Breaking news: Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Casey Anthony. Happy days are here again. The death penalty is no longer off the table. Stunned news reporters still reeling over this breaking news, speculate as to why prosecutors are now seeking the death penalty against Casey.
The good news is that Caylee Anthony may actually get the justice that she deserves, if the obviously guilty Casey Anthony receives the death penalty for killing her own beautiful and innocent three year old child. What would be more deserving of the death penalty, than the worst crime imaginable for any parent? The prosecutors have finally come to their senses.
The bad news is that the Caylee Anthony murder trial is now expected to be delayed for over a year.
The prosecutors and Jose Baez, attorney for Casey Anthony, have been going after each other for quite a while. Could the prosecutors now be seeking the death penalty for the wrong reasons? Out of desperation, could they be going after the death penalty just to prevent Jose Baez from representing Casey? Josey Basez simply does not have the experience required by the Florida bar to defend a death penalty case.
Whoever becomes the lead attorney for Casey is going to be calling all the shots. Personally, I find it hard to believe that any publicity seeking lawyer is going to allow Baez to continue to hog all the press. After all, the entire dream team is supposed to be composed of pro bono lawyers (ie, working for free, for all the publicity that a high profile case would bring to them). While Jose Baez probably will have to be dragged off the case kicking and screaming, he simply is not qualified to defend a death penalty case. So at best, Basez should be expected to fade into the background. While the new yet to be named lead defense attorney could conceivably change the entire Casey defense strategy.
While Leonard Padilla sheepishly suggested on the Nancy Grace show that the prosecutors are trying to get a plea deal out of Casey. Casey wouldn’t admit guilt under any circumstances anymore than Cindy would ever let George wear the pants in the family. The prosecutors just seem not to like Baez very much.
John Gohde Satire & Commentary 
10 comments
April 14, 2009 at 12:54 am
prevost1580
Casey will NOT confess. Even though the dirt on her shoes matches & the evidence is solid against her.
That being said, I doubt that the jury will fire up ole sparky or euthanize her. Then again, the jury voted,yes! for Scott Peterson & finally, OJ! Ppl are sick of this BS! and want to send a clear msg to the other sickos out there.
As for The A’s, will they perjure themselves? at the next depo? of course they will! the law is beneath them. Even Oprah is a fan and wants the G&C show to stop by.
April 14, 2009 at 2:25 am
nina
Justice will come through in the end. I was against the death penalty. I would of loved to have seen Casey get life in prison for the rest of her life. But when I turned on the TV and heard of little Sandra that was found in a suit case, I finally decided no more doing the crime and all they get is time. Its has to come to and end. People that are responsible for killing a defenseless child, serve no purpose here on this earth. Maybe that will make these people think twice before killing there own children or someone else’s. Death for the one’s responsible. Its time this evil in these type of people is stopped for good.
April 14, 2009 at 8:52 am
cyndi
the whole anthony family is nuts,i say fire up old sparky for casey
April 14, 2009 at 9:35 am
Barbie Girl
Hi All
Well it seems that the plan is coming together! Not only does the dirt on her shoes match the crime scene dirt but I bet there is decomp fluid on her shoes as well, we just haven’t heard, also the hair and the presence of chloroform in it, hasn’t been confirmed either. The state has a lot more evidence that has not been released yet. No one has released any of the toxicology results yet.
Seems the whole world with the exception of George and Cindy know what Evil Casey has done, or George and Cindy have known for a long time what really happened but still lying and putting up smoke screens to protect their murdering daughter and now they are going on Oprah.
They lie to everyone else, why not Oprah too. Problem is this, Oprah stands for goodness and healthy honest living, not sure why she would want these lying people on her show. I hope Oprah has done her homework on these 2 and is prepared for anger, finger pointing, hostility, and lies lies lies.
The state is not seeking the death penalty for no reason.
Thanks for listening
April 14, 2009 at 10:12 am
John H. Gohde
The more that Cindy and George talk the bigger their noose gets. Before it is all over, they are going to end up hanging themselves with their own words.
April 14, 2009 at 9:49 am
Dee
Cindy and George will lie lie lie even more now. And Lee. I hope the prosecution has all their statements down – because they will change it all now, claiming to never have said, such and such. Thank god for the video tapes. Cindy’s deposition changed my mind about a lot of things – about Cindy and George. Before I couldn’t’ imagine they really wanted her to get off. Now I realize, they don’t care anymore if Casey killed Caylee. They just want her out, to get off. Someone on this blog made a statement that Casey might not kill again, if she gets off. Sorry, it doesn’t work that way with sociopaths. They will kill, if they think that they can get away with it. Quite frankly, they don’t think or feel like normal people. They just don’t care. I mean, the killing of Caylee speaks that loud and clear.
The Anthony’s were telling lies to keep her from getting life – now her life is in the balance. They will do anything and everything – Baez too, to get her off. BTW – I thought I’d heard before that they already have a death penalty lawyer, that has been on the team for awhile, in the background, just in case. Well, the case as come up. I am sure they have been working on a defense that blames others – lots of others. Cindy leaked a lot of their defense strategy in her deposition, when she got angry. Note what she says in the end, the stuff about having studied the evidence, when she was trying to nail, trick the questioning attorney for Zenaida. She screwed up in her tirade. She wanted to one up him – and she let go of stuff she should not have revealed. Very subtle. But you can believe, the Casey defense will not be letting Cindy/George have any more privileged info.
All that said, I am not sure a jury will give Casey death. I think she deserves it. But will a jury do it? People are funny – at least normal people. And it only takes one – to tie it all up into knots. There are still folks out there who think she didn’t do this, and some who think it was an accident. I hope the evidence introduced at the trial really comes across with a heavy truth, one too great to deny.
April 14, 2009 at 9:52 am
Dee
Sorry for all the typos above – I am on a schedule and have to leave – not time to review and check. Oops. Gotta go.
April 14, 2009 at 10:06 am
Perry
If George and Cindy had not put up with all the lies Casey has told for over 20 years, I do not think they would be in this mess with their daughter. They never questioned anything she said. They had to be afraid that they would lose her love — who needs this kind of love?
April 14, 2009 at 12:25 pm
BEES KNEES
The state has more than enough evidence against Casey. And people hate her and her family so much it will be a piece of cake sending that murdering sl*t to the chair. Or the needle. Casey will be able to choose her manner of death which is more than you can say for little Caylee. Every person that I know, and 99% of the bloggers that I don’t know, were high-fiving and celebrating the news of the Death Penalty being put back on the table. Aileen Wurnos, on a bad day did not generate as much hatred as Casey. Anyone who thinks the jury won’t go for the DP for Anthony is in for a harsh reality check. The public wants Casey to fry. Even the people who don’t believe in the DP want Casey to fry. Stick your head in the sand like an ostrich if you want but you can only avoid the truth for so long.
April 15, 2009 at 1:06 pm
azanna9
I do not think it will be a piece of cake to get a DP conviction, there are some big and famous egos that are helping her defense and they are experts in trying to muck up evidence interpretations. I do not think that the prosecution is doing this just because Casey will not take a plea. They have more evidence on this woman to be released. Casey will have made a lot of mistakes in doing this murderous deed. Here are the things that I think will nail Casey:
Her own cell phone records (pings and calls).
Botanical forensics in the double-bagged tomb that she created for Caylee.
Caylee’s things from the Anthony house to the site where they found her.
The forensic evidence in Casey’s car.
The mountain of circumstancial evidence around this crime.