I'm skeered that it won't be as tough as it should be.
I was shocked to hear of allll the animals that have died under their care. It sure seemed like an awful lot and it got me to thinking that murderers DO mostly start off with small animals. Not only that, but it's creepy that ica seemed to dispose of little Caylee the same way....minus the duct tape. mooI voted LWOP
After seeing this absurd defense, trying to blame it all on GA and wanting ICA to go free, I'd like to see her suffer every day of her life until she is taken out in a pine box...
After hearing of allllll those animals that died in that home and Ohio home, I'm wondering if ICA is the one responsible for their demise. It appears to me that ICA is a sociopath and would not be a functioning member of society..After that horrendous defense, ICA still will not take any responsbility for her actions and continues to show no remorse for anyone but herself...She's damned and should have accepted that plea...but her arrogant nature she feels she is smarter than the average Joe...she will be lucky to get LWOP, if not the ultimate sanction...JMHO
Justice for Caylee
I believe she will receive LWOP, but I would love to be wrong and see her get the DP.
Thank all of you for setting me straight. I live near Dayton, Ohio where the China Arnold case has been tried for the third time. She was given the death sentence the first time and the last time life in prison. She is appealing that also. She is the woman who put her baby in the microwave! I guess I am a little jaded by that case.
Here is my thinking in regards to the theory of a possible accidental drowning, which I believe is logical....
For sake of argument, let's assume that Caylee DID climb the ladder and fall in the pool resulting in a fatal drowning.
It has been well established by SA, as well as the writing/texting/etc of KC, that she was overwhelmed and conflicted with the responsibility of mothering duties when she desperately wanted to live another lifestyle.
It is also very obvious at this point that she displays MANY characteristics of a sociopath.
An accidental drowning would have been a "win win" for her.
She would have been relieved of future mothering skills. through NO criminal activity on her part.
The ensuing attention and compassion from her "friends" and "boyfriend" would have fed her incredible need to be the center of attention..."poor KC"...
I do not believe she had fear of either GA or CA....
There would have been a brief period (for her anyway) when she would have to appear to be the severly grieving mother, but then the Bella Vida would begin!
So if this "accident" would have been a sudden coup in solving all her problems without it being HER FAULT...
Why would she feel the need for an elaborate coverup???
Hung jury or they will compromise on aggravated manslaughter.
Here is my thinking in regards to the theory of a possible accidental drowning, which I believe is logical....
For sake of argument, let's assume that Caylee DID climb the ladder and fall in the pool resulting in a fatal drowning.
It has been well established by SA, as well as the writing/texting/etc of KC, that she was overwhelmed and conflicted with the responsibility of mothering duties when she desperately wanted to live another lifestyle.
It is also very obvious at this point that she displays MANY characteristics of a sociopath.
An accidental drowning would have been a "win win" for her.
She would have been relieved of future mothering skills. through NO criminal activity on her part.
The ensuing attention and compassion from her "friends" and "boyfriend" would have fed her incredible need to be the center of attention..."poor KC"...
I do not believe she had fear of either GA or CA....
There would have been a brief period (for her anyway) when she would have to appear to be the severly grieving mother, but then the Bella Vida would begin!
So if this "accident" would have been a sudden coup in solving all her problems without it being HER FAULT...
Why would she feel the need for an elaborate coverup???
Well, its almost over, (If HH has anything to say about it.) what do you see as the end result of this trial?
1. ICA will walk out a free person
2. ICA will receive the ultimate sanction (Death)
3. ICA will receive LWOP
4. ICA will receive 40 or less years
5. ICA will receive 30 or less years
6 ICA will receive 20 or less years
7. ICA will receive 10 or less.
8. ICA will receive time served
9. CA/GA/LA or some other witness will face criminal proceedings
Feel free to write in your thoughts as there isn't an "Other" option listed.
I really don't like that juror. Would she rather all criminals, rapist and killers, walk around freely with an IOU until judgement day? :maddening: She better not mess this up and cause a hung jury!
I was shocked to hear of allll the animals that have died under their care. It sure seemed like an awful lot and it got me to thinking that murderers DO mostly start off with small animals. Not only that, but it's creepy that ica seemed to dispose of little Caylee the same way....minus the duct tape. moo
I love your avatar pic of Caylee and finally decided to "save" it and something unusual happened. While your av came up with numbers and such, I started to change the name to just Caylee and right under where I typed Caylee popped up "Caylee and Jesus"!! I've never had that happen before with any other "saved"pics!
Thank all of you for setting me straight. I live near Dayton, Ohio where the China Arnold case has been tried for the third time. She was given the death sentence the first time and the last time life in prison. She appealing that also. She is the woman who put her baby in the microwave! I guess I am a little jaded by that case.
color=purple]That is just waaayyyy too sick. I'm afraid to read up on that. How HORRIBLE! [/color]:cry:
Excellent post. I think you're right, it would have been a win-win for her. I've asked myself the same question so many times, and I keep getting stuck on two things... First, Casey didn't really seem to think about the long term very much. For example, stealing the checks from her grandparents. She had to have known they'd eventually notice the missing money, but in the short term, her needs were met by stealing the money. So if Casey had plans that night that she was really excited about, I can actually see her being annoyed by the inconvenience of having to miss her date to deal with the aftermath of an accident and just hiding the body to deal with later. Who knows, maybe she thought she could just put Caylee back in the pool the next day and deal with it then. admittedly, even that is a bit of a stretch, so my second thought was that narcissists and sociopaths lack the ability to empathize with other people. Empathy is important because it lets us predict how other people will react to a given situation by imaging how we would feel if we were in that same situation. People who lack empathy learn to mimic this behavior, but they're really bad at predicting how people will respond to uncommon or unusual events. We know we would ultimately sympathize with a mother who's child had died in an accidental drowning because we know how heartbroken we would be if that happened to someone we loved, but would Casey understand that? Or would she fear that somehow people would blame her and turn away from her? That might be enough for her to try and hide the body.
For the record, I don't think this is what actually happened, just examining the hypotheticals. MOO
Right - Scott Peterson was rather young too. There are many young men/women on DR throughout the country.
I just don't know -- Your Honour has the ultimate decision (if they come back with the ultimate penalty). He decides if it's LWOP or the DP (from what I understand).
He may just surprise us -- he has sentenced someone to death before, and even attended a death.
If I'm wrong, someone please correct me. Thanks.
MOO
Mel