Why Casey Anthony Got a Not Guilty Verdict

Why Casey Anthony Got a Not Guilty Verdict

1)      Jose Baez and his team had an effective strategy no matter what people thought at the time. Mr. Baez’s opening statement was considered to be a poor trial strategy. The public was wondering how Jose Baez would be able to prove his allegations against George and Lee Anthony. As it turned out Baez didn’t need to prove it. He just had to plant the idea in the jury’s heads. The job of the defense is to create reasonable doubt.

2)      George Anthony did not make a credible witness. On the witness stand George was testy and evasive. I think more people believed that he had an affair with River Cruz than didn’t.

3)      There wasn’t enough evidence that Casey Anthony was a “bad mother” before the disappearance of Caylee. There was no evidence that Casey had either inflicted physical or emotional abuse towards her daughter. On the contrary there were several witnesses who testified that Casey acted in a very loving manner towards little Caylee. It would be asking a lot of the jury to ask them to wrap their heads around the idea that a loving mother could suddenly decide that she needed to murder her little girl.