Example Of Argumentative Essay On Casey

A Mother’s Instinct

My daughter has always been a bit of a train wreck. George, my husband, and I (DailyMail Reporter) were supportive and accepting even when Casey came home to tell us she was pregnant at the age of nineteen (CNN Library). I overheard her telling her close friend on the phone that she was going to give the baby away for adoption (Fanning 86), but I refused to let her. This baby was going to be my second chance at raising my child. All I wanted was a grandbaby to spoil and help to make better decisions than Casey had.

We never learned the identity of the father (CNN staff), but George and I always speculated she didn’t know either. Casey gave birth to a healthy baby girl August 9, 2005 and named her Caylee Marie Anthony (CNN

At this point George decided Casey needed a strong lawyer and hired Jose Baez as her defense attorney (State vs. Casey). Caylee had been missing for six months and there was no doubt in my mind it was Casey’s fault. Even though I assumed our granddaughter was no longer alive, the news of Caylee’s body being located hit me like a ton of bricks. Behind Casey’s trailer police had located a black trash bag buried in a shallow grave with a child's body (Diane Fanning). There was duct tape on the skull and the detectives told us she was most likely suffocated (Fanning 315). December 19, 2008 authorities announced the body was Caylee’s (CNN). We were miserable. Casey could barely grieve, crying with her hand held on the plexiglass plate between us in the jail’s visiting center. How could you believe your own daughter would do such a thing when she’s crying right in front of you? But why would she wait so long to report her missing (Fanning 315) if she didn’t have anything to

June 2010, prosecutors announced they would be seeking the death penalty (Fanning 233) after learning Casey had researched how to make chloroform and strangulation before Caylee's estimated time of death (ABC News) . Any direction I turned, all we heard was Casey Anthony. Her name had become a dirty word. “Murderer” and “psychopath” were always close to follow her name in a conversation or on the news. The lawyers told us they had to go four counties over to find an unbiased jury due to the mass publicity (Crime Museum) and even then everyone had heard of Casey and the undeniable evidence that she did it.

I cried while I picked out a professional outfit for Casey to wear to her trial. Everything I saw reminded me of Caylee. A peach collared blouse and black dress pants were some of the few non provocative clothing Casey owned. Jose Baez wanted her to look like a humble mother that had just lost a