What is a "presumption of innocence" ?

Question

i don't know whether Casey Anthony murdered her baby or not. Nobody does. Her behaviour & her actions consequent to her baby being missing are questionable to put it lightly. i found this really interesting...what do you think?

Casey's Lawyer Reacts To Arrest

Casey Anthony's attorney, Jose Baez, spoke exclusively with News 13, saying the latest arrest is an attempt to make Casey look bad.

"It's frustrating, and it's scary that the government would throw out all the rules, ignore the Constitution, flex their power whenever they decide to and try to endanger the presumption of innocence," Baez told News 13. "This was all about trying to show that she is a bad person, and not about trying to find Caylee. You had the officers, who are homicide detectives, over here arresting her for an economics crime. People are smarter than that. People aren't as stupid as law enforcement thinks they are, with their leaks and their little shows. We need to get them focused on finding Caylee, not on creating little spectacles like this."

Baez said he does not plan to defend Casey any differently than he was before the latest arrest.

"We plan on putting up quite a fight," Baez told News 13. "There are compelling reasons for her actions, but I'm not going to be bullied into displaying -- into showing my hand, because they decide to put on a little spectacle. I'm going to do it in a courtroom, in a dignified manner, and not in front of the cameras like they did."

Answer 1

I don't know the whole story. But I do know this. I don't care. If my baby was missing, it would not be a mth, or week, not even a minute until I was yelling, screaming and getting some help to find my child. She is full of it. As is her mom. My kids and grand kids are my life. No EXCUSES. The only persons that I love more than my kids is Jehovah God, and Jesus. So, yes it ticks me off to know that she would or could not love her baby. But, she's not the only one. So many a day go unnoticed. Starved, murdered, abused, even sold. No one cares. Look at this system though. Not shocking, yet still very heart wrenching.  

Answer 2

Sounds like her lawyer is whining to me.

Casey Anthony really doesn't deserve any consideration or be arrested in a dignified manner. She is a POS. I hope last night will put pressure on her but this girl seems hard to break. I guess that is a classic sign of a sociopath though. DNA suggests Caylee is no longer alive :-(

Answer 3

Presumption of innocence means you are innocent until proven guilty.

Answer 4

There comes a time to face the fact that most are guilty of the crimes they are accused of. This one certainly is.  

Answer 5

Casey did not report her child missing for WEEKS.

The child may be dead or alive, nobody knows.

Casey may be bad, mad or misunderstood, right now who knows?

But nobody knows where Caylee is and the fact remains that Casey was the last to see her. She has told lie after proven lie to the police.

Any presumption of innocence is seriously undermined by Casey´s behaviour.

Poor Caylee deserved a better parent than this.

Answer 6

it means that people are supposed to not decide of a persons guilt by speculation.

but in this case it is not mere speculation.based on the evidence already known about and Casey Anthony's constant lies and failure to help at,not reporting anything to police or telling any family or friends of Caylees so called disappearance??/ which if the child died at her hands she was just happy to be free of her and of course would tell no one.why should she pay for this ?? she has never taken responsibility for anything her whole life??

and her own Mom lying and saying what a wonderful mom Casey was when in fact she had been the real mother figure to this child not her daughter.she provided for,cared for and loved her,not Casey!!!

Casey also hated that her family loved Caylee more than they loved her! she was also jealous that her daughter was so pretty because she is not,she is just rather plain and dowdy actually!! her daughter would have been a beautiful girl and Casey could never compete with that!!

Answer 7

'We know you're guilty,but we cannot prove it!'.

When a mother isn't concerned about her child,something is very wrong!

Answer 8

Yet another mother neglecting her parental responsibilities and lied and deceived the police.

Sound familiar?

||edit|| Where did I mention reporting to the police weeks later. I said, "Yet another mother neglecting her parental responsibilities and lied and deceived the police.

Sound familiar?"

Answer 9

Casey is the one not "looking for" Caylee.  She is the only one who could know where she or her remains could be.  She is the one who has decided not to talk.  She is the one standing in the way.  I would hate to be her attorney. or her family for that matter.  Why should strangers be more concerned about "finding her" than her own mother?  Her attorney said it from the get go, when asked what they would be doing as soon as she got out on bond... they would be preparing Casey's case.  Now he's all "nobody is looking for this precious child." He is Casey's defense attorny, who is defending Caylee?