I sit here in my recliner with my laptop, TV remote, and BlackBerry watching HLN cover the Casey Anthony murder trial from Orlando, Florida. The case has been in the news -- local and national -- for the last three years. It's gotten so much coverage that jurors had to be culled from a neighboring county. There were no unbiased people in the Orlando area.
So let me get this right. The prosecution is alluding that Casey Anthony decided she didn't want her daughter anymore so she had her "put to sleep." Caylee Anthony had no choice, and I don't think Casey did either. She was awfully young when she had her daughter, not all that older than being a child herself. She wanted to give Caylee up for adoption when she was born, but her mother Cindy -- a nurse who just couldn't fathom why anyone, especially her daughter, would not want a child -- intimidated Casey into keeping the baby. I hope you're happy, Cindy. If you had let Casey give your grand-daughter up for adoption, she'd probably still be alive.
The defense's argument is almost believable. Children do drown in back yard pools, and when they do it is a tragic accident. (Never mind where were the parents/where was the babysitter? That's a whole 'nother blog entry.) But did Caylee really drown? Or did Casey hold her head under the water until...? Regardless of how Caylee Anthony allegedly drowned, if she drowned at all, first responders like police officers -- George Anthony, for example -- are trained in CPR and could administer CPR to the victim of the drowning until EMTs or paramedics arrived and took over. But still, the idea that a man trained to catch criminals and save lives would even consider helping to cover up a death. I don't care if your daughter drowns your grand-daughter and asks you to help cover it up! There are some things you just don't do!
Mr. Anthony, you have a problem!
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