Caylee Marie Anthony #154 12/16/09 - 1/19/10

[trimmonthelake]

I still tend to find Mr. Hornsby's injecting himself [ via commentary, etc.  ] into this case rather curious ...

Me too Ono....

Me three.   

[SunnyinTX]

Update on KC's visitor log through 12/19...hope someone will copy and paste it here....please!  the detective Mortimer is a regular visitor!!

http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0BwgGnRBLv8rOMGU3N2EzZWUtYjNlMi00NTBmLWE1ZmItMmFmNmE3Y2E1NDIy&hl=en

I seem to be here alone...oh well I also wondered who this was....Jeanene Barrett, a mitigation specialist with a degree in social work

Also works with Lyons and Mortimer....I think this is a big clue asas to how the defense might be trying to defend KC.....mitigating circumstances??

http://www.law.depaul.edu/centers_institutes/cjcc/death_penalty_seminar.asp

Mitigation Training Program

Training to save one life at a time

Mitigation investigation is both intensely personal and methodical. A mitigation specialist assembles the pieces of a client's life, whether they're birth records, grade school report cards, Boy Scout memorabilia or prison disciplinary records. A competent mitigation specialist also knows how to talk with a client and their family, sometimes about subjects such as child abuse and drug abuse. These skills are only part of the foundation of what a good mitigation specialist must do to present a compelling narrative about a client's life. The Mitigation Training Program builds upon that foundation, training specialists to obtain the best possible information to make the case for life.

Individuals currently conducting a mitigation investigation in a pending capital case will be given a preference among applicants to this program. All participants must sign a confidentiality agreement promising to safeguard the details of the cases discussed at the seminar. During the course, participants will meet in several plenary sessions to hear experts discuss subject areas critical to a successful mitigator, including psychological testing, interview techniques and working with the client's family. Additionally, group break-out sessions will be held daily to further explore subject areas from the plenary sessions in the context of participants' pending cases.

The Mitigation Training Program strives to equip participants with the tools needed to provide excellent representation to capital defendants throughout the country. By safeguarding the rights of capital defendants through effective advocacy, we hope the Mitigation Training Program will reform the administration of criminal justice by saving one life at a time.

The 2009 Mitigation Training Program will take place in May in Chicago

Interesting... Do you think that the program is for defending the client or for request for leniency in sentencing after a conviction?  Maybe both?

JMO but both would be my guess....but primarily for the sentencing phase...for Lyons to keep her count up...she has to ensure KC doesn't get the DP......so I would think most of her focus will be on that....she knows she is guilty as hell....she just wants to keep her from the DP

[trimmonthelake]

Thanks for the updates.
Good to see you Pooky!   

[PookyBear]

Thanks for the updates.
Good to see you Pooky!   

Hey Trimm -- good to see you.   

I think the August visit by Yuri could be the photographing of the tatoo.  Just a guess though.

[monkalicious]

On the mitigating specialist...She spent some significant time with Casey.  Each visit is 2-3 hours long. (Long enough for someone to get tired of the sound of Casey's voice, I'll bet.)
Given Casey's narcissistic nature, I'll bet she was loving this.  Hours of talking about "ME, poor little misunderstood, abused by Cindy, Lee and George, abandoned by legions of lovers, ME!"  These are interviews I would love to see.  I wonder if Casey could twist the truth and emerge as the ultimate victim by tying to convince this woman that she had no choice but to save her daughter from her terrible family by killing her.  (I'm hoping that the defense isn't going to try to use this excuse.)
 

[mizjay]

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2535703/casey_anthony_update_caylee_anthonys.html?cat=49
Casey Anthony Update: Caylee Anthony's Death Case Moves Forward
December 29, 2009 by
Meg G. 
A Casey Anthony update is warranted, as many individuals are following the story of the death of baby Caylee Anthony very closely. It's always very hard to imagine that a parent that is charged with providing tender,
Casey Anthony Update: Caylee Anthony's Death Case Moves Forward
Date: December 29, 2009
 loving care to their children would be implicated in the baby's death. Of course, our judicial system is set up so that Casey Anthony, Caylee's mom is innocent until proven guilty.

Over the past year, the prosecution has released new evidence in the case - including many photographs. Some of these images show how the accused acted around the time her baby went missing.

What's shocking about the pictures that have been released is that Casey's overall look has went from quite racy to ... well, frumpy in the wake of the investigation. Some individuals think that she has changed her appearance to gain the sympathy of a jury of her peers.

Also shocking to many is that Casey Anthony was seen partying while her child was missing. Not very many mothers would be able to function - let alone get dressed up and go out - while their baby was gone. It was only after she was arrested that she started to look distraught.
It was recently announced that the accused is eligible for the death penalty. CBS Crimesider reports that the prosecution will seek the death penalty in this case. This is very serious, as in Florida there has only been 2 women put to death and one woman on death row. The woman currently on death row is convicted of burying a couple alive. One of the ladies that have been put to death is known as the "Black Widow." She also received a life sentence for drowning her child.

In addition to being charged with the murder of her daughter Caylee, Casey was also charged in September 2008 with 10 counts of fraud. She was also arrested in July 2008 for failing to report her daughter missing - which lead to charges of child neglect and lying to police. She allegedly didn't report Caylee missing for one month, and maintains that a babysitter kidnapped her.

Hi Trimm, thanks for the article.

Just a small detail I disagree with... one look at kc skipping all giddy into her all day sessions at Baez' office shows that even after her arrest she wasn't showing any distress, all those pesky details and lotsa pics and videos don't help her at all.

[monkalicious]

Thanks for the updates.
Good to see you Pooky!   

Hey Trimm -- good to see you.   

I think the August visit by Yuri could be the photographing of the tatoo.  Just a guess though.

Hey, Pooky, thanks for that.  I double checked and you are right.  Nice to see you!

[PookyBear]

Thanks for the updates.
Good to see you Pooky!   

Hey Trimm -- good to see you.   

I think the August visit by Yuri could be the photographing of the tatoo.  Just a guess though.

Hey, Pooky, thanks for that.  I double checked and you are right.  Nice to see you!

Thanks -- it is great to see all of you!     I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and wish you the best New Year. 

[SunnyinTX]

That approach to defending kc ( mitigating circumstances) seems like the most logical but seems like there would have to be some form of acknowledging guilt. If there hadn't been so many accusations thrown around at so many people, had they tried to present kc in a more sympathetic light before it might have been better. It seems hard for me to believe that they don't have a definate defense direction already. How are they going to explain, who are they going to sacrifice as the killer???

Again JMO, but I am really leaning towards they are going to go for 'it was an accident' that KC covered up because of fear of her parents....and this is where the mitigating factors might come in, in the defense part.....and later in the sentencing part

[Sassycat]

Interesting to me....from 12/1 - 12/19 KC had 8 visits...only 2 from JB...ummmmm is the love affair waining??

     Maybe so....
Seeme - thanks for copying and pasting for us.
Hi Monkeys.   Hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season!     

[strayze]

The responsibility of the defense is to defend Casey.  They definitely do not have to come up with a killer.  That is the responsibility of the police, etc.

It would seem that one big mitigating factor in this case is the interaction between the all-controlling Cindy Anthony and her daughter Casey during the time they lived under one roof.  The big blow-up between Cindy and Casey shortly before Caylee was last seen is undoubtedly important.  It might appear that the loss of Caylee by Casey was to spite Cindy for her unending power game with Casey on the homefront.  In many respects, Cindy plays a key, albiet indirect, role in Caylee's demise.

[SunnyinTX]

Thanks for the visitor's log info, Sunny.  What I find interesting is that Yuri visited her on August 13th of this year for nearly an hour.  We haven't heard this before, at least I haven't,) so what's up with this?  Wouldn't Baez have to be present for this "interview"?
Maybe she was bored, and he is really cute, after all. 
Also, why was Mortimer Smith's visit called "other"?  Perhaps he was dropping off Christmas gifts...

I also wonder why Yuri was there and why JB wasn't?  I would LOVE TO KNOW! I haven't a clue about MS as 'other'...other than he is a part of the defense and not an attorney.....but she can see who she wishes.

[SunnyinTX]

Thanks for the updates.
Good to see you Pooky!   

Hey Trimm -- good to see you.   

I think the August visit by Yuri could be the photographing of the tatoo.  Just a guess though.

aaahhhhhh I'll bet you are right...I fergot about that!  Hi Pooky

[SunnyinTX]

Interesting to me....from 12/1 - 12/19 KC had 8 visits...only 2 from JB...ummmmm is the love affair waining??

     Maybe so....
Seeme - thanks for copying and pasting for us.
Hi Monkeys.   Hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season!     

Hi Sassy......I can't wait to see who, if anyone, visited her on Christmas.

I would be a basket case being locked up as long as she has been with no one to talk to other than the visits from the defense team. I'd be ready to confess just to get out of that sort of confinement.

[tupelohoney]

http://marinadedave.wordpress.com/

Jeff Ashton was aggravated, given the circumstances
December 29, 2009

[monkalicious]

I keep getting kicked off the site--I'm burrowing my way back in now!
 
Just wanted to say thank you SeeMe for copying and pasting the visitor's log for us!

[trimmonthelake]

I keep getting kicked off the site--I'm burrowing my way back in now!
 
Just wanted to say thank you SeeMe for copying and pasting the visitor's log for us!

I'm burrowing right along with you.   

[Brandi]

http://marinadedave.wordpress.com/

Jeff Ashton was aggravated, given the circumstances
December 29, 2009

Thanks, tupelo!

Perfect timing for this article to appear. In it, he states:

That means one major thing: Andrea Lyon will be on hand to represent Casey during the sentencing phase if she is convicted. She will build a mountain of mitigating evidence in order to convince the jury and judge that sparing her client’s life far outweighs her death.

Just what we were discussing.

Thanks again for the link.

[mizjay]

On the mitigating specialist...She spent some significant time with Casey.  Each visit is 2-3 hours long. (Long enough for someone to get tired of the sound of Casey's voice, I'll bet.)
Given Casey's narcissistic nature, I'll bet she was loving this.  Hours of talking about "ME, poor little misunderstood, abused by Cindy, Lee and George, abandoned by legions of lovers, ME!"  These are interviews I would love to see.  I wonder if Casey could twist the truth and emerge as the ultimate victim by tying to convince this woman that she had no choice but to save her daughter from her terrible family by killing her.  (I'm hoping that the defense isn't going to try to use this excuse.)
 

LOL     

[mizjay]

That approach to defending kc ( mitigating circumstances) seems like the most logical but seems like there would have to be some form of acknowledging guilt. If there hadn't been so many accusations thrown around at so many people, had they tried to present kc in a more sympathetic light before it might have been better. It seems hard for me to believe that they don't have a definate defense direction already. How are they going to explain, who are they going to sacrifice as the killer???

Again JMO, but I am really leaning towards they are going to go for 'it was an accident' that KC covered up because of fear of her parents....and this is where the mitigating factors might come in, in the defense part.....and later in the sentencing part

Sounds logical, guess if they take that tact, all the folks they've trashed with accusations all these months will be just collateral damage...........mitigating...bah humbug