As you may not have heard if you're Osama Bin Laden (and thus dead), Casey Anthony was found not guilty of the more serious charges against her (including that tiny one about killing her daughter). And as you might expect, this is a topic of some discussion in the nation at this time, with media talking heads exploding over themselves to try and explain why the jury is so stupid.
To that, I say....shaddup!
Yes, I think Casey Anthony is guilty of something. I didn't follow the case as much as Nancy Grace did, but when someone goes a month before reporting their kid missing, you have to believe there's more than just simple negligance going on. Let's get that out of the way.
But in a trial under the American legal system, you have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that someone is guilty of the charges they are alleged with. What the jurors have said is, the prosecution didn't prove its case.
Before Nancy Grace can explode through yet another hideous hairdo, she needs to remember that the legal system, while not perfect, is the best one we've got, and vigilantes don't need any encouragement.
One thing that stuck out to me was when Grace started bellyaching about Anthony's possible moves to write a book about her case so as to make money. What the hell has Grace been doing for the past however many years since the story broke, doing episode after episode about this case and basically engaging in a smear campaign (admittedly against a reprehensible woman, but still)? Trust me, any argument she makes about "rights of victims" is bullshit; it's about Nancy Grace's right to make a buck exploiting a tragedy. And we're all party to it, because we watched Nancy and those of her ilk make what was a tragic but nondescript murder case into a national obsession. It's the OJ Syndrome all over again.
Now then, who wants to talk about The News of the World and what a sack of shit Rupert Murdoch is?
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