On July 17, 2011, after being in jail for three years awaiting trial for the murder of her 2-year-old daughter, Casey Anthony was released. America went crazy.
If you were to log on to Twitter or Facebook, many posts bashed Casey Anthony, the judicial system or both, or honored 2-year-old Caylee Anthony. Kim Kardashian tweeted "WHAT!!!!???!!!! CASEY ANTHONY FOUND NOT GUILTY!!!! I am speechless!!!" Miley Cyrus tweeted "You know the world is skewed when people get away with murdering children but we can't get gay marriage legalized in the state of California."
More stars who tweeted about the verdict included Carson Daly, Star Jones and Jason Biggs.
This woman, who didn't report her missing daughter for 31 days, who went out and partied, and even got a tattoo saying "Bella Vita" (the beautiful life) wasn't found guilty of murder? This woman lied to everyone, told family and friends her daughter was with a babysitter named Zenaida Gonzalez, a woman who didn't even exist. She later said Caylee was kidnapped by this nonexistent woman.
Another story, which Casey admitted to on trial, was that Caylee accidentally drowned in the family swimming pool. During the 31 days Caylee was believed to be missing and kidnapped by babysitter Zaneida Gonzalez, many pictures of Casey drinking and having a good time surfaced. According to the Florida Times-Union, Casey entered a swimsuit contest and promoted night club events during this time.
With all this information being released to the media, it's easy for people to believe she's guilty. It isn't hard to believe that someone who doesn't care that their daughter is missing or dead killed them.
Casey Anthony's actions after her daughter died or went missing and the lies she told makes it easy for one to assume she did it. But if you actually take a look at the motive Casey Anthony had to murder her daughter, it doesn't make much sense. The prosecutors claimed Casey Anthony murdered her daughter so she'd have more time to party.
But would a woman who appeared to love her daughter and had plenty of back-up parenting really go to the extent of murdering her kid? The only way this claim would make sense is if Casey was seriously mentally ill, for which there's no evidence. To go against human nature and take the life of your child instead of caring for her requires somebody to be very unstable and having the urge to party doesn't quite cut it.
Another factor the prosecutors put into play was the fact that Caylee was getting to the age where she would be able to reveal her mother's lies. This also doesn't make much sense because anyone close to Casey was probably somewhat aware of her antics already. Casey could easily teach young Caylee to lie for her; many children lie for their mothers. Because there was no concrete evidence the trial was based on psychology. Any credible psychologist would never agree with these motives, however. Of course, judging by Casey's antics of going out and partying while her daughter was missing or dead, it's hard to believe she minded her daughter being gone.
Casey will continue to reap the benefits now that she's released from jail. According to abcnews.com, she could make up to $750,000 with a book deal and movie and television producers will most likely be competing to get her story first.
"Anything to do with a mother and a dead child tends to attract lots of attention," said Linda Konner, a New York City-based literary agent. What's somewhat shocking though, is that according to letters Casey wrote in jail, she can't wait to have another baby or adopt. Casey wrote from jail that there are "so many children that deserve to be loved." Even if she didn't murder her daughter, it doesn't appear she cared about her much. It's hard to believe she'd care about another child. Casey also mentioned how she can't wait to "have her teeth whitened" and "wear sexy underwear again" but failed to mention anything about her dead daughter, Caylee. Judging from her past actions, this doesn't seem far from her character however.
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