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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]After the Casey Anthony NG verdict, nothing surprises me.  I do hope he is convicted of something.  [/quote]

Anthony walked because she was overcharged based on the evidence they had. Had they tried her for lesser charges she could have been convicted.[/quote]

She was tried on lesser charges, and was convicted on four of the lesser ones (for lying to investigators). Two were later overturned on the argument that they were related to the same interviews as the other two, basically. She was found not guilty of: first degree murder, aggravated manslaughter, and aggravated child abuse.

The investigation missed a crucial piece of evidence that likely would have been very convincing at trial. Not having that evidence really weakened the prosecutor’s case with respect to “how” it happened. Most likely in 2020 the digital forensics would have yielded a much better case. The last 10-15 years that has come a long way especially with the amount of GPS tracking that people have on their person and don’t fully understand.

Jury was also sequestered for weeks.

To bring it back to the Chauvin trial, I don’t think the same conditions exist. There is a lot of video evidence about “how” it happened, and while there might have been some things here and there that were missed in the investigation and/or the prosecution arguments, I think they ended up being incidental rather than crucial. The jury will only be sequestered during deliberations (so if they don’t reach a verdict by 7pm tonight).

If they reach a verdict that late the judge has already indicated that it would be read tomorrow, and that there will be a 2-3 hour delay in between notification of the verdict and the public reading.

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