Caylee Marie Anthony - MURDER TRIAL - DAY 1 - 5/24/2011

[TURBOTHINK]

Good evening Monkeys,

I believe Cindy and George were devoted to Caylee.  I think she was Cindy's life.  I can't explain why Cindy chose to lie for Casey who murdered beautiful Caylee.  But she has a chance to redeem herself when she testifies. I hope she seizes that opportunity and makes herself a whole person again.  One who can proudly say that when she finally chose which path she had to take, once and for all, she chose the right one.  She chose to do something good for Caylee.  That she lost her way for a while, but in the end, she did the last thing she could do for Caylee.  She told the truth.

I hope Cindy does for Caylee's sake and hers too, but I don't feel she was devoted to Caylee because NO GRANDMOTHER would ever let her grandchild stay with anyone for 2 years that she did not know.

I would and have dropped by the house when my older daughter had her first child and I also bought her a secret style video camera set up where she could even watch what went on in her home from her computer. I find it hard to believe they never questioned WHO this woman KC told them about. Most grandparents are asked to pick up a child from the sitters or school occasionally but yet these people never once talked to her, saw her or knew anything about her. To me that speaks very poorly of them.

[ZooMomology]

Good night everyone! I hope you all get some good sleep tonight. 6 am is so early on the West coast. During jury selection I had a terrible time staying awake.

Justice for Caylee is on the way!!!

I gotta be honest.  If I did not work nights so that I was still up in the morning, I would miss all the morning court.  I am not a morning person and have trouble waking up, mainly because it takes me so long to fall asleep. 

I give all you morning birds a ton of credit.

It took every ounce of my contempt for the duffense today to keep me up till the end of court.  As soon as court let out, I ran for a nap.

[TURBOTHINK]

I know this isn't a funny subject, but the thought of Kronk hopping around, scattering remains like a flowergirl at a wedding,  and artfully placing plants and roots ...   

Like Tiny Tim........"Tip toe through the tulips?"

[ZooMomology]

Good evening Monkeys,

I believe Cindy and George were devoted to Caylee.  I think she was Cindy's life.  I can't explain why Cindy chose to lie for Casey who murdered beautiful Caylee.  But she has a chance to redeem herself when she testifies. I hope she seizes that opportunity and makes herself a whole person again.  One who can proudly say that when she finally chose which path she had to take, once and for all, she chose the right one.  She chose to do something good for Caylee.  That she lost her way for a while, but in the end, she did the last thing she could do for Caylee.  She told the truth.

I hope Cindy does for Caylee's sake and hers too, but I don't feel she was devoted to Caylee because NO GRANDMOTHER would ever let her grandchild stay with anyone for 2 years that she did not know.

I would and have dropped by the house when my older daughter had her first child and I also bought her a secret style video camera set up where she could even watch what went on in her home from her computer. I find it hard to believe they never questioned WHO this woman KC told them about. Most grandparents are asked to pick up a child from the sitters or school occasionally but yet these people never once talked to her, saw her or knew anything about her. To me that speaks very poorly of them.

If Sindy gets up there tomorrow, I am pretty sure she is going to side with KC.  I believe she is going to go along with the joke that Bozo is trying to make the jury believe happened.  I hope I am wrong.  Maybe, just maybe, she has seen the light.  We will all know shortly.  So, State is up first right?

[loca]

Come on................... no matter how bad a upbringing you had (including sexual abuse, torture, waterboarding etc.) you have no excuse to murder your own child or even covering up for an accident, the abuser, or your own shortcomings. I just don't get where the Defense is trying to go. It's just frickin' nuts.

Do you think this is why they dropped the docs a few weeks ago?  Maybe the docs weren't willing to go along with this defense.  I really think that the pros will be ready to shoot holes in this swiss cheese defense.

Of course they will! Like I said earlier -- the Defense team is doing Casey no favors.

give me a break! I was sexualy abused by my stepfather at a young age!! seen him shot  standing next to me by LE in self defense. I was so traumatized as a child and  teenager. I was so quiet in school if anyone talked to me I would cry and break out in hives!!
I had four kids and never once contemplated hurting any of them. I call baez on his b.s  

[loca]

Good evening Monkeys,

I believe Cindy and George were devoted to Caylee.  I think she was Cindy's life.  I can't explain why Cindy chose to lie for Casey who murdered beautiful Caylee.  But she has a chance to redeem herself when she testifies. I hope she seizes that opportunity and makes herself a whole person again.  One who can proudly say that when she finally chose which path she had to take, once and for all, she chose the right one.  She chose to do something good for Caylee.  That she lost her way for a while, but in the end, she did the last thing she could do for Caylee.  She told the truth.

I hope Cindy does for Caylee's sake and hers too, but I don't feel she was devoted to Caylee because NO GRANDMOTHER would ever let her grandchild stay with anyone for 2 years that she did not know.

I would and have dropped by the house when my older daughter had her first child and I also bought her a secret style video camera set up where she could even watch what went on in her home from her computer. I find it hard to believe they never questioned WHO this woman KC told them about. Most grandparents are asked to pick up a child from the sitters or school occasionally but yet these people never once talked to her, saw her or knew anything about her. To me that speaks very poorly of them.

If Sindy gets up there tomorrow, I am pretty sure she is going to side with KC.  I believe she is going to go along with the joke that Bozo is trying to make the jury believe happened.  I hope I am wrong.  Maybe, just maybe, she has seen the light.  We will all know shortly.  So, State is up first right?

zoo I am afraid  of that also. I hope she doesnt do that!!  I was so nervous when george was called to the stnad. I was hoping he didnt say yes I did those things. all for his daughter glad he didnt go there..

[Cappuccino]

I agree with Red saying on the show that Baez is way over his head and that it is going to become obvious during the trial. What Baez doesn't realize is that he has been "babied" along and pandered to by the judge in all pretrial hearings because there was no jury present. JP always said he was giving leeway because there was no jury to taint or impress.
Well now class is over. This is the big leagues and he's not ready.

Also, what defense attorney understand, except Baez, is that there are levels of victories for your client. I never thought from day one that Casey would ever be found "not guilty". Baez's job is to keep a needle out of her arm and maybe get life with the opportunity of parole.

It is inconceivable to me how a plea deal was never taken. After 3 years all they got is Casey was molested and that George was in on the accidental death. Who honestly believes that an LE who has witnessed accidental deaths would ever escalate it to first degree murder?

I shake my head that after day one Casey did not just admit negligent homicide and get a 5-7 year suspended sentence. She never would have served time. The horror of losing your baby was more of a punishment than any amount of years in prison.

So the answer is why? Why no pleas deal ... why no discussion of Caylee was dead?

ENTER the aspect of this case that is similar to Natalee Holloway. Casey could never produce a dead Caylee because obviously there were markers that would have indicated ... IT WAS NO ACCIDENT.Today Baez made an accusation of George Anthony that he molested Casey. Now, Casey almost certainly must take the witness stand, otherwise it becomes a he said ... no body says story. That being said, I cannot imagine Casey taking the stand. That VIDEO will go viral in minutes.

What Casey did never passed the smell test and was not natural.

The above bolded part is of key importance! It is why this is a murder trial and not a case of negligence. Casey lucked out when Caylee's body was discovered only after it had already skeletonized and all evidence a body may have given up was lost.
I think the defense might try to rely on Casey's boyfriends' testimony to try to prove the molestation part of their argument, but I can't for the life of me think how they are going to float the accidental drowning theory without Casey's own testimony.

Scatty... I was thinking the same thing about the bf's testimony....BUT ...that to me is just another one of Casey's lies...just as the whole accidental drowning and all the rest of her bullchit!

It will be important to hear when & why she made these accusations with both Jesse & Tony...both times she felt she was losing them & they were frustrated with her.   Also, when we hear them state what she told them it doesnt match up to the "I think Im just remembering things" in her letters to her jail friend (which by the way were purposely written to set up her defense-no doubt in my mind).   I hope this comes to light.

[loca]

Good night everyone! I hope you all get some good sleep tonight. 6 am is so early on the West coast. During jury selection I had a terrible time staying awake.

Justice for Caylee is on the way!!!

I gotta be honest.  If I did not work nights so that I was still up in the morning, I would miss all the morning court.  I am not a morning person and have trouble waking up, mainly because it takes me so long to fall asleep. 

I give all you morning birds a ton of credit.

It took every ounce of my contempt for the duffense today to keep me up till the end of court.  As soon as court let out, I ran for a nap.

zoo
I am not a morning person!! I love my sleep! I got up at 4 this morning.. I am on the west coast. I wanted to make sure I didnt miss anything.. I have bad insomnia !

[ZooMomology]

Come on................... no matter how bad a upbringing you had (including sexual abuse, torture, waterboarding etc.) you have no excuse to murder your own child or even covering up for an accident, the abuser, or your own shortcomings. I just don't get where the Defense is trying to go. It's just frickin' nuts.

Do you think this is why they dropped the docs a few weeks ago?  Maybe the docs weren't willing to go along with this defense.  I really think that the pros will be ready to shoot holes in this swiss cheese defense.

Of course they will! Like I said earlier -- the Defense team is doing Casey no favors.

give me a break! I was sexualy abused by my stepfather at a young age!! seen him shot  standing next to me by LE in self defense. I was so traumatized as a child and  teenager. I was so quiet in school if anyone talked to me I would cry and break out in hives!!
I had four kids and never once contemplated hurting any of them. I call baez on his b.s  

I am so sorry Loca  

[wreck]

Come on................... no matter how bad a upbringing you had (including sexual abuse, torture, waterboarding etc.) you have no excuse to murder your own child or even covering up for an accident, the abuser, or your own shortcomings. I just don't get where the Defense is trying to go. It's just frickin' nuts.

Do you think this is why they dropped the docs a few weeks ago?  Maybe the docs weren't willing to go along with this defense.  I really think that the pros will be ready to shoot holes in this swiss cheese defense.

Of course they will! Like I said earlier -- the Defense team is doing Casey no favors.

I'm so sorry, loca. I think most abused kids are far more likely to be 180 degrees different than their parents.
give me a break! I was sexualy abused by my stepfather at a young age!! seen him shot  standing next to me by LE in self defense. I was so traumatized as a child and  teenager. I was so quiet in school if anyone talked to me I would cry and break out in hives!!
I had four kids and never once contemplated hurting any of them. I call baez on his b.s  

[loca]

so the state wants more money.. to investigate what? and can they get it... I mean were in trial now why do they ask for more money... will the judge approve it?

[ZooMomology]

Good night everyone! I hope you all get some good sleep tonight. 6 am is so early on the West coast. During jury selection I had a terrible time staying awake.

Justice for Caylee is on the way!!!

I gotta be honest.  If I did not work nights so that I was still up in the morning, I would miss all the morning court.  I am not a morning person and have trouble waking up, mainly because it takes me so long to fall asleep. 

I give all you morning birds a ton of credit.

It took every ounce of my contempt for the duffense today to keep me up till the end of court.  As soon as court let out, I ran for a nap.

zoo
I am not a morning person!! I love my sleep! I got up at 4 this morning.. I am on the west coast. I wanted to make sure I didnt miss anything.. I have bad insomnia !

I have a huge problem falling asleep.  It can take hours.  My mind just goes and goes and goes.  I turn from side to side, over and over, and sometimes, i get so tired of trying to fall asleep, I give up.  I think I am like this a. because I worry about everything, and b. because i have worked this schedule for 13 years and my body is so screwed up.  But, when I do fall asleep finally, I can sleep for many many hours in a row.  I never wake up feeling refreshed either. 

So, I would miss court alot.  I think after the first few days of court, I might be going to sleep and read up on things after I sleep, because when the scientific stuff starts, that will be hard to stay awake for.  I don't stay interested in what I do not understand. 

[wreck]

Come on................... no matter how bad a upbringing you had (including sexual abuse, torture, waterboarding etc.) you have no excuse to murder your own child or even covering up for an accident, the abuser, or your own shortcomings. I just don't get where the Defense is trying to go. It's just frickin' nuts.

Do you think this is why they dropped the docs a few weeks ago?  Maybe the docs weren't willing to go along with this defense.  I really think that the pros will be ready to shoot holes in this swiss cheese defense.

Of course they will! Like I said earlier -- the Defense team is doing Casey no favors.

give me a break! I was sexualy abused by my stepfather at a young age!! seen him shot  standing next to me by LE in self defense. I was so traumatized as a child and  teenager. I was so quiet in school if anyone talked to me I would cry and break out in hives!!
I had four kids and never once contemplated hurting any of them. I call baez on his b.s  

I'm so sorry, loca. I think most abused kids are far more likely to be 180 degrees different than their parents

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[flutter1]

It is very late for me, but I can't seem to get my mind to quit whirring...The opening day of this trial has been something that I have looked forward to for three years.  I loved the prosecutions opening statement and was prepared for the typical Bozo bumble.  I wasn't surprised by the throwing of everyone except Mother Theresa under the bus, but something is burning a hole in my heart.

Yes, i know in his vain attempt to justify the actions of his client he had to give some mitigating factors, and I was fully expecting the sexual abuse aspect to come in.  But for the love of God, why was it worded the way he chose to do so.  Such a vile, disgusting statement that I won't repeat it  here.  Why did he have to be so graphic, to create shock in the minds of the jurors -- how did that help to prove KC innocent?  Why be so explicit that he had everyone disgusted by the visual image?  Sexual abuse is a horrible thing, but why did he make the audience an unwitting participant in his sensationalized attempt to cast his client as a victim.

Lawyer are suppose to be wordsmiths; why did he create such a graphic, if not pornographic, image.  I don't understand and can't believe that the jury felt anything other than disgust -- not toward George Anthony, but for Baez who was more interested in getting the jury's interest at the expense the memory of a murdered child.  Prurient images are only intended to inflame and exploit the emotions of the jurors. 

I deplore what Baez did today.  I feel that not only I was needlessly verbally assaulted, but that Caylee's memory was also sullied and soiled unnecessarily.  What will many remember about the opening of this trial?  Not that it was about a murdered two year old, but that it was the case in which a defense lawyer described oral sex as an excuse for the crime.  I am sorry, sweet Caylee, that you again have been victimized.   

[lilsaa]

Remember when George said he would do anything to help Casey even lie on the stand? My thoughts on that is he kind of made a deal with bozo that he would help them create doubt. Then they wanted to keep Cindy and George out of the court room for the trail and when that didn't work I think the defense was holding their breath that George would just fall in line and help them out. To me when George got on the stand today Casey looked totally in shock that George denied everything. Then her expressions turned to being pissed. They are playing a very dangerous game here and I really hope it all blows up in their faces. I just worry who else they are going to try to tarnish and how many lives will be destroyed before this is over.

Linda and Jeff rocked today! 

I brought this up earlier and I agree with you 100%- I felt sick with Baez's opening statement and I remembered the same thing regarding George's testimoy from the pre-trial testimony where he was asked several times if he would do anything for Casey. I thought that he would plead the 5th when he got on the stand and was surprised that he denied it all.

[flutter1]

Come on................... no matter how bad a upbringing you had (including sexual abuse, torture, waterboarding etc.) you have no excuse to murder your own child or even covering up for an accident, the abuser, or your own shortcomings. I just don't get where the Defense is trying to go. It's just frickin' nuts.

Do you think this is why they dropped the docs a few weeks ago?  Maybe the docs weren't willing to go along with this defense.  I really think that the pros will be ready to shoot holes in this swiss cheese defense.

Of course they will! Like I said earlier -- the Defense team is doing Casey no favors.

give me a break! I was sexualy abused by my stepfather at a young age!! seen him shot  standing next to me by LE in self defense. I was so traumatized as a child and  teenager. I was so quiet in school if anyone talked to me I would cry and break out in hives!!
I had four kids and never once contemplated hurting any of them. I call baez on his b.s  

((((((hugs))))))

[Shell]

I have to go, I'm seeing my mom in the nursing home early tomorrow...but I just had to say thank you to all the monkeys for the wonderful commentary, pics, and the fellowship...our true bond is Caylee's Justice...Today's revelations have been bizarre to the nth degree...but I still believe that right shall prevail.
Good night, sleep tight, don't let the Baez bite...

Bump
 ::justice2NJ::

[cubbeegirl]

I am happy that George did the right thing today (so far) Now am anxious to see what the remaining Anthonys will have to say.
I so wish I did not have to work tomorrow. I just downloaded the Skyfire app for my iphone....

Wreck...where did you go to find the trial? TYIA

[wreck]

It is very late for me, but I can't seem to get my mind to quit whirring...The opening day of this trial has been something that I have looked forward to for three years.  I loved the prosecutions opening statement and was prepared for the typical Bozo bumble.  I wasn't surprised by the throwing of everyone except Mother Theresa under the bus, but something is burning a hole in my heart.

Yes, i know in his vain attempt to justify the actions of his client he had to give some mitigating factors, and I was fully expecting the sexual abuse aspect to come in.  But for the love of God, why was it worded the way he chose to do so.  Such a vile, disgusting statement that I won't repeat it  here.  Why did he have to be so graphic, to create shock in the minds of the jurors -- how did that help to prove KC innocent?  Why be so explicit that he had everyone disgusted by the visual image?  Sexual abuse is a horrible thing, but why did he make the audience an unwitting participant in his sensationalized attempt to cast his client as a victim.

Lawyer are suppose to be wordsmiths; why did he create such a graphic, if not pornographic, image.  I don't understand and can't believe that the jury felt anything other than disgust -- not toward George Anthony, but for Baez who was more interested in getting the jury's interest at the expense the memory of a murdered child.  Prurient images are only intended to inflame and exploit the emotions of the jurors. 

I deplore what Baez did today.  I feel that not only I was needlessly verbally assaulted, but that Caylee's memory was also sullied and soiled unnecessarily.  What will many remember about the opening of this trial?  Not that it was about a murdered two year old, but that it was the case in which a defense lawyer described oral sex as an excuse for the crime.  I am sorry, sweet Caylee, that you again have been victimized.   

Yes, it was deplorable. As much as we have made light of "farmville woman" on the jury -- I feel that woman was just plain mortified. Just reprehensible.

[Northern Rose]

watching NG. Lippman is saying the Rosebuds knew this was coming for about 6 weeks but did not know the extent that Bobo was going to until they heard it in court today as  Bobo added things to spice it up.  Lippman called the entire dufense opening a fiction.