribed pathway, employing logic and reason that may or may not reflect their PERSONAL opinion.
My gut reaction, from day 31, was that Caylee Marie was killed by her mother. It just so happens that the evidence provided by the prosecution underscores my gut reaction. My gut reaction was IRRELEVANT. In fact, I'd feel GLAD to know that Caylee did not die at her mother's hand . It would give me a kind of relief to believe she drowned accidentally. That no one mishandled and neglected her, but that she simply died due to an understandable albeit tragic mistake anyone could make.
As the Sunshine Laws uncovered the reams and reams of interviews and examinations by this and that expert, I had to admit there was a LOT of very creepy details that cast Casey Anthony in a bad light. As these creepy details survived Frye hearings and were whittled down to undramatic bone, my gut feeling was justified, but who cares? My gut feeling is MINE. It is not a reflection of a greater reality, necessarily. For me to insist that it is is pure egocentricity. I am not an arbiter of Truth. I am just a human being subject to irrationality and emotionalism, not to mention my basic conviction that it is not HARD to raise a child without KILLING them. In fact, most people DO raise their children without killing them. And in light of exhaustive statistics, people who end up with dead children are abnormally negligent or murderous.
The rest of the picture is filled in with evidence.
For Casey Anthony, we have LIES. Lies, lies, lies. Theft. Lack of conscience. Unremitting tolerance for the pain she caused others. This paints a picture, and not exactly an uncommon picture. It is the picture of a sociopathic personality. A person without empathy or awareness of the pain others suffer because of their actions. A relentless adherance to "what about MEEEE???"
We also have a lack of concern for the welfare of Caylee, which undoubtedly would have shown up SOMEWHERE, but didn't.
Add this to the discarded body in the swamp, with a length of duct tape matching the circumference of a tiny skull still attached to a mat of hair and a mandible stubbornly attached in spite of the frailest connective tissue, now gone due to time and decomposition . . .
Not vague. No vagueness to be found anywhere.