"Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream." Malcom Muggeridge

I seriously need to vent my two cents about the Casey Anthony trial before I burst!

Yes, it is incredibly SAD that Caylee Anthony met a tragic end at such a young age.Yes, it is tragic and irresponsible of Casey to wait 31 days to report her daughter missing. BUT! The jury of her PEERS found that there wasn't enough EVIDENCE to convict her. I do not know what role she played in her own child's tragic death, if any at all, but if there wasn't enough evidence to convict her, what would you have them do? Make some up?! If she is indeed somehow responsible for her daughter's disappearance and death, she will get what is coming to her. She will ALSO meet her end. I am sure of it. It will probably be a lot slower than if she were in jail, but it will happen. ALSO - does anyone out there KNOW her mind? She sounds messed up to me, and for that she needs help - SERIOUS help. Perhaps she did kill her daughter, but WE DON'T KNOW for SURE! During those 31 days before she reported her daughter missing, she may have been in denial; she may have been pressured (by whom - I don't know) to keep her mouth shut about it, or, as some places say she said, Caylee died tragically by drowning and she didn't know what to do. The latter being a horrible reason, but, hey, it happens. There are any NUMBER of reasons that she didn't report it, but we DON'T KNOW them.

My point is that children disappear and come to tragic ends in this world EVERY DAY, but since there is no publicity about it, we, the public, never know. It's obvious to me that Casey Anthony has some very large, and deep issues that need to be resolved, but I don't think it's fair for people to act like they KNOW what happened when they DON'T. All of the people who are saying that they would have convicted her make me incredibly nervous. Trials, and juries, are meant to look at the FACTS that are present to them, NOT go by their gut! If you are going to sit on a jury and go with your GUT, you have NO PLACE in that jury box. I do know that it would be incredibly hard to not at least listen to your gut, and let it influence your thoughts, but that is not what you are called to do as a member of a jury. Should I ever be on trial, either as plantiff or defendent, I hope that the people picked for my jury are responsible enough to not let their feelings sway their decision completely.

As a citizen of this world, I take my time on jury duty very seriously. I have the power to change the world, and I don't take that lightly. Yes, losing a day (or more) of work is annoying, but it would be more annoying to know that people are being unfairly punished for things they may not have done.

I'm getting off of my soapbox now, and I'd appreciate if no one would pull the "but you're not a Mom & you never plan to be" card to explain why I am unable to automatically find her guilty. I still know how I'd feel sitting on that jury. And I KNOW I'd say "I want to convict her if the evidence is there, but it's JUST NOT". That's the hard part of being on a jury, that's the hard part of being an American. We have the burden of proof, and you can't just ignore that!