“better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer”

The prosecution knew its burden, and it knew its evidence. The defense didn’t do anything remarkable, and yet it was an aquittal in near record time.

In fairness, I have been falsely accused, and had my face plastered on the news. My senior year of high school, the after the last day for seniors, my buddies and I climbed a water tower next to the school and hung a banner. Seniors Class 2000!!! That same night, other seniors broke in and broke windows, drove cars over bushes, and did a lot of damage. Over 10,000 in damage. The story made the news. We had hung banners from that water tower for every football game and big baseball games, and everyone knew it was us. Fearing we would be blamed for crimes we didnt commit, we went to the principal the next day to explain. We were arrested by the school resource officer for trespassing on the water towers private ground, and later charged with vandalizing the school. Three of us were 18, and our yearbook photos made the news that night, and mugshots the next. A school security camera saved our asses, but not before pricey lawyers were paid, grandparents canceling trips because we couldnt walk with our class, and public humiliation were inflicted on us. There were no apologies or corrections in the news, and when the real culprits were found, the story was no longer news so the news ignored it. I have carried a grudge for false accusations ever since. We were guilty of trespassing on the water tower property, but the police and media were out for blood.

My rant wasnt just about the police, but the media. They share blame in all of this. I don’t believe the police are inept, but both sides are out of control. These events have turned into shows….real life police dramas complete with celebrity status to be gained and fortunes to be made. In real life people get hurt. There was no reason to expose to the media any of these people, with the exceptions of Kahn and Anthony, as they appeared in court. Both sides do it with wreckless abandon, without fear of consequences. If someone comes forward tommorrow with absolute proof they killed Caylee, Nancy Grace will have made 10 times the amount off this case as she is required to pay in a libel suit to Casey. That wont happen, but an example.

“Like it or not, Casey Anthony in on this list too. The police and DA convinced a nation she was guilty, but the jury disagreed. If, and a big if, but if she is not guilty, as due process found her to be, she will never blend in to society again. Her life will always be in danger, and she will never find work. She is a terrible person, who could care less that herchild was dead, but she was found not to be a murderer.”

If you are going to use my quotes to represent my argument to be inaccurate, please use correct quotes, and not what suits your narrative

That being said, the day I heard the story break on the news I knew in my heart that this wasn’t the case of a Giants fan in the wrong place at the wrong time. The first thing I thought was “oh god, what did this poor bastard say?”. In NO way am I condoning ANY of the actions that took place that night. Those men that beat Stow are the very people I loathe. The losers that throw on a jersey and have no care to watch the game and ready for trouble to start. Plenty of people wear opposing teams jerseys and the most common response is booing, innocent enough and can be seen at ANY stadium. Fights aren’t uncommon, but it takes two to tango. Stow said things he shouldn’t have and that attracted the attention of the worst of people and now he and his family are suffering immensely because of it.

I know I’m going to have people talk s#*t to me if I wear a Dodger t-shirt at any other stadium, and it’s happened every single time. I’m going into another team’s “territory”, it’s understood. And I know that being a young 5’1 woman isn’t going to garner any sympathy and I don’t expect it to. So I go to enjoy a game and mind my own business, and keep my mouth shut regardless of what’s said (and it can get pretty nasty). Trash talking is fun around friends and family but around complete strangers it can get carried away and taken way too far (as seen in this incident). People need to go to games with a better attitude and enjoy the game for what it is, not try and have a pissing contest with other fans over something they’re not even remotely involved in other than residing in a city.

Regardless, Stow didn’t deserve what happened to him and the people who did this NEED to be punished. They didn’t become violent because of what Stow said, they were violent to begin with and I’m assuming took pleasure in that violence. My prayers go out to Stow and his family.

It is not accurate to say that the Casey Anthony jury found her to be innocent, however. Rather, they did not find her guilty. That’s a big difference – in this, as in many cases, the prosecution failed to meet its burden of proof. Doesn’t mean the jurors didn’t in fact believe that she committed the crime. My suspicion is that they did.

Now, most of the time, investigators do find the truth because there is hardly ever a perfect crime, but unfortunately, people make mistakes, and innocent people go to prison. It is just how the system works.

Thanks for the morning cup of hypocrisy, florida727.

If you haven’t heard about that and want to read the story of the most unbelievable police work this century, google Ronnie Chasin Murder.

And now we’re supposed to believe whatever story they concoct just to make the public think they were doing their job.