HURRICANE IRMA TARGETED ORLANDO, FL (MOSTLY BLACK POPULATION), JUST AS KATRINA TARGETED NEW ORLEANS (MOSTLY BLACK POPULATION)

HURRICANE IRMA TARGETED ORLANDO, FL (MOSTLY BLACK POPULATION:

JUST AS KATRINA TARGETED NEW ORLEANS (MOSTLY BLACK POPULATION).

THOUSANDS OF BLACK PEOPLE HAD TO EVACUATE FLORIDA.

JUST AS THOUSANDS OF BLACK PEOPLE HAD TO EVACUATE NEW ORLEANS IN 2005 DURING HURRICANE KATRINA.

MANY OF NEW ORLEANS BLACK POPULATION WERE NOT ALLOWED TO MOVE BACK AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA.


Sources: AP, Orlando Sentinel, NY Times, Washington Post


****** Hurricane Irma leaves trail of downed trees, high water, power outages in Florida


Hurricane Irma battered the Florida Keys and South Florida, swiped the Tampa area and unexpectedly targeted Orlando at the last moment late Sunday, bringing hours of rain and strong winds that left about 6.5 million homes and businesses without power and 200,000 people in shelters.

At least two people were killed during the storm in Orange County. About 900,000 homes and businesses were still without power Monday night in five Central Florida counties, and residents came outside after hours indoors to find downed trees blocking streets and damaging homes and cars.

And about 4 a.m. Monday, a lake in west Orange County’s Orlo Vista neighborhood overflowed leading to flooding. Orange County firefighters and members of the National Guard pulled more than 200 people from 500 homes and took them to local shelters.

“How are we going to survive from here?” asked Gwen Bush, a resident who walked through thigh-deep floodwaters. “What's going to happen now? I just don't know.”

No injuries were reported in the neighborhood.

In South Florida, Gov. Rick Scott said he saw boats washed ashore and flood damage when he flew over the Florida Keys Monday. He did not know whether there were casualties, but said he hoped everyone who did not evacuate survived the storm.

“The Keys right now,” Scott said, “not having water, not having sewer, not having electricity, I mean, how can you live there?”
“Marathon was completely underwater,” said state Rep. Holly Raschein, R-Key Largo. “Cudjoe Key took a direct hit; we’re still having problems communicating there. Flooding on Big Pine.

It’s pretty widespread. The good thing is a lot of people did evacuate, so we’re seeing a bad situation that could have been worse.”

Tampa and St. Petersburg were spared the damage some meteorologists feared when the storm did not hug the state’s gulf coast, and instead headed closer inland.

The National Weather Service recorded maximum wind gusts of 79 mph at Orlando International Airport, and gusts of 83 mph in Cocoa Beach.

The higher winds brought damage to Central Florida.
Edgardo Plaza, 53, looked out from the seawall where his sailboat was docked at SunDance Marine in Palm Shores, Brevard County. He could see only the mast and ropes dangling. The ocean had buried the rest of the vessel.

"I checked on it last night, and it seemed fine," he said perched atop wood and metal debris along the harbor. "I can't believe it."
The damage was only an ounce of what Brevard County saw during Hurricane Irma, which left many without electricity and nearly half of the county’s 579,000 residents without running water.

About 80 percent of Polk County was without power, including shelters. Polk County officials warned drivers of potentially dangerous downed power lines.

In nearby Lake County, firefighters in Clermont rescued a 23-year-old man who was crushed in bed when a tree fell through his roof, police Sgt. Malcolm Draper said. During a lull in the storm at 1:45 a.m., when sustained winds were higher than 50 mph and gusting to 90 mph, firefighters hurried to the home and lifted the tree from the man.

Fire Chief Carle Bishop drove the man to South Lake Hospital, where authorities quickly realized he needed surgery but no doctor was available. Police officers went to a doctor’s home and drove him to the hospital, where the man successfully underwent surgery for internal injuries. He is in stable condition, Draper said.

More than 30 people were rescued in Volusia County during Hurricane Irma on Sunday night and Monday morning.

Volusia County Manager Jim Dinneen said the west side of the county and Beach Street in Daytona Beach sustained the most damage, particularly downed trees.

“In the end, if we all work together we can all guarantee a safe return to normalcy,” he said.

The biggest hurdle will be restoring power, he said. More than 220,000 customers in Volusia County were without power as of Monday afternoon, according to Florida Emergency Management.

As the day went on and winds quieted, people across Central Florida tried to return to normal. Against advice, some left their homes — 24 people were arrested on charges of curfew violations in Orange County , including three on burglary charges. Others just got out of the house — a person in an inflatable T-Rex costume and black flip-flops found a tree blocking an Orlando road and climbed onto it as people nearby filmed with their cell phones.

Schools are still closed Tuesday. Most curfews were lifted by Monday afternoon, though Mount Dora instituted another one from Monday night to 6 a.m. Tuesday because of a power line down.

Robert and Maria Gonzalez said they looked outside their Kissimmee home overnight in the night and saw flood waters almost up to the front door. The water looked like a lake — and they joked they didn't know they'd gotten a lake house.

"We were thinking, 'Please don't come in,'" Maria Gonzalez said.

The couple and their 10-year-old son had seen images of residents stranded because of flooding in Houston after Hurricane Harvey weeks before. They feared they could end up in the same situation.

Water seeped into their garage on Town & Country Drive, but they found no damage. Water had begun to recede midday Monday, but still not enough they would risk driving their van through it, they said.

Despite curfews and hazardous debris blocking off streets, local highways across counties in Central Florida were used all day Monday. Florida Highway Patrol troopers were pulling over drivers who refused to follow road laws at intersections where traffic lights were still out.

FHP spokeswoman Sgt. Kim Montes said drivers should exercise additional caution until road conditions return to normal, which could take some time.

One fatality in the storm was a car crash: Heidi Zehner, 50, died after losing control of an SUV on State Road 417 Sunday evening as the storm approached. The other, Brian Buwalda, 51, was apparently electrocuted at Leith and Westchester avenues in Winter Park by a downed power line Monday morning.

The University of Central Florida offered to house up to 1,000 National Guard members and 250 of their vehicles on campus as recovery continues, a university spokeswoman said.

Saturday’s UCF football game against Georgia Tech was canceled Monday.

In Seminole County, the driver of a van accidentally drove head first into a sinkhole that opened in the parking lot of the Astor Park apartments off Tuskawilla Road near Red Bug Road.

The driver, who was not injured, was pulled out of the vehicle from the back window of the van by a resident Good Samaritan.
Jeff Lane was out walking his dog on Monday morning in his neighborhood near Aloma Avenue and SR 417.

Overnight, a wind gust tore his kitchen skylight open.

"I threw some blankets down and grabbed a storage crate to catch the water," he said. "It's not too bad."
He said the sound of the storm reminded him of Charley in 2004.

"We were without power for three weeks after Charley," he said. "Hopefully it won't be that long."

OBAMA VISITS FAMILIES OF ORLANDO PULSE CLUB VICTIMS (GUN CONTROL)

#prayfororlando

PRAY FOR ORLANDO:

PRES OBAMA PERSONALLY VISITS FAMILIES OF PULSE CLUB VICTIMS.

THIS TRAGEDY SHOULD COMPEL CONGRESS TO CONSIDER ENACTING SOME FORM OF GUN CONTROL.

PASSING CRIMINAL & MENTAL HEALTH BACKGROUND CHECKS DOESN'T GUARANTEE PEOPLE WILL USE GUNS RESPONSIBLY.

Sources: ABC News, NY Times, YouTube

****** President Obama Visiting With Families and Victims in Orlando

President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are now in Orlando meeting with the families of victims and first responders there, after the worst mass shooting in U.S. history and the deadliest attack in the United States since 9/11.

A gunman killed 49 people in Sunday’s early morning massacre, and the president is offering his condolences to the victims’ families. It's his 10th visit to a community victimized by a mass shooting during his presidency.

Despite the political differences between the two, Obama was joined on Air Force One by Sen. Marco Rubio R-Fla., for the trip to the senator’s home state amid their calls for unity and solidarity.

Upon arriving in Orlando, Obama and Biden met with law enforcement officials and first responders to the Pulse nightclub, they then stopped at the Orlando Amway Center in downtown Orlando to meet with survivors and victims' families.

At Wednesday’s White House briefing, Josh Earnest said that “the profound sense of survivor’s guilt that some people are expressing is painful just to read, and I think it is important for the president of the United States, on behalf of the country, to show his support for these families and for these individuals.”

Earnest spoke about the emotional toll of these events on Obama, who has frequently traveled to the affected areas after catastrophes and attacks. “It would be impossible for him to not be personally affected by these kinds of conversations and these kinds of interactions," he said. "I think the president in the past has indicated that he draws on his faith as he considers fulfilling these kinds of responsibilities."

Obama was greeted upon arrival in Orlando by the state's Republican Gov. Rick Scott, a supporter of GOP presumptive nominee Donald Trump.

Scott complained in recent days that the president has not directly called him, even after he reportedly received calls from Trump and former President George W. Bush.

GUN CONTROL LEGISLATION TALKS RESURFACE AFTER ORLANDO MASS SHOOTING

GUN CONTROL LEGISLATION TALKS RESURFACE AFTER ORLANDO MASS SHOOTING:

ATLANTA, CHICAGO & ORLANDO NEED GUN CONTROL  & ARMED WEAPON LOCKDOWN IMMEDIATELY.

Sources:  CBS News, France24 English, YouTube

Cries for Federal Gun Control legislation have quickly resurfaced after the recent mass shooting event in Orlando, Florida at a Gay nightclub.

Of course whenever there is talk of Federal Gun Control legislation being enacted, many people go crazy about protecting their 2nd amendment rights.

If Congress and Pres Obama are successful in passing Gun Control legislation only Law Enforcement Authorities, Members of the US Military, and perhaps very Wealthy citizens will be legally allowed to possess and fire Armed Weapons.

Guns don't kill people.

People kill people.

However there is no guarantee that even if someone does in fact pass a Criminal and Mental Health Background Check, they will use an Armed Weapon RESPONSIBLY.

Thus the passage of Federal Gun Control legislation should be discussed more intensely.

Especially in wake of the recent Orlando Mass Shooting event.

I don't know where I currently stand on the issue of enacting Federal Gun Control legislation but it is imperative that Gun Control/ Armed Weapon Lockdown be enforced immediately in the cities of Atlanta, Chicago and Orlando.

I'm just saying. 

****** Jeh Johnson: Gun control is now a matter of homeland security

Just days after the massacre in an Orlando nightclub left 49 people dead and 53 wounded, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Tuesday said that gun control is now a critical element of protecting the U.S. homeland and keeping Americans safe. 

"We have to face the fact that meaningful gun control has to be a part of homeland security," Johnson said in an interview on "CBS This Morning." "We need to do something to minimize the opportunity for terrorists to get a gun in this country." 

On the issue of people on the no-fly list and various other lists being able to purchase a weapon in the U.S., Johnson said, "I believe that that's something that has to be addressed."

Johnson said that President Obama is "frustrated" with the lack of action on preventing gun violence, but he's still "determined."

"I thought frankly after Sandy Hook where you have schoolchildren murdered in a classroom that maybe finally this will be the tipping point and we were not able to move the needle in Congress, unfortunately," Johnson said. 

Efforts to make gun laws stricter have failed in Congress over the last decade. The assault weapons ban, for example, expired in 2004 and lawmakers have not renewed that legislation. Democrats on Capitol Hill have grown increasingly frustrated and on Monday evening, shouted down Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, after a moment of silence, demanding to know why the House isn't considering gun control legislation. 

"At this stage in the investigation, we know of no accomplices," said Johnson, who reiterated that the U.S. intelligence community believes it was not a terrorist-directed attack, but rather terrorist-inspired. 

In order to prevent homegrown terrorist attacks in the future, Johnson said it will require the government and the public to deepen their ties to U.S.-Muslim communities. 

"We're going to continue to build bridges to American-Muslim communities, not vilify them and drive them into the corners and shadows," Johnson said.

FBI Director James Comey said Monday that the agency had interviewed the shooter three times between 2013 and 2014 and he was "thoroughly investigated," but the inquiries were eventually closed. The attack is now raising questions about whether the FBI made any mistakes or did anything wrong in their investigations. 

"I have a lot of confidence in the FBI," Johnson said on CBS.

PULSE GAY NIGHTCLUB MASS SHOOTING vs CHICAGO GANG MASS SHOOTINGS (RACE)

PULSE GAY NIGHTCLUB MASS SHOOTING vs CHICAGO GANG SHOOTINGS

ALL LIVES MATTER.

HUMAN LIFE IS HUMAN LIFE.

Sources:  ABC News, CBS News, Chicago Suntimes, YouTube

Last Saturday night in a Gay nightclub (PULSE) in Orlando, Florida,  more than 50 human beings were Murdered by a member of the terrorist organization ISIL.

The victims were killed during a Mass Shooting event.

ISIL quickly claimed responsibility for this life-stealing event.

Many of the victims killed during Mass Shooting were WHITE.

Meanwhile in the city of Chicago, Illinois, several BLACK boys and Teens are Murdered each day due to Gang Violence Shootings.

Which Murders do you think the mainstream media focuses most on?

All lives matter right??

****** ORLANDO MASS SHOOTING

MAN WHO RECENTLY MOVED FROM CHICAGO TO ORLANDO KILLED IN PULSE SHOOTING

A man who recently moved to Orlando from Chicago is among the victims in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting.

Angel Candelario, 28, who was born in Puerto Rico but moved to Chicago to get an education. He started as a temp but was quickly snapped up to work full time and then promoted, before being sent off on his next - and, it turned out, final - adventure.

"He was always focused on his studies," Candelario's brother Alexi said. "I would ask him, 'Let's go out,' and he would say, 'No, I can't go out because I have to study.'"

"I just can't gather the words to express how much sadness I feel that Angel had to leave like this," says Charles Wesby, an ophthalmic technician and one of Candelario's former coworkers at the Illinois Eye Institute.

He was hired at the Illinois College of Optometry in August of 2014. His first role there was as an assistant in pediatrics. He was then promoted to technician at the Rosenbloom Center.

"Very sad to hear this news, I mean devastated. And then the more you think about it, you get angry as well. You know, how and why could this happen?" says Dr. Dominick Opitz, optometrist at the Illinois Eye Center.

"It's just such a tragic disaster that happened and for me to know, personally, someone who was within that tragedy is just even more difficult to deal with. I mean, all of those lives were lost. Forty-nine lives were lost," Wesby says.

Casey Anthony Is Free But Her Troubles Have Just Begun (Video)

Casey Alleged "Child Murderer" Anthony, Was Released From Jail On July 17th After Serving 3 Years.

How Can She Be A "Child Murderer" If She Was Acquitted By A Jury You Ask?

An Acquittal Doesn't Mean Someone Is Innocent.

It Just Means That A Jury Decided For Whatever Reason To NOT Convict Them Of Murder Or Manslaughter.

In Casey Anthony's Situation Members Of The Jury ONLY Seem To Care About Getting The Trial Over With Quickly As Possible Because They Missed Their Families & To Make Money From Interviews About Her Trial.

Bunch Of Unsympathetic, Greedy Idiots!!

Nevertheless Even Though Casey Was Found "Not Guilty" Via The American Criminal Justice System, She Has In Fact Been Marked By Public Opinion Because Her Daughter's Blood Still Cries Out From The Grave For Vindication.

Before Its All Said & Done With A Life Sentence Is What Casey Anthony Will Wish, Perhaps Beg For.

"Jesus Loves The Little Children.

All The Children Of The World.

Red, Yellow, Black & White; They Are Precious In His Sight".

Jesus Loves The Little Children Of The World."

R.I.P. Caylee

Casey Anthony Released From Jail After Nearly Three Years


Casey Marie Anthony walked out of the Orange County Jail in Florida a free woman early Sunday morning. Anthony's release occurred exactly three years from the day that she made her first court appearance on multiple charges related to the disappearance of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee.

Anthony, dressed in a bright pink polo shirt and jeans, walked out of the jail booking center with her attorney, Jose Baez, at about 12:10 a.m. When she walked out, Anthony mouthed "thank you" to one of the heavily armed guards that escorted her and her attorney to a dark SUV.

An armed contingent of law enforcement officers held back a large crowd that had gathered to watch Anthony's release. Some demonstrators waved placards while others shouted "Killer!" and "We hate you Casey!"

News helicopters briefly followed the SUV and several decoy vehicles as they left the courthouse but they quickly slipped from public view.

According to jail officials, Anthony had $537.68 on her when she was released.

"This release had an unusual amount of security so, therefore, in that sense, it would not be a normal release," Orange County Corrections Department spokesman Allen Moore said. "We have made every effort to not provide any special treatment for her. She's been treated like every other inmate."

Kelly Hall, an Orlando resident who has followed the case since Caylee was reported missing, was at the courthouse for Anthony's release.

"I was hoping to get some closure but after seeing her walk out I found myself more angry," Hall told The Huffington Post. "She had a smug look on her face and it was disgusting. This case has been emotionally damaging and I think it will take a long time for myself and everyone else who has followed it to heal."

There is speculation the SUV that carried Anthony and Baez headed for a local airport, but their destination is not yet known.

Twelve days ago, a jury of seven women and five men -- after hearing 33 days of testimony, 400 pieces of evidence and more than 90 witnesses -- found Anthony not guilty of killing her daughter.

The case against Anthony was mostly circumstantial, but as it unfolded, she was portrayed in the trial as a promiscuous, self-centered woman who became a cold-blooded killer. The motive, prosecutors alleged, was to allow her to live a carefree life without her daughter.

The state's theory was that a desperate Anthony used chloroform to subdue her daughter and then suffocated her with duct tape. Anthony then fabricated fantastic lies to cover up her deeds, the prosecutors said.

According to Baez, Casey Anthony and her father, George Anthony, were at home on June 16, 2008, when they noticed Caylee was missing. They began a frantic search, looking under beds and in the garage. Then George Anthony took the search outside to the above-ground pool, where they found a lifeless Caylee floating in the water, Baez said.

Caylee's remains were found in a wooded area near the Anthony family home in December 2008. The discovery was made roughly five months after she was reported missing.

After one day of deliberations, the jury sided with the defense and found Anthony guilty of four lesser counts of lying to police officers about the disappearance of her child -- lies which had launched one of the largest searches ever for a missing child.

The verdict ignited a cauldron of emotion in the courtroom and around the world. Angry protesters flocked to the courthouse steps, and dozens of death threats were made against Anthony and members of her family.

On July 7, Chief Judge Belvin Perry sentenced Anthony to four years for the misdemeanor counts, but he shortened her term because she had already served more than 1,000 days since being charged with first-degree murder.

Anthony, 25, faced a possible death sentence if she had been convicted of first-degree murder. Her acquittal has ensured that she can never again be tried for her daughter's murder because of the double jeopardy clause in the U.S. Constitution. Prosecutors are also prohibited from appealing her acquittal.

Two civil suits have been filed against Anthony. One was filed by a woman named Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez, who claims Anthony damaged her reputation when, in July 2008, she told police a woman with her name had kidnapped her daughter. The kidnapping was later proven to be a total fabrication, and Gonzalez is now seeking $15,000 in damages.

Texas EquuSearch, the missing person search and recovery group that searched for Caylee, is also seeking more than $100,000 in a lawsuit to recoup funds it spent on the search efforts.

Anthony still owes investigative and court costs and possibly fees for her murder defense.

According to her attorneys, Anthony is destitute. However, any debt she acquires as a result of her cases will likely be recouped by the money she can earn now that she has been acquitted. It's no secret that Anthony stands to make a fortune from film and book rights, and the deals are already coming in. Last week, an independent TV production company offered her $1 million for an interview.

Will Anthony attempt to cash in on her acquittal? No one knows yet. It also remains unclear where she will stay. Her parents, George and Cindy Anthony, have declined multiple requests for comment, but a source close to the family has told The Huffington Post they have made arrangements for her to stay with an aunt in Texas.

The death of Caylee is a mystery and likely will remain so for eternity. Her mother, however, has freedom.


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Sources: AOL, Change.org, CNN, Huffington Post, Wall Street Journal, Google Maps

Jose Baez Overcame Many Obstacles To Practice Law & Defend Casey

 



 



A Sordid Cast Around Casey Anthony

AS a reflection of the criminal justice system, the not guilty verdict for Casey Anthony — who in all likelihood bore responsibility for her 2-year-old daughter’s death, but will never pay for that particular crime — was reassuring. Juries are supposed to presume the innocence of even the vilest defendants. Evidence must outweigh emotion. And in the end there simply wasn’t enough lucid, specific proof that Anthony had murdered her little girl.

But as a mirror of people’s opportunism, avarice, hypocrisy and hysterics, the case was galling. In the Anthony trial a system that worked almost too well met a cast of characters almost too bad to be believed, and that’s true not merely, or even mainly, of the Anthonys. It applies just as much to the rogues’ gallery around them.

Take Cheney Mason, the avuncular defense lawyer with the Southern drawl and Santa beard. After the verdict, he decided to express his displeasure with reporters and spectators by giving them the finger.

He also berated reporters for their character assassination of Anthony, a harangue that disregarded her conclusively proved absence of character and ignored a distinction that he, as a lawyer, surely recognizes: not guilty doesn’t equal innocent. The verdict spoke to the quality of the forensics, not the culpability of the defendant, and certainly didn’t transform her into a blameless, persecuted saint. She was not randomly singled out by the news media — not even by Nancy Grace, HLN’s virago of vengeance.

To top it all off, Mason lashed out at lawyers who go on TV to prattle authoritatively about cases they are merely observing from afar. This was especially rich, because as ABC News illustrated in a delicious little montage, he had done precisely that, in regard to the Anthony trial, before he joined her defense team.

That team was led by Jose Baez, an even less savory character. Although he may have a lucrative legal future, he does not have a lucrative legal past.

After graduating from law school in 1997, he couldn’t practice law for eight years because, as The Orlando Sentinel detailed in several articles about him, the Florida bar deemed him unfit. He was a deadbeat dad who, by 2004, owed $12,000 in child support. He also defaulted on a student loan and declared bankruptcy at one point.

Justices of the Florida Supreme Court, in a ruling backing the bar’s refusal to admit him, noted that he had exhibited “a total lack of respect for the rights of others and a total lack of respect for the legal system.” Expensive dating services using elaborate algorithms haven’t produced pairings as apt as his with Anthony.

But he was enterprising. Give him that. In an effort to make ends meet while barred from the bar, he turned to swimsuit sales, starting two businesses, Bon Bon Bikinis and Brazilian Bikinis. Both failed.

He was admitted to the bar in 2005, but continued to run afoul of it, The Sentinel reported. The bar received a complaint about a claim on his Web site that, at the Miami-Dade public defender’s office, he had won 32 of 34 jury trials. This boast failed to mention that when those cases were tried, he was not yet a practicing lawyer, but a helper instead. It has since been expunged from the site.

Rather than answer any of The Sentinel’s questions about that, Baez played the race card, issuing a statement that accused the newspaper of “discrimination against a young, hard-working Hispanic lawyer.” Diversion is his métier. In his opening remarks at Anthony’s trial, he said she had been sexually abused by her father and brother. In his closing remarks, he had to leave that out, because he never did get around to substantiating it.

No wonder he so thoroughly riled Nancy Grace, who doesn’t need any riling. While other commentators, responding fairly enough to what they were seeing and hearing, put their chips on Anthony’s guilt, Grace bet the whole house on it. Crusaded for it. Brooked no alternate outcome. Ever certain, ever merciless, she’d give 25-to-life to an alleged jaywalker based on the testimony of a 99-year-old with cataracts.

After the Anthony verdict, her wrath was biblical: “The devil is dancing.”

She doesn’t serve the cause of victims with such histrionics. She serves the cause of Nancy Grace. And she succeeds only in trivializing everything — and getting ratings. A record 5.2 million viewers turned to HLN on the judgment day. Apparently many of us share her appetite for gross caricatures of good and evil, and come out of this as graceless as she.

And the jurors? How do they come out of it? On the one hand, they commendably wrestled with the distinction between a miserable person and a solid case, according to an interview one of them gave to ABC News. On the other, that juror accepted, as a thanks from the network, a trip to Disney World. Another juror hired an agent of sorts to canvass the networks for the most lucrative dish-for-dough arrangement.

Enough has been said about the sordid dynamics of the Anthonys. They’re pathetic. No verdict changes that or alters the probability that Casey Anthony will have a wretched future.

Beyond July 17 she may not be stuck in jail, but she’ll be stuck with herself, and will serve a kind of life sentence, just as O. J. Simpson has. Although he beat the one big rap, a host of other reckonings — civil litigation, social censure — were still to come. He was as deranged coming out of his trial as he was going in, and that caught up with him. He is currently in a Nevada prison, doing time for armed robbery and kidnapping.

Will it be much different for Anthony, who partied while her daughter was missing, didn’t report the disappearance for a month and then concocted a crazy fiction about an imagined nanny’s abduction of the little girl?

Anthony is already being sued by a woman who happens to share that invented nanny’s name. Already being drawn and quartered on Facebook and Twitter. Already contemplating bodyguards. And already back to vamping. For a court appearance after the verdict, her long hair was once again undone, and she petted it.

I suspect she’ll be tripped up anew by her narcissism, dishonesty and icy heart. They’ll doom her. They just don’t happen to be grounds for a murder conviction.


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Sources: ABC News, CNN, HLN, NY Times, Orlando Sentinel, Youtube, Google Maps

Casey Anthony 's Mostly White Jury Now Talking For Money! (No Justice!)

So Although The Mostly White (10 Whites) Casey Anthony Trial Jurors Amazingly Could NOT Find Enough Evidence To Convict Her For Murdering Caylee, Some Of Them Haven't Wasted Any Time Offering Their Story Interviews For Big Buck$.

How Sad!

What A Disgrace That These 12 Supposedly "Reasonable" Adults Would Allow A Mother Who Killed Her Child To Walk FREE Without Even Convicting Her For 2nd Degree Manslaughter, Are Now Considering Selling To The Highest Bidders, Their Reasons For NOT Holding Casey Anthony Accountable For MURDER!

Some Of The Jurors Were Parents.

However If You Can So Easily Acquit A Child Murderer Versus Using Common Sense & Accepting The Excellent, Intelligent Evidence Presented By Prosecutors, Then I Question What Kind Of Parents Are They To Their Own Children?

You Know I'm Now Beginning To Think That Most Of The Jurors Served Just For Future Monetary Gain.

GOD Help Us!

I Hope NONE Of Those 12 Jurors Are Able To Rest At Night For A Long Time.

And Any Network Or Media Organization Choosing To Pay Them For Interviews Deserves To Experience Lowered Ratings Or Lose Advertising Sponsors!

In The Meantime I Think Court Systems On Both The Federal & State Level, Should Consider Enacting Laws Which Require That Sequestered Jurors For Life Or Death Penalty Cases Receive One Day Of Training Before The Actual Trial Proceedings Begin.

Training On What Reasonable Doubt Is, etc.,

What A Shame!

Great Job Jeff Ashton & Linda Burdick!

The Evidence Was Crystal Clear! It Was The Jury Who Dropped The Ball.




Casey Anthony Juror: Ask Me Anything ... For a Price


One of the jurors in the Casey Anthony trial has decided to go public with his side of the story -- but TMZ has learned, he's not talkin' ... unless the price is right ... and 5-figure offers are already pouring in.

A publicist for the unidentified juror is sending a letter to media outlets, claiming, "Our client -- a married, college-educated, 33-year-old white male with two young children -- is willing to consider granting one or more media interviews so long as the opportunities are paid."

We're told the juror has already received multiple offers from big news operations, including at least one major network. Sources tell us ... the high offers are in the "mid 5-figures."

Paid interviews are a hazy moral territory for obvious reasons -- and the publicist, Rick French, admits, paying for sit-downs is "always a sticky subject and believe me, I understand the delicacy of this type of negotiation."

But French insists ... sticky or not, his client ain't budging -- "He will not entertain any offers that don't include compensation for a myriad of reasons."








NO JUSTICE FOR CAYLEE: We, the jury

The 12 jurors who acquitted Casey Anthony of murder yesterday chose not to speak to reporters and they were not identified by name. To guard against bias, the jury was selected not from where the crime took place, in Orange County, Fla., but in neighboring Pinellas County. They were sequestered in an Orlando hotel for more than five weeks.
Here is what is known about them, their comments from jury selection and the charges and penalties that had to weigh against Anthony.

Juror No. 1
White woman in her 60s, retired, believes in the concept “innocent until proven guilty,” condones the death penalty. “I value life. I also value the criminal justice system as it has evolved.”

Juror No. 2
Black man in his 30s, information technology technician, has 4-year-old daughter and 9-year-old son. Didn’t want to be on the jury. Opposes the death penalty. “God is the one that makes the final judgment.”

Juror No. 3
White woman, 32, single, lives with parents, attending nursing school. Only juror who said she’d never heard of the case. “My ignorance works in my favor at this point.”

Juror No. 4
Black woman, about 40, doesn’t watch the news. Has no opinion on the death penalty.

Juror No. 5
White woman in her 50s or 60s, retired nurse, has son and grandson, has heard about the case but formed no opinion on it. “I guess I believe in the death penalty. I’d have to know a lot of facts before I really considered it.”

Juror No. 6
White man, 33, chef, married with two children. Didn’t want to serve on the jury. Could recommend death sentence. “If the law dictated it, I would be able to follow it.”

Juror No. 7
White woman, 41, divorced, no children. Recalls hearing “something about Universal [Studios, where Anthony falsely claimed she was working] and a baby sitter.” Didn’t want to serve, but said she would because “It’s how I was raised.”

Juror No. 8
White woman in her 50s, service representative for Verizon, heard little about the case, says she has moderate attitude about death penalty.

Juror No. 9
White man, 53, never married, semi-retired, is caregiver to a stroke victim. Supports the death penalty “in the proper situation.”

Juror No. 10
White man, 57, billing representative for Verizon, never married. Remembers hearing about a “young lady accused of killing her child.” Says the death penalty is “a necessary option.”

Juror No. 11
White man in his 30s, teaches physical education and health, said case was talked about in his school’s teachers lounge, with most saying Anthony was guilty. Said voting for the death penalty would be difficult. “I guess I could consider it, but having to make that decision would be very tough for me.”

Juror No. 12
White woman between 35 and 45, married, has two children. Previously worked at day care center. Adamant supporter of the death penalty and eager to serve on Anthony jury. “My kids think I’m a great mom,” she said on her juror questionnaire.


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Casey Anthony's Release Date Changed Amid Death Threats; "Caylee's Law" Proposal

Casey Anthony's Release Date Has Been Pushed Back To July 17.

Why?

Its Not Due To Recalculated Time Served.

Instead Its More Likely Due To The High Number Of Death Threats Being Made Against Her.

I Don't Agree With Anyone Making Death Threats Against Another Human Being.

But What Did She Expect? Hugs & Kisses?

After All She Killed Her Own Innocent 2-Year-Old Daughter!

Casey Anthony May Have Been Acquitted By A Mostly White, Stupid Jury,

However God's Word Does Say That People "Reap What They Sow"!

Shame On The Jury That Allowed Her To Walk Free For Having Committed Such A Heinous Crime!

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Casey Anthony 's release pushed back to July 17

The release date for Casey Anthony has been rescheduled for July 17, not July 13 as originally planned, Florida's Orange County Corrections said in a statement late Thursday.

The new date is a result of "a detailed recalculation of the projected release date," according the statement from Allen Moore, the department's public information officer. The statement gave no details on how the extra days were calculated.

Earlier Thursday, Judge Belvin Perry sentenced Anthony to four years in jail -- one year for each of her four convictions of lying to police -- but with credit for the approximately three years already served and good behavior, leaving her with six days left to serve. The corrections department's recalculation put that remainder at 10 days.

Denying a defense motion to reduce the four counts to a single conviction, Perry gave Anthony the maximum jail time he could by ruling that the four years be served consecutively.

He also fined her $1,000 for each count. Court papers show she is also ordered to pay court costs and fees totalling just over $600.

"I don't know how free she's going to be (but) she's going to be out a cage," defense attorney Cheney Mason told InSession soon after sentencing. "I doubt there's any place in this country that she could walk the streets freely."

Mason said that he fears for Anthony's safety, and that measures are being taken to protect her. She will undoubtedly get counseling going forward, he said, adding that offers to help have poured in from across the country.



"I think she wants to get away from all this and try to find some way to start a life," said Mason.

A jury acquitted Anthony Tuesday on the most serious charges against her, including murder, in the 2008 death of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee, but convicted her on the four misdemeanor counts of lying to police.

When Anthony arrived in the courtroom Thursday, she smiled often as she chatted with her attorneys.

CNN legal expert Jeffrey Toobin said Perry's decision came as a surprise. "Most people convicted of misdemeanors do not get prison time," he said.

The four lies at issue include Anthony lying about whether her daughter was missing; about 2-year-old Caylee being in the custody of a nanny; about having a job at Universal Studios and about having received a phone call from Caylee.

The defense argued Thursday that the multiple charges violate the so-called double jeopardy protections in the Constitution because they all came on the same day, and should be reduced to one conviction. The prosecution argued that Anthony lied at different times on the same date, and that there is no double jeopardy violation.

Perry agreed with the state, and noted that each of Anthony's lies triggered actions by investigators. The jury spoke "loud and clear" in its decision, he said.



In the courtroom Thursday, Cindy Anthony, Casey's mother, watched her daughter walk in and commented to her husband, "Oh my gosh, there she is, she looks so beautiful." Cindy Anthony noted to her husband George that their daughter had let down her hair, after having kept it pulled back throughout the trial. Two HLN producers seated in the courtroom in front of the Anthony parents heard the remarks.

Cindy Anthony also commented that Lee Anthony, Casey's brother, had been strong throughout the experience.

A woman who was in the courtroom later said Cindy Anthony seemed happy and was smiling and looking at Casey, but noted that Casey did not look back at her parents.

Cindy Anthony could face perjury charges for testimony she gave, one of the prosecutors in the murder trial said Wednesday. Cindy Anthony testified that she was responsible for searches about chloroform on the family's home computer, but evidence indicated she was at work at the time.

Prosecutors alleged Casey Anthony used chloroform to render her daughter unconscious and then duct-taped her mouth and nose to suffocate her. They said that she put the child's body in the trunk of her car for a few days before disposing of it. Caylee's skeletal remains were discovered December 11, 2008, by former Orange County meter reader Roy Kronk.

Defense attorneys maintained the child drowned in the Anthony's above-ground pool on June 16, 2008, and that Casey Anthony and her father panicked upon finding her there and covered up the death. George Anthony denied those allegations in his testimony.

Outside the courtroom Thursday, a crowd of protesters holding signs lambasted the jury's decision and the fact that Casey Anthony will be freed.

But some people were there to support Anthony -- including one man wearing a sign asking her to marry him.

Florida officials, meanwhile, are asking that Anthony repay the state for the enormous cost of investigating the case.

In a motion filed Wednesday, the state called for a hearing so it can tally up costs and slap Anthony with the bill.

"The efforts and costs of the investigation were extensive and not immediately available and accordingly, the State of Florida respectfully requests this Court to set a hearing within 60 days to determine total costs," the motion says.

The motion cites a Florida law that allows the state to fine defendants in criminal cases to recoup money spent.

Texas Equusearch, a firm that helped search for Anthony's daughter, also wants its money back.

The company said it used 4,200 searchers and spent $112,000 looking for Caylee in Florida after the girl was reported missing in July 2008, CNN affiliate KTRK reported.

Tim Miller, the head of company, told the affiliate he now believes Caylee was never missing -- and he is contemplating a lawsuit.

"This is the money that really needed to go to families that need us," Miller told the television station.

Additionally, Anthony will also have to deal with a defamation lawsuit from the real Zenaida Gonzalez.

At the time of Caylee's disappearance, Anthony told family members and police that the little girl was with a nanny named Zenaida Fernandez Gonzalez. That is one of Anthony's lying convictions.

Later, Anthony claimed Gonzalez had kidnapped the toddler.

Authorities never found a nanny by that name who cared for Caylee. They did, however, find a woman named Zenaida Fernandez Gonzalez, who denied ever meeting Anthony. Gonzalez then filed the defamation lawsuit.


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"Caylee's Law" Movement Sparked By Casey Anthony's Release! Felony For Lying

Online Petition for 'Caylee's Law' Goes Viral


Many avid followers of the trial of Casey Anthony, the Florida woman accused of murdering her 2-year-old daughter Caylee, were incensed by Tuesday's not-guilty verdict. Unlike most others, though, Michelle Crowder did more than just fume about it.

By dinnertime, Crowder had hopped on the social-action site Change.org and launched a petition, aimed at President Obama and members of Congress, calling for a federal law that would make it a felony for parents to fail to notify police within 24 hours of a child's disappearance or within an hour of a child's death. Casey Anthony waited 30 days before reporting Caylee missing — one of several bizarre behaviors to which many pointed as evidence of Anthony's guilt.

A jury found Anthony not guilty of murder but convicted her of lying to police in the investigation of her daughter's death. Casey initially claimed that Caylee was kidnapped by a nanny, which spurred a nationwide search before the girl's skeletal remains were found in the woods near the Anthony family home six months later.

Within hours on Tuesday, more than 15,000 people had signed on to Crowder's petition, "Create Caylee's Law." The popularity of the petition prompted an e-mail from Change.orgto Crowder, an unemployed mother of two in Durant, Okla. "Every time I refreshed it, I saw more and more people were signing on," says Change.org communications director Brian Purchia. "Late last night, I e-mailed her that this was the fastest-growing petition we've had on the site."

Close to 5,000 people were adding their names each hour, and by early evening Wednesday, the petition had amassed 150,000 names. That puts it well on its way to overtaking the site's previous record of 170,000 supporters who signed on to a campaign to end corrective rape — in which lesbian women are raped to turn them "straight" — in South Africa. That document attracted the attention of the South African government, which has established a task force to address the problem.

Indeed, less than 24 hours after Crowder began her petition, legislators from at least two states, Oklahoma and Florida, expressed their intentions to sponsor bills that would require parents to report missing children swiftly.

On a federal level, however, it's not clear that the proposed statute would be constitutional. The Wall Street Journal's Law Blog reported:

Laurence Tribe, a constitutional law scholar at Harvard, points out that criminal laws usually fall within the realm of state jurisdictions. When Congress does enact them, however, it does so under the Constitution's commerce clause, which applies to cases that significantly impact interstate commerce. Tribe posits that the proposed "Caylee's Law" would fail to meet that test and would not hold up at the federal level.

"This is an understandable reaction to ... a verdict that people feel unsatisfied with, but violating the Constitution would hardly solve the problem," Tribe told the Law Blog. "There is no basis I can see for any congressional power to deal in this broad way with all cases of injury — and perhaps fatal injury — to children."

But Crowder, 30, says she is hopeful her petition will yield fruit. She says she can't know whether Anthony killed Caylee but feels certain that she had something to do with it. Crowder wonders, How could any parent not report her child missing for a month?

After poking around online, Crowder discovered that the failure to report a child missing does not appear to fall under child endangerment, child neglect or obstruction of justice laws. On Facebook, Crowder read a post urging that legislation be put in place. "I saw a bunch of people had agreed, but I thought, Is anyone really going to do anything?" she says.

"I was raised to stand up for what I believe in, and that's what I am doing," says Crowder, whose concern for Caylee and other children like her is made more poignant by the fact that she doesn't have custody of her own two daughters, ages 7 and 10.

Crowders' daughters live with their respective fathers — Crowder was married to one, but not the other — because she says she couldn't afford good divorce attorneys with the wages she earned working in retail and at call centers and fast-food restaurants.

The last she heard, her daughters were somewhere in northern Oklahoma. Crowder lives in the southern part of the state and has no contact with them. "I live my life hoping one day they will find me," says Crowder. Unfortunately, that's more than anyone can say for Caylee Anthony.



Proposed “Caylee’s Law” Generates Virtual Frenzy

More than 98,000 – and counting – people across the country have signed onto a virtual campaign calling for a new federal law that would make it a felony for parents not to alert police of a child’s disappearance.

The online petition, started by an Oklahoman woman less than 24 hours ago on a social change website, comes on the heels of the Casey Anthony trial in which the jury reached a “not guilty” verdict on first-degree murder charges Tuesday. (The jury convicted her on four counts of lying to investigators; she will be sentenced Thursday.)

The petition is the fastest-growing campaign that has ever been hosted on the site and is causing website traffic problems, a spokesman for Change.org told the Law Blog.

It calls for the creation of a new federal statute called “Caylee’s Law” – named after Anthony’s deceased daughter – that would make it a felony for parents not to report the death of a child to law enforcement within an hour of discovering the incident, or within 24 hours in the case of child disappearance.

But some question the constitutionality of such a proposed law. Laurence Tribe, a constitutional law scholar at Harvard, points out that criminal laws usually fall within the realm of state jurisdictions.

When Congress does enact them, however, it does so under the Constitution’s commerce clause, which applies to cases that significantly impact interstate commerce. Tribe posits that the proposed “Caylee’s Law” would fail to meet that test and would not hold up at the federal level.

“This is an understandable reaction to…a verdict that people feel unsatisfied with, but violating the constitution would hardly solve the problem,” Tribe told the Law Blog. “There is no basis I can see for any congressional power to deal in this broad way with all cases of injury – and perhaps fatal injury – to children.”

The proposal stems from details in the Anthony case: Caylee first went missing on June 16, 2008, but her grandmother only notified the police a month later. Trial spectators reacted with anger and disappointment to the jury’s verdict, upset by the prospect that Anthony might soon walk free after spending two and a half years in prison waiting for trial, the AP reports.

In the past hour alone, nearly ten thousand people have signed the virtual petition. Anthony’s lawyer could not be immediately reached for comment.


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Casey Anthony Walks Next Wednesday! Evil Personified!

How Many People Other Than Myself Noticed Casey Anthony's Evil Smirk Today As She Sat In The Courtroom Waiting To Hear Her Release Date?

She Smiled As If To Say To The World:

"Yeah, I Got Caylee Out Of The Way & Now I'm A Free Woman Who's Getting Ready To Make Bank!"

This Attractive, Young Woman Who Looks Innocent But Obviously Has A Cold Heart Is Truly Evil Personified!

Casey Anthony May Walk Free In The Eyes Of Man But NOT In The Eyes Of God!

All The Money She'll Probably Earn From The Death Of Her Murdered Child (She's The Killer!) Won't Do Her A Bit Of Good.

She Will Eventually End Up Like O.J. Simpson. People Like Her Always Get Their Reward At The Hands Of God Almighty!

Wanna Bet Casey Anthony Will Slip Up Again Just Like O.J. Did?

Except This Time She WILL Spend The Rest Of Her Life In Prison Where She Rightfully Belongs.

What A Shame!

Shame On The Jury That Allowed Her To Walk Free For Having Committed Such A Heinous Crime!








Casey Anthony to be released from jail next week


Casey Anthony only has to stay in jail six more days to fulfill the sentence a judge gave her Thursday on convictions for lying to authorities.

Judge Belvin Perry sentenced Anthony to four years in jail -- one year for each of her four convictions of lying to police -- but with credit for the approximately three years already served and good behavior, her release date was set for next Wednesday, July 13, a court spokeswoman said Thursday.

Denying a defense motion to reduce the four counts to a single conviction, Perry gave Anthony the maximum jail time he could by ruling that the four years be served consecutively.

He also fined her $1,000 for each count. Court papers show she is also ordered to pay court costs and fees totalling just over $600.

A jury acquitted Anthony Tuesday on the most serious charges against her, including murder, in the 2008 death of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee, but convicted her on the four misdemeanor counts of lying to police.

When Anthony arrived in the courtroom Thursday, she smiled often as she chatted with her attorneys.

CNN legal expert Jeffrey Toobin said Perry's decision came as a surprise. "Most people convicted of misdemeanors do not get prison time," he said.

The four lies at issue include Anthony lying about whether her daughter was missing; about 2-year-old Caylee being in the custody of a nanny; about having a job at Universal Studios and about having received a phone call from Caylee.

The defense argued Thursday that the multiple charges violate the so-called double jeopardy protections in the Constitution because they all came on the same day, and should be reduced to one conviction. The prosecution argued that Anthony lied at different times on the same date, and that there is no double jeopardy violation.

Perry agreed with the state, and noted that each of Anthony's lies triggered actions by investigators. The jury spoke "loud and clear" in its decision, he said.

In the courtroom Thursday, Cindy Anthony, Casey's mother, watched her daughter walk in and commented to her husband, "Oh my gosh, there she is, she looks so beautiful." Cindy Anthony noted to her husband George that their daughter had let down her hair, after having kept it pulled back throughout the trial. Two HLN producers seated in the courtroom in front of the Anthony parents heard the remarks.

Cindy Anthony also commented that Lee Anthony, Casey's brother, had been strong throughout the experience.

A woman who was in the courtroom later said Cindy Anthony seemed happy and was smiling and looking at Casey, but noted that Casey did not look back at her parents.

Cindy Anthony could face perjury charges for testimony she gave, one of the prosecutors in the murder trial said Wednesday. Cindy Anthony testified that she was responsible for searches about chloroform on the family's home computer, but evidence indicated she was at work at the time.

Prosecutors alleged Casey Anthony used chloroform to render her daughter unconscious and then duct-taped her mouth and nose to suffocate her. They said that she put the child's body in the trunk of her car for a few days before disposing of it. Caylee's skeletal remains were discovered December 11, 2008, by former Orange County meter reader Roy Kronk.

Defense attorneys maintained the child drowned in the Anthony's above-ground pool on June 16, 2008, and that Casey Anthony and her father panicked upon finding her there and covered up the death. George Anthony denied those allegations in his testimony.

Outside the courtroom Thursday, a crowd of protesters holding signs lambasted the jury's decision and the fact that Casey Anthony will be freed.

"Good behavior? There should be no such thing for her," one woman said.

"She's planning her sick novel while her daughter is dead," said another, referring to the fact that Casey Anthony is now free to sell her story and may make large sums of money.

But some people were there to support Anthony -- including one man wearing a sign asking her to marry him.

Florida officials, meanwhile, are asking that Anthony repay the state for the enormous cost of investigating the case.

In a motion filed Wednesday, the state called for a hearing so it can tally up costs and slap Anthony with the bill.

"The efforts and costs of the investigation were extensive and not immediately available and accordingly, the State of Florida respectfully requests this Court to set a hearing within 60 days to determine total costs," the motion says.

The motion cites a Florida law that allows the state to fine defendants in criminal cases to recoup money spent.

Texas Equusearch, a firm that helped search for Anthony's daughter, also wants its money back.

The company said it used 4,200 searchers and spent $112,000 looking for Caylee in Florida after the girl was reported missing in July 2008, CNN affiliate KTRK reported.

Tim Miller, the head of company, told the affiliate he now believes Caylee was never missing -- and he is contemplating a lawsuit.

"This is the money that really needed to go to families that need us," Miller told the television station.

Additionally, Anthony will also have to deal with a defamation lawsuit from the real Zenaida Gonzalez.

At the time of Caylee's disappearance, Anthony told family members and police that the little girl was with a nanny named Zenaida Fernandez Gonzalez. That is one of Anthony's lying convictions.

Later, Anthony claimed Gonzalez had kidnapped the toddler.

Authorities never found a nanny by that name who cared for Caylee. They did, however, find a woman named Zenaida Fernandez Gonzalez, who denied ever meeting Anthony. Gonzalez then filed the defamation lawsuit.


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