I’ll try to make this brief. Enough has probably been said already tonight, in the wake of the shocking acquittal of Casey Anthony. Facebook friends are furious, and the echoing challenge questions the justice in the verdict. Of course, many are harkening back to the 1995 verdict in the O.J. Simpson trial, drawing the similar conclusion that the jury is just plain wrong. Our disillusionment is exceeded only by our outrage.
A few small voices have piped up, gently reminding the angry that the jury was given a circumstantial case. Defense attorneys point at “character assassination” and act as though the prosecution tried Anthony in a kangaroo court. But honestly, that circumstantial evidence was pretty damning.
Aside from all the obvious reasons, I am also concerned about the future. Casey Anthony is clearly a very troubled young woman, and she just may have gotten away with the supreme crime. What has she learned? What have other would-be child murderers and abusers learned? That they can drug, suffocate and discard an innocent toddler, then go on about their lives?
I will turn my porch light on for Caylee tonight, but it won’t make me feel any better. It won’t fix the problem.