I would wonder if she is SO narcissistic that she was examined and that her brain being what it is determined on it's own that she was more brilliant than a stay at one flew over the cookoos nest and figured her lies could beat an entire prosecution team, then DENIED a guilty by reason of insanity plea or something like what D3 suggested. Also my thoughts are that her being sociopathic her general attitude would never allow or agree that she is anything less than normal. In her mind there is NOTHING wrong with her. She did what she did, it's done, lets move on. Like I said I don't see any "real" emotion from her at this point and I really believe she is being coached on how to behave in the courtroom. To us she seems (and the media has used this word to death) stoic. Except for a few times when her anger has been obvious? Then if you watch carefully the woman sitting there will say something and she will immediately either get her mess together OR start the tissue issue, and show emotion. It's been my tought that the tissue has been tainted with something to make her cry. (say what you will but it's possible). So that she is able to have tears. If you notice too- her "tears" don't come with the usual red nose, snot running, flared nostrils - she just has tears.
Nancy - okay back to the judgement thing. And yes, you and I go way back.
I guess I didn't explain myself so well (what's new) lol. What I meant was in reference to Ms. Anthony and basically people in general that we don't really know or meet. NOT necessarily people that make a train wreck out of our lives. For us to not judge THOSE people? Well, we are human, and wired to think the way we do - you smite me I'm gonna (whatever) you. The fight I think in the human condition that is to me very normal is to want to get back at people, or carry a grudge or to not like them or not forgive them. Or to judge them. In court? Separate from our lives - completely. What we must do in court is a privledge and a duty. I'm not a bleeding heart. If I were on that jury I would weigh all the evidence before me and make my decision based on evidence NOT bias. Do I like Casey? Doesn't matter. Do I think she's guilty? Doesn't matter. What would matter to me is how well each attorney did their job brining evidence to me and laying it out cold. Hard, hard job. Capital murder without a smoking gun? WOW - not an easy job. Overwhelming circumstantial evidence with a woman that is basically saying - Yeah my daughter died in my care - but you can't prove it and I'm closed mouthed? Weirder yet. The burden of proof lies with the state sadly and she is smart enough to know that. Did she know it then? I have no clue. My point is - MY LIFE - will go on. MY hatred for her does not exist. I do not now nor will I ever hate HER - My life is too short. BUT what I was tyring to convey was every where I go I hear people say "I hate that so and so." and my thoughts are "Why?"....The child is gone, she's in heaven. It wasn't YOUR Grandchild, you feel for the family, but to carry around SUCH an enormous 'thing' for people you do not know, never will know - to me is illogical. Can you hate what happened? Sure - but to waste time hating her? No. I won't WASTE my time. I had an ex husband that ruined my life, ruined my sons life - he took things from us that I WILL NEVER EVER get back. More than I'll ever say. And I hated him - and wanted him to die for it. I carried THAT feeling around for years. Like a ball and chain. I judged him for years.
KLMNO said a beautiful thing about how this has all transpired. Her words were eloquent and exact. She said that if we forget and walk away with a shrug we aren't normal. She's very right. Forgetting -----is something we should all learn to NEVER do in situations where we've been wronged so that we learn to NEVER repeat our mistakes, our history, our red flags. But carrying around hate, grudges, and passions for other people that we do not know that ruins OUR lives and doesn't let US get on with enjoying OUR families and the loves and passions in OUR days? RUINS - ONLY US. Will I ever forget what my x did to me and my son? Never, ever. Have I forgiven him. Yes. Why? Because it was ruining ME. Does it make me a super person, or a better than anyone else? Of course not. It just makes me at peace with myself over horrific things that I couldn't change when they happened but I could change the fact that I had the POWER now to forgive and move on and be aware of future evil -
How would someone ever be aware of someone like Casey Anthony? Well there's a multi million dollar question for all worried parents of difficult child's with Grandchildren - And I guess I'd have to say - what have we learned by watching THIS trial? If you've learned nothing - what was the sense of spending time - because it CERTAINLY wasn't an ENJOYABLE thing. What I learned was that if MY Mommy sense (like Cindys) said Something is a miss? GO CHECK IT OUT - don't wait. CALL YOUR KIDS ON THE MATT - so to speak. Don't wait six weeks. If your spidey sense says - Something is not right? GO SEE IT - IN PERSON. Especially if your kid has a history of being a liar. OR detach, and take your chances....and then decide 100% - IF this were to happen to OUR family? WOULD I stand by my difficult child OR WOULD I BE SENDING HIM?HER to the GALLOWS without a thought or care. Because between you and me? I don't know if I could do that. I've buried two sons. I'm not sure I could just say - You did a horrible thing - good bye to you too. I'm not sure any of us would know unless it would happen. Maybe some would now - but I'm just not so sure. AGAIN - because the hate isn't something I'd want to carry around. Detachment yes - hate no.
I hope I've made more understandable what I was trying to say. Not cause any problems - Basically - in this case? I think Casey is guilty, I think she deserves whatever the jury votes for her. I do not think she SHOULD get off because her web of lies, and I think this trial went on WAY longer than it should have. To me this was pretty black and white. If you lived here in SC, and had a DSS lawywer for a girlfriend? You'd understand that this sort of thing is so common here it's beyond sad. I don't get details ever - but currently there are so many cases of women who have killed their children waiting to go to trial it's just a wonderment to me why THIS particular case is such a hot topic other than Nancy Grace felt it was news worthy because a woman about 10 miles from our house pulled a Susan Smith about 3 months ago with her 3 kids - and would have done a 4th little girl of hers and it never even got on National News - and then 3 weeks later - another Mother did the same thing 3 counties over and it never even made the evening news with her three children. Just the local paper. SIX children dead....and nothing sensational about it? Yet the entire world wants this woman on a spit? See what I mean? How can everyone in the world hate her - and just a handfull hate these Mothers? Makes no sense other than someone felt like making this so sensational....(I think anyway) I guess I could be wrong....but I think about the six children here and more than you can know about that were taken and still dying - and they don't get on nancy grace.....or Fox News...and FWIW? While I'm on my soapbox.....
The other day I'm in Walmart - and I'm listening to three women go on and On about what a MONSTER this Casey woman is. (okay she is fine) And as I'm walking out behind them? They are all walking RIGHT PAST - the 1-800 THE LOST board that DF and I always stop and look at EVERY TIME we are in WM. EVERY.TIME. IRONIC???? See? This is my moot point - They want to have something to talk about - but NOTHING to help with. They want to demonize a woman that they'll never meet, never convict, never talk to, never have dealings with - but yet - there on the wall were OVER THIRTY FACES OF CHILDREN that would have taken them LESS THAN one minute to scan -------and POSSIBLE RECOGNIZE ----and DO SOMETHING GOOD if they saw one of those kids ----FOR A PARENT HURTING - but nope - BTICHING all the way to the parkinglot about what THEY Would do to HER if they blah blah blah. And yeah ----whatever....But if you are going to take the time ? TO BE so PETTY - I guess you would NOT think to take the time to be a bit helpful or think outside the box about someone elses pain. Or maybe (those women) are just waiting for the next kid on that board to show up on a trial so they have something else to hate.
I dunno - but if hate's your fuel? You're not getting very good gas mileage. (off soap box) sorry I took so long - and it wasnt' directed at you Nancy - just in general thought about where this trial has taken the people of the world. I bet Whitey Bulger is happy as a Mob Boss can be.