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Tuesday, July 5, 2011

No justice for Calee Anthony?

"Jury consultant" Susan Constantine, answering on FoxNews Channel whether she was shocked by the acquittal of Casey Anthony, accused of murdering her daughter, Calee:
"Yes,I was really shocked. I think that all of us wanted to have, you know, some justice for Calee."
This was a total acquittal of Casey in the death of Caylee. The jury could have found her not guilty of murder 1 but guilty of a lesser charge, such as child abuse of aggravated manslaughter. They did not. Legally, we do not at this time know who killed Caylee. Her death returns to "unsolved."

Which makes Susan Constantine's expression of dismay all the more silly. Susan said that she expected a guilty verdict. Presumably, as a trial consultant for FNC, Susan has heard to reviewed each day's proceedings and in her mind had concluded that Casey was guilty.

However, what she said in the quote above was that Calee did not receive posthumous justice because an innocent person was not found guilty of her death. Because on the face of it, that's what happened. That being so, how could justice be gained for Calee by finding Casey, who is not guilty of Calee's death, guilty nonetheless?

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Thursday, June 9, 2011

Non-story of the day: troops pay Delta extra baggage fee

OTB:
Earlier this week a group of soldiers who had just returned from Afghanistan were making their way from Baltimore to their base in Louisiana, when they ran into a Delta Airlines baggage policy that said they would have to pay for the five bags per person they were carrying, which including not only personal gear but also equipment.
Read James Joyner's excellent coverage and all the comments. Why is this a non-story? Because every soldier will be reimbursed by the government as usual.

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