Casey Anthony Case Study

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What makes someone guilty of murder? There are different types of murder in the world. You can still be labeled for murder even if you are not physically the cause of it. In this case, Casey Anthony was brought up on charges of murder for her daughter. She may have been found not guilty, but does that still exclude her from being labeled for murder. In the Casey Anthony case, she says that her daughter drowned in a pool because of her lack of attention towards her daughter. So was the jury accurate in their decision of saying she was not guilty? The trial had begun on May 10, 2011 three years after two-year-old Caylee Anthony had been reported missing. After a few months of investigation, investigators had found Caylee’s skeletal remains …show more content…

According to CNN, “She also got a tattoo saying "Bella Vita" -- Italian for "beautiful life" -- and went shopping, witnesses said. She also partied at Orlando nightclubs and participated in a "hot body" contest at one point, according to testimony” (Haynes 3). Casey Anthony seems to not even grieve for her child. Her tattoo, “Bella Vita,” which means “beautiful life” seems to be pertaining to her life without her child around. Her actions resemble someone who seems to have no care or worries. Her actions are similar to her feeling free again and not being caged in with her child. By her feeling free she displays no type of emotion or actions of a grieving mother or a lost child. Is Casey Anthony still an innocent mother who did not know her daughter was …show more content…

She first said that Caylee was with a nanny, named Zenaida Gonzalez. She then said that Caylee had drowned in a pool and her father George Anthony had covered up the evidence for her. But somehow after all these excuses, George had sexually abused her at the age of eight and that is why she acted the way she did for thirty-one days while Caylee was missing. But how does this excuse her for not reporting Caylee missing? No matter if she was sexually abused as a child or not, she should have still reported Caylee missing within twenty-four hours of her disappearance. If Caylee was with the “nanny,” why did Casey not check up on the nanny every couple of hours wondering how her daughter is doing? Is Casey Anthony still really innocent with all this evidence thrown at