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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 436106" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>When the death penalty is on the table, defence gets desperate. They can only act within the limitations of the client's instructions and I'm thinking Casey is doing her utmost to try to weasel out of this with an "innocent" verdict, instead of accepting a plea bargain. It doesn't leave a lot of room for a defence team who have to be seen to be doing their utmost, however ridiculous it seems to the observer. Part of our adversarial legal system is the need for both sides to do their very best, but to also follow instructions.</p><p></p><p>One factor that I find very telling - Casey's father is a retired police officer. So whichever scenario is presented, why on earth would Casey not ask her father to use his contacts to help her find her baby, or sort the matter out. He could even have (possibly, theoretically) used his connections to get a possible accidental death judged as such. Baby grabbed by woman in the park? Get daddy's friends to help. Babysitter has taken the baby? Tell daddy, ask him to use his contacts to help find them. Baby drowned in pool? Accidents happen, daddy would have attended many such scenes. But baby suffocated in the boot of the car with duct tape over her face? That she couldn't get daddy's help with. Baby overdosed on sedatives/chloroform (which I said before, is nasty stuff, it knocks you around brain-wise a lot more than ether)? Again, how could you tell daddy? Especially if he doted on his granddaughter, saw her as a second chance.</p><p></p><p>I'm wondering if Casey used her daughter's existence as a bargaining chip with her parents. "Help me out of this mess and when they find her, you will still have access to her." When the grandparents were still hoping she was alive...</p><p></p><p>And now Cayleigh is dead, Casey, with all her flaws, is all they have left of the little girl. If the death penalty comes through, they lose their daughter as well. And people can and do rationalise stuff away when it is too difficult to deal with. "Surely it wasn't deliberate murder, surely it was just an accident, even though she shouldn't have been drugging her and putting her in the boot of the car just to save a few dollars on babysitting." The capacity for self-deception especially in a parent, is breathtaking.</p><p></p><p>This is going to take some time to play out. But play out it must, in all its gruesome detail. Because that is the legal system we have, and the one that is needed to determine justice for Cayleigh.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 436106, member: 1991"] When the death penalty is on the table, defence gets desperate. They can only act within the limitations of the client's instructions and I'm thinking Casey is doing her utmost to try to weasel out of this with an "innocent" verdict, instead of accepting a plea bargain. It doesn't leave a lot of room for a defence team who have to be seen to be doing their utmost, however ridiculous it seems to the observer. Part of our adversarial legal system is the need for both sides to do their very best, but to also follow instructions. One factor that I find very telling - Casey's father is a retired police officer. So whichever scenario is presented, why on earth would Casey not ask her father to use his contacts to help her find her baby, or sort the matter out. He could even have (possibly, theoretically) used his connections to get a possible accidental death judged as such. Baby grabbed by woman in the park? Get daddy's friends to help. Babysitter has taken the baby? Tell daddy, ask him to use his contacts to help find them. Baby drowned in pool? Accidents happen, daddy would have attended many such scenes. But baby suffocated in the boot of the car with duct tape over her face? That she couldn't get daddy's help with. Baby overdosed on sedatives/chloroform (which I said before, is nasty stuff, it knocks you around brain-wise a lot more than ether)? Again, how could you tell daddy? Especially if he doted on his granddaughter, saw her as a second chance. I'm wondering if Casey used her daughter's existence as a bargaining chip with her parents. "Help me out of this mess and when they find her, you will still have access to her." When the grandparents were still hoping she was alive... And now Cayleigh is dead, Casey, with all her flaws, is all they have left of the little girl. If the death penalty comes through, they lose their daughter as well. And people can and do rationalise stuff away when it is too difficult to deal with. "Surely it wasn't deliberate murder, surely it was just an accident, even though she shouldn't have been drugging her and putting her in the boot of the car just to save a few dollars on babysitting." The capacity for self-deception especially in a parent, is breathtaking. This is going to take some time to play out. But play out it must, in all its gruesome detail. Because that is the legal system we have, and the one that is needed to determine justice for Cayleigh. Marg [/QUOTE]
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