Casey Anthony Trial Patricia Saylor Donna Dansey Computer Forensics November 25‚ 2012 Casey Anthony Case There have been many murder trials in the United States which have gripped the nation‚ OJ Simpson‚ BTK‚ Lee Harvey Oswald. But more shocking to the consciousness of America is the story of a child which has been killed. Such would be the case of Caylee Anthony‚ and the trial of Casey Anthony. In this assignment the discussion will focus on this case‚ exposing
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Jury nullification July 28th 2013 CJA/344 Johnny Cotton Jury Nullification Page one Jury Nullification Ethnicity plays a big role in courtroom proceedings as well as judicial practices from all parts of the criminal justice system. It is anywhere from the initial intake of a person to the time the person is sentenced. Everyone involved in the proceeding has to perform certain duties to their highest ability and they have to be fair to everyone that is involved in
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for a crime of murder‚ but the Casey Anthony case was deemed “trial of the century”. According to “Casey Anthony‚” June 15‚ 2008 was when two-year old Caylee Anthony was last seen alive. Casey Anthony‚ Caylee’s mom‚ claims that she dropped her daughter off at the babysitter’s home. When going to pick her up‚ neither the babysitter nor Caylee were anywhere to be found. A month later‚ on July 15‚ 2008‚ Cindy Anthony‚ Casey’s mother‚ called 911 and reported that Casey had told the family that she had
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‘customers’. The court saw this as a form of trafficking and thus charged him afterwards. The jury found it was hard to convict the man because of his good intentions but the judge at trial clearly stated “retire to the jury room to consider what I have said‚ appoint one of yourselves to be your foreperson‚ and then to return to the court with a verdict of guilty.” The judge at trial directed the jury to follow his instructions and to accept the verdict. Justice
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Jury Nullification Paper Joel Amaral University of Phoenix Cultural Diversity in Criminal Justice CJA/344 George Marquez August 14‚ 2014 Jury Nullification Paper Jury nullification is “a jury’s knowing and deliberate rejection of the evidence or refusal to apply the law either because the jury wants to send a message about some social issue that is larger than the case itself or because the result dictated by law is contrary to the jury’s sense of justice‚ morality‚ or fairness” (Keneally‚ 2010‚
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there are a number of law makers and citizens who are against raced based jury nullification. Some black lawmakers have said that since a jury is representative of a community then jurors should have the right to decide which people they will allow to live among them. (Butler‚ 1995) This basically means that jurors exercise their power based on conscience and not based on the facts of the case. This means that black juries would acquit non-violent black defendants even in cases where they were clearly
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The Casey Anthony case was held in Florida which still implemented the Frye Standards/Hearings regarding admissible evidence. Anthony was charged with the murder of her daughter‚ Caylee. As public rage reaches critical majority over Casey Anthony’s release from jail‚ trial observers who agreed with the jury’s verdict say holes in the state’s legal case help explain why she was acquitted in daughter Caylee’s death. It is the first time the smell of a human body had been presented as evidence in court
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Jury Nullification Paper Luis Moreno CJA/334 8/14/2014 In this paper I am going to explain whether ethnicity influences courtroom proceedings and judicial practices‚ and give some examples of ethnicity-based jury nullification‚ a sanctioned doctrine of trial proceedings wherein members of a jury disregard either the evidence presented of the instructions of the judge in order to reach a verdict based upon their own consciences. It espouses the concept that jurors should be the judges of both
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Casey said the last time she has ever seen Caylee was on June 15‚ 2008. She said that she dropped Caylee off at the babysitter’s apartment and when she came back to pick her up and go home both of them were nowhere to be found. Casey said the babysitter’s name was Zenaida Gonzalez and that they met at Universal Studios in 2008. Casey claims that they met through a mutual friend and that they have been friends for a
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The Casey Anthony Trial One of the most controversial and polemic trials of all times since the OJ Simpson trial was the case of Casey Anthony and the murder of her two year old daughter. All the evidences and witness revealed that she was the main suspect in the murder of her daughter; however in 2011 she was found not guilty of this murder due to several different aspects. This paper will inform and provide the reader with detailed information about this case. In addition the reader will find
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