beachdude

Like the rest of the people posting here, I did not personally watch the trial and can only go by what has been reported by some presumably reputable journalists. It seems to me that this judge ran a tight ship and he’s to be commended. From what little I know, it looks like the prosecutor did a great job presenting the state’s case. I see only two issues for appeal and they’re both very, very weak: the exclusion of the 3 black women from the jury; and the admission of the autopsy photos. It look like there was a valid non-pretextual reason for excluding the black women jurors so that probably isn’t going anywhere. The autopsy photos probably clinched it for any juror who was having doubts. The question would be whether that evidence’s probative value outweighed its prejudicial effect. Anthony is going to need a very smart appellate counsel to brief and argue that aspect. And, I’m not even sure whether Anthony’s defense attorney made a contemporaneous objection to the medical evidence being introduced in the first place. Basically, that’s all I see for appeal and I don’t think there’s a snowball’s chance of this thing getting reversed.

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Not sure they could sue his family.

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Yes They can. The parents are vicariously liable for harm to others caused by their minor children. Whether or not there is any money that the Anthony family has to satisfy any civil judgment against them is another matter .

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So anywhere from 5 to 99 years…

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I think manslaughter in Texas is 2 to 20 years. I could be wrong. However, I don’t see how this case is anything less than 2nd degree murder. Oh, well.

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Keltic Tiger

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You again. You are a liar and are not to be believed about anything regarding the era in question, your actions, the Vietnam War and the draft.

Before the lottery system was instituted, every male citizen between the age of 18 and 26 was eligible to be drafted into the army (and sometimes into the Marines) absent a deferment issued for a plethora of reasons: physical impairment, employment in a critical industry, college student, married with children, sole source of support for a family, mental issues, etc, etc. It was often a random mess given local draft boards, scams, and disparate treatment. College students had deferments (II-S) as long as they made steady progress to a degree. That meant that at university, you had to be classified as a sophomore at the beginning of your second year, a junior at the beginning of your third year, and a senior at the beginning of your fourth year. If you did not meet that criteria, you were considered “out of phase” or “not making progress to a degree “ and you lost your II-S deferment. C’est moi. Lost my deferment in 1968. Pre induction physical in late ‘68, basic training and infantry training for appx 20 weeks in South Carolina. In a mechanized infantry unit in Quang Tri province by 1969. The lottery system was designed to be more fair than all the deferment system vagaries. BTW: the heavy lifting by combat ground forces in Vietnam was pretty much tailing off by late 1970 before most of the lottery draftees ever got there.

Proud to say I never watched 60 minutes in this century and he is one of the reasons why. I always thought he was a simp and an actor playing a broadcaster who is a type of actor anyway. Dude made my skin crawl.

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that shite hits it. That shite is delicious…

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Great phrasing when talking about food.

No.

Any “emotionalism” that the female jurors might be subject to that would result in sympathy for the accused went right out the window with the coroner’s testimony and the autopsy photos. In fact, that “emotionalism” is the reason all criminal defense attorneys try their mightiest to keep that type of evidence out at trial. Unless I miss my guess, Anthony is going to the crossbar hotel for 20 to 30 years.

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Richard Pryor once said….

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He visited a prison while working on a movie (Stir Crazy?) and got to talking with inmates. One guy was in for quadruple first degree murder after burglarizing a house and shooting and stabbing the occupants to death. Pryor asked why he killed everybody in the house. The answer: “They wuz home.” Pryor’s conclusion was: “Thank God there are prisons.”

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a single not guilty vote is generally enough to acquit…

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Nope. An acquittal is a finding of not guilty. A hung Jury because one member votes not guilty results in a mistrial and dismissal with the prosecution having the option to retry the case.