Let's try to pick the perfect juror

[qipx1]

I don't think a single parent would be on the prosecutions must have list anyway though. I don't think they particularly want people that could relate to KC in any way shape or form. JMO.

In my opinion, a single parent would be on the prosecutions must have list. Unlike most single parents, Casey wasn't struggling, she could have given Caylee to her parents and stated so.

 

[panthera]

I disagree only because my cousin was on a high profile case as a jurist and was sequestered for 8 weeks. She has 2 small toddlers..they didn't care, she did of course. She IS married and her kiddos are in day care with the father being able to pick them up as he always did anyway. I have no experience with the single parent thing, so I can't give an opinion on that. I don't think a single parent would be on the prosecutions must have list anyway though. I don't think they particularly want people that could relate to KC in any way shape or form. JMO.

I was thinking mainly of the hardship issue, especially for a single parent with no one else at home to take care of children. Your cousin was fortunate that she had her husband and daycare. I agree though, a young single parent wouldn't be the state's juror of choice although someone who is older and has raised a child (or children) by themselves, and struggled trying to make ends meet, may not sympathize with Casey as she had her parents, free room & board, free car, etc. ~ in other words she didn't have a care in the world and yet Caylee seemed to be in the way of the lifestyle she wanted. MOO

 

[panthera]

Not true, there are a number of reasons you choose from for getting jury duty postponed. In most cases being a student qualifies, I would imagine being a single parent would also qualify.

BBM

One of the first things asked is about hardship.

 

[Schmerty_Jones]

Pick Me!!! PICK ME! Pick me!!!!!!
My kids are all grown & DH can make the meals for my darling Mocha just turned four.....
Do I have to be from Florida?
OK fuggitabootit........Mocha would miss my delicious kisses. My precious GSPointer.

 

[panthera]

Pick Me!!! PICK ME! Pick me!!!!!!
My kids are all grown & DH can make the meals for my darling Mocha just turned four.....
Do I have to be from Florida?
OK fuggitabootit........Mocha would miss my delicious kisses. My precious GSPointer.

Even if you were in FL, you wouldn't be picked. You'd be thinking about your dog all the time!

 

[tankgirl]

What a refreshing young mom you are. Many kids with happily married parents at home couldn't hope for better. Don't fret!

 

[tankgirl]

What I meant to say, keeping it on topic, is that Stephanie would make an excellent juror for the prosecution!

 

[logicalgirl]

FYI- With jury duty. If you are picked....you don't get a choice.

LOL - I don't know about the States, but here in Canada I got a notice for jury duty and sent a letter back saying I was just getting over shingles so didn't think it was a good idea.

I got a letter back two days later saying "excused"!

 

[logicalgirl]

Okay I've read the whole six pages and you have all had interesting comments.

But you know, I'd argue the single men who think she is hot idea. I haven't met a young single man who likes to play around who isn't a bit of a righteous sort when it comes to kids and family.

In fact if you talk to them about it - they get downright prissy - I was quite surprised.

And I think those autopsy photos are going to cause anyone who has to look at them and hear about them to take a long hard think about it.

Also, Casey's appearance in court - those cold hard eyes of hers aren't going to help sway anyone towards the defense. She isn't going to be able to fake it through the whole trial.

 

[LinasK]

I think the defense doesn't want them sequestered not only because of TV, but also it would hinder those party girls by being forced to stay in!
Seriously, I disagree with some of the demographics stated here for the prosecution because I can firmly say I am a Liberal, I am not Christian, I am college-educated, I strongly believe in science, and I would firmly vote for death for Casey!!!
I also believe having Hispanics and Blacks would be good for the prosecution as Casey and her family have strongly disparaged them!

 

[logicalgirl]

OOOHHHH! Excellent topic. Given my limited experience with jury experts I would assume that the defense would choose (and I know this will seem odd) mothers and mostly white people.

Please, mods and everyone else, don't take this to mean racist...that is not at all what I mean...this is a very delicate topic...but it is as described, if you were her attorneys, whom would you pick? And again this is not to say someone of another race would look at KC in in unfair light.

I highly doubt that the defense will focus on a jury person who is not of the same ethnic make up. This is not at all to say that I think that a jury of not her makeup (genetically speaking) would render a fair and just verdict.

Oh crap! I feel like a fell inside a rabbit's hole on this one. But it is an important and necessary topic. I would imagine the defense would stray from white/black/hispanic/other men who are fathers and concentrate on non-mothers. I sincerely hope I did not offend anyone with this post. Seriously. I mean this.

Actually LittleBitty, I agree with you and I'm only on page 3, so have no idea who else has posted for or against your comments.

I see Caucasians as the most favorable towards Casey - and here I am going to make a few people cross, because I find non-caucasians much much more family oriented, who are more likely do have multi-generational family get togethers on a day to day basis - at least up here where I live. We have a large Asian population, and it is normal to see families of 10 - 15 going for dinner, out shopping etc. I really envy them that. Also, their expectations re "morals" for particularly females are much higher.

As for the grey power crowd down there? I don't know about that but I've got a number of acquaintances who are in their 70's or 80's who would really shock you with what life was like when they were young. There isn't much new under this old sun of ours. And as far as them being computer literate - I keep up to date, but some of them really challenge me with their technical knowledge.
So be careful with your comments about old duffers.

 

[Vegas Bride]

I haven't read the entire thread here so not sure if it's been mentioned, but a while back I was requested to fill out the form to serve jury duty. They didn't go into a lot of questions but they tried to cover some key information. 1 question was Do you have young children who rely on you for care? Because of this question I don't believe there will be any mothers with young children on her jury.
Another question was about if you have any medical conditions that could be agrivated by sitting all day on a jury, because of this I think it will limit the number of elderly people.
I see a mix of mostly middle aged people and I hope to see more women than men because IMO women will be able to see through the bull better when it comes to Casey. No offense to the men here, it's just been my experience that women are able to recognise the true colors of another woman, where a man seems to get distracted by her charms. I also believe men are able to see the true colors of another man where a woman will fall for his charms
I would like to see people on the jury who will be able to take in the facts where science is concerned regarding how long Caylees body was laying there, the duct tape etc.
It will be difficult for anyone to serve but I pray those chosen will be fair, consider all the evidence and be able to come to agreement for their verdict.

VB

 

[kbl8201]

I think the defense doesn't want them sequestered not only because of TV, but also it would hinder those party girls by being forced to stay in!
Seriously, I disagree with some of the demographics stated here for the prosecution because I can firmly say I am a Liberal, I am not Christian, I am college-educated, I strongly believe in science, and I would firmly vote for death for Casey!!!
I also believe having Hispanics and Blacks would be good for the prosecution as Casey and her family have strongly disparaged them!

:dance:

btw, other then sainted casey, who havent they disparaged?

 

[YellowSubmarine]

FYI- With jury duty. If you are picked....you don't get a choice.

Well, technically, no. But there are A LOT of ways to "get out of" jury duty. Just having served on my first "tour of jury duty" --

Here in Weld Co, CO -- they send you the notice and you have to appear the day of jury picking. IF you have sufficient reason to NOT have to go (i.e. single parent w/ NO help or caring for disabled person) you can submit a written request and have it approved to be disqualified. Once there, you have to supply good reason not to be able to serve. With my experience, there were several non-English speaking people who got excused (although, something tells me they could speak English); there were a couple people who were able to prove their self owned business would suffer; there were a couple people who had proven their SOLE care of disabled persons and a couple who had proven being a single parent with NO help. I am a single mom but does have help from my family, so I wasn't excused. When you are moved on to the "second round", they question you. You can easily answer obnoxiously (which many people in my case did) to get out of it. >> Seriously, one guy claimed "all criminals should get the dp" and another said "all cops are crooked".

Anyhoo -- If you want to get out of jury duty, I think it's pretty easy. When I told my parents I was in, my Dad even said "What did you do?!?" because he knew how easy it was to get out of. Honestly, I was pretty interested in the process. If I didn't have young kids, I'd enjoy the opportunity to be a juror on a case like this. Probably change my mind after being sequestered a week.....but I really think going through it would be a great learning experience.

 

[TorisMom003]

I've seen several posts about the defense would not/should not want hispanics on the jury due to the Anthony's lack of liking them. It also would hurt Casey since she claimed a hispanic woman kidnapped Caylee. However, didn't Baez want the trial moved to Miami because more of "his people" were there and he is considered (pardon me while I die laughing as I type this part) a great hispanic lawyer? So if Baez is thinking that he can win over the hispanic population then wouldn't the defense try to get as many hispanics on the jury as possible? Although with the latest additions of true lawyers (Lyon and Mason) it may be decided that after all that Casey and the Anthony clan have said and written that hispanics just may not be a good idea after all.

I was a single mom for 3 years, 2 of those years living with my parents. I was a fairly young mom at the time (25 when I had my daughter) and I know looking back that I would have never sided with someone like Casey. I have a feeling that no matter what kind of jury the defense goes for they are going to be fighting a loosing battle. There are to many things against Casey that make her a very unsympathetic defendant.

 

[Melanie]

12 people that find fidgeting and hair adjusting completely irritating. That should make for short deliberations!

 

[panthera]

What I meant to say, keeping it on topic, is that Stephanie would make an excellent juror for the prosecution!

Yes, I agree with that!

 

[The World According]

It wont be Hispanic people who he hopes will find him to be a larger than life figure, I can guarantee you that! He can search high and he can search low...those folks do not exist!
Here is Jose talking about the change of venue with Geraldo.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FFdsnklVxc[/ame]

He also says here that he is laying a record for future appeals, ( in this situation Gerlado asked him about why he tried to have the prosecutors removed, and now aren't they angry ).

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgsA-D_4foQ[/ame]
On the Today Show

 

[The World According]

I agree that Jose has friends either personal or in business where he wants the trial moved to, Miami, and has a poor understanding of how he will be received as a home town boy there.


She is not the poster child for single mothers. By most young single mothers standards, some of whom are truly struggling, working, unable to afford daycare,taking classes on line, trying to pull themselves up by the bootstraps...Casey Anthony was living on easy street. The Hispanic people that I have come to know and love, believe every baby is a precious gift from God and they love their babies with arms wide open with a devotion and abiding affection. If Jose thinks him being Hispanic will save the day in a predominately Hispanic area, he is sadly mistaken. AGAIN! In my opinion, Hispanics will see her as downright evil. That is even without the fact that she tried to blame this murder on a perfectly innocent Hispanic woman, who was trying to raise her kids, on her own, and was vilified, lost her job, home and good name over this selfish, spoiled, hateful, little witch that murdered her baby and sat back joking while thousands of people searched. Yes, evil sums it up!

Here, the jury would make short order of this and say Get a rope!

You just can't make this stuff up!!

 

[2goldfish]

I agree that Jose has friends either personal or in business where he wants the trial moved to, Miami, and has a poor understanding of how he will be received as a home town boy there.


She is not the poster child for single mothers. By most young single mothers standards, some of whom are truly struggling, working, unable to afford daycare,taking classes on line, trying to pull themselves up by the bootstraps...Casey Anthony was living on easy street. The Hispanic people that I have come to know and love, believe every baby is a precious gift from God and they love their babies with arms wide open with a devotion and abiding affection. If Jose thinks him being Hispanic will save the day in a predominately Hispanic area, he is sadly mistaken. AGAIN! In my opinion, Hispanics will see her as downright evil. That is even without the fact that she tried to blame this murder on a perfectly innocent Hispanic woman, who was trying to raise her kids, on her own, and was vilified, lost her job, home and good name over this selfish, spoiled, hateful, little witch that murdered her baby and sat back joking while thousands of people searched. Yes, evil sums it up!

Here, the jury would make short order of this and say Get a rope!

You just can't make this stuff up!!

BBM

I see that a poster has already responded with a similar situation, young, small child, help from family, who has no sympthy

I was KC's age with a child of caylee's age with no help whatsoever from any family member or the father, and therefore every single "it's hard to have a toddler so young" statement heading KC's way makes me sick

having a toddler is a very difficult and trying time (trust me I know, I got another that age as we speak) for anyone, anytime but to go at it alone working fulltime (although I was lucky enough to have very close trustworthy friends to watch my first boy) at 20 years old was pure hell compared to the easy street I have now, with a husband who is most definitely involved - as I would go out on a limb here and say that I also feel that KC yet had it still easier, she got to go out AT ALL. I havent been out in 4 years


So I'm thinking any mother who ever had a child quite young, with or without help from family/the father, is going to be high on the State's wanted juror list, and not on the defense's juror wanted list at all.