Acquitted of the first degree murder of her daughter, convicted on four counts of lying to investigators relating to her daughter's death. Given the evidence brought against her, what does this verdict say about America's legal system?

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O.J. Revisited......

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The evidence was pretty week and filled with sub par police work IMHO

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ENFIDL:

While that'd be cool the sticks wouldn't be nearly as big. and we all know I like to smoke the biggest sticks

I just . . . do not care in the slightest. I never cared about this trial - I have no idea what the verdict is, and honestly just do not care.

Kid is killed by parents? Happens all the time!!! In the ghetto, mom neglects the kids and they wind up dead - happens everyday;, in the suburbs, mom goes crazy and drowns them - happens enough that no one is surprised at it anymore.

I never understood why the media latched onto this single trial, when parent-kills-kid happens everyday, and it's really not shocking if you read the local paper every day

EDIT - $20 says she does like OJ and writes a book, "If I did it"

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wwestern:

The evidence was pretty week and filled with sub par police work IMHO

yup... people letting their emotions get the best of them in this case. she may have done it, but there is no hard evidence. cant prove it. the verdict backs that up.

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Eh she'll only be free until she gets caught stealing football memorabilia in Vegas

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Ken Light:

I'm terrible at this. I just experiment until it works. Theoretically, yeah, sure. In practice, not a f***in' clue.

Watch it from closing arguments on. 31 days you know your daughter is dead and in the trunk of your car???She didn't plan to kill her so it wasn't premeditated. It was a accident from drugging her child so she could go enjoy a night out with friends. She thought that she was still alive returned home and found her dead. There was no evidence she killed her, yes, but she neglected her and tried to sedate her so she could go out??? She murder that child, not murder in cold blood, but murder through child abuse and neglect. That still deserves Murder 1 according to the judges instructions and the jury couldn't do it. Weak and an obvious picture of how desparate things have become in our society.

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I still maintain my faith in our judicial system. They were presented with the best facts that they had and both side argued their side, and the jury came to their conclusion. Meanwhile where sitting here basing our opinions off of the media? I think the biggest problem in our society today is the media. Just let the courts do their thing, and you do yours.

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Hmmm I smell a sex tape... and a book

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xmacro:

I just . . . do not care in the slightest. I never cared about this trial - I have no idea what the verdict is, and honestly just do not care.

Kid is killed by parents? Happens all the time!!! In the ghetto, mom neglects the kids and they wind up dead - happens everyday;, in the suburbs, mom goes crazy and drowns them - happens enough that no one is surprised at it anymore.

I never understood why the media latched onto this single trial, when parent-kills-kid happens everyday, and it's really not shocking if you read the local paper every day

EDIT - $20 says she does like OJ and writes a book, "If I did it"

+1, my mom asked what I thought about the case when I went to visit last week and my answer to her was " I don't".

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I think she did it, but I don't think the state proved it "beyond a reasonable doubt". Jose Baez blew the prosecution's case away in closing.

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Ken Light:

Now what we have is a president who is a limp d!ck worthless piece of slow-acting, overly-analytical nonsense wrapped in a fast-melting candy-coating made of hope... Get him the hell out of there.

I've only had jury duty once. Based on that experience, I hope to God that I am never brought up in front of a jury of my peers because my peers are complete fucking idiots.

BTW I think our justice system is a disgrace. The one thing that has no place in our courts is the truth - it's just a competition between lawyers.

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im not saying she did it, nor she was innocent...but i have tons of friends on facebook who are literally pissed...and as a criminal justice student myself, all i got to say is if you dont like how we prosecute in court to get convictions, get out of the country becuase sometimes its a good thing, others a bad thing of how we do it but at end of the day, let the justice system do its thing. My reaction was very simple..."oh shes innocent, ok, next."

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Joeyjoe21_8:

im not saying she did it, nor she was innocent...but i have tons of friends on facebook who are literally pissed...and as a criminal justice student myself, all i got to say is if you dont like how we prosecute in court to get convictions, get out of the country becuase sometimes its a good thing, others a bad thing of how we do it but at end of the day, let the justice system do its thing. My reaction was very simple..."oh shes innocent, ok, next."

+1, stop trying to be on the jury from you couch

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kuzi16:

wwestern:

The evidence was pretty week and filled with sub par police work IMHO

yup... people letting their emotions get the best of them in this case. she may have done it, but there is no hard evidence. cant prove it. the verdict backs that up.

x2 , i woulda had to vote the same way , think she might have but with the evidence etc, i couldnot send someone to death or life without better evidence.