The case that I chose is a pretty high-profile case, Casey Marie Anthony. Mrs. Anthony is on trial for first degree murder, aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter of a child, and four counts of providing false information to law enforcement. I have been learning about Post-Partum psychosis in my Psychology class that I am currently taking. Post-partum psychosis is a period of time that the mother gets depressed to the point she hurts herself or child, and sometimes resulting in death. Sadly, Mrs. Anthony was a part of the small percentage of mothers effected by this. In result, she killed her daughter Kailey.
In the beginning of the trial, I found it very interesting that the judge was the one to read to the jury. The opening of the
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"Kailey was wearing a pink shirt, jean shorts, sunglasses, and a backpack. Jojo, George Anthony, kissed his granddaughter goodbye and never saw her again. In fact, no one but Casey Anthony ever saw Kailey Marie Anthony ever again" (Casey Anthony Trial). When the prosecutor said this in the courtroom, Casey began to shake her head and wipe the tears rolling down her face. The judge showed no emotion and it did not show the jury; meanwhile Casey continued to cry while her defense team comforted her. The camera stayed on Casey while she cried, I believe this was on purpose, so we could see what the jury could see. I believe that hearing about these events obviously upset her, but it's unclear to me whether she is upset about the situation is in or if she is upset about what she did. Considering they are going to trail, I think she is upset with her situation. Casey has not looked up but continues to look straight down to her feet with the occasional head …show more content…
She is standing with her hands folded behind her back and chin up. She is telling a story as if she was there and I can see that she is very confident in what she is saying, while also rising question and leaving open ends that is getting the jury to think about what is going on. Casey continues to shake her head when the prosecutor is stating facts that are leading to be against her. The judge is looking around the room and folding his hands. Casey has one of the greatest death glares I have ever seen on her