The Great Debate: Casey Anonthy

Here's a quiz: Which names do you recognize?

Aja. N'Kiah. Tatianna. Brittany. Caylee.

All five girls had mothers who were charged with murder in their deaths. Yet it's likely that few people remember sisters Aja Fogle, 5; N'Kiah Fogle, 6; Tatianna Jacks, 11; and Brittany Jacks, 16. In 2008, when their decaying bodies were found in their mother's Washington rowhouse, their deaths weren't the subject of debate on national news programs.

The contrast to the story of 2-year-old Caylee Anthony, who also died in 2008, and whose face has graced numerous magazine pages and prime-time television specials, could not be more stark.

Banita Jacks, now 36, was convicted of her daughters' murders and sentenced to 120 years in prison. Casey Anthony, 25, charged with Caylee's slaying, was acquitted last week of the murder charge by a Florida jury; she will spend a handful of additional days in prison for lying to the police and is scheduled to be released Sunday.

A Google search revealed about 26,000 hits for stories mentioning Jacks, vs. more than 73 million hits, and growing, for Anthony.

How is it that the tragic death of one little girl could attract so much more attention than the tragic deaths of four sisters?

The easy answer is that the disparity in coverage is about race and class. Media critics argue that if Caylee had been black, she would never have received as much attention. There were indeed sharp contrasts: Caylee, white, from a middle-income home in suburban Orlando, in the shadow of Disney World; the Jacks sisters, black, from a lower-income neighborhood besieged by drugs and crime, just blocks from the Capitol.

Those differences may have played a part, but there were other reasons that Caylee became a household name and the sisters did not. The way the Anthony case unfolded in the courts, and especially the way the state of Florida handled the prosecution, has much to do with the outcry now in the court of public opinion.

I think many of my fellow FFXIAH-ers fail to understand the facts of the case.
If Casey didn't do it then who did? If your responses are limited to someone somewhere could have kidnapped her when no one was looking then your doubts are UN-reasonable.

Missing white woman syndrome (MWWS) or missing pretty girl syndrome is a vernacular term for the disproportionately greater degree of coverage in television, radio, newspaper and magazine reporting of a misfortune, most often a missing person case, involving a young, attractive, white, upper-middle class woman or girl.[1] This degree of coverage is contrasted with cases concerning a missing male, or missing females of other ethnicities, socioeconomic classes or physical attractiveness.

And in Mexico by that rationale, an innocent women could have been hung because she had the same seran wrap brand in her house.

So let me get your opinion, Who killed Caylee then?

I don't know. I think her mother did.

But I can't prove it.

So why didn't Casey initially tell the authorities that Caylee was missing?

Could be a number of reasons. Maybe cause she's crazy. Maybe she's schizophrenic. Maybe she was too damn scared.

Either way, as much as you want it to be, it's not proof of guilt. It's proof there's something wrong with her, with the situation, but not proof of murder.

The justice system worked how it was supposed to. It is unfortunate that CAYLEE did not get justice, but you cannot convict on circumstantial evidence alone. For every murderer who walks free due to our legal system, thousands of innocent people are no longer wrongly convicted.

If they really think Casey Anthony is guilty, they should just go and kill her. Case closed? Kthx.

Amen. I'm surprised people are still bitching about this. If they really think Casey Anthony is guilty, they should just go and kill her. Case closed? Kthx.

Amen. I'm surprised people are still bitching about this. If they really think Casey Anthony is guilty, they should just go and kill her. Case closed? Kthx.

o.O what?

Eye for an eye leaves everyone blind. =(

Vigilante justice is not the answer either. If you pro-justice system you should be appalled at yourself for even suggesting this.

I believe that was a [sarcasm] moment.

This was 12 people, who collectively decided that there wasn't enough proof.

That should mean a little something.

Yes it does mean something. It means they picked the 12 most HELP I AM TRAPPED IN 2006 PLEASE SEND A TIME MACHINE people in Florida. -.-

I find this part pretty questionable..

If Caylee 'drowned' in a pool why was there traces of Chloroform found? >_>

Honestly, I really hope karma gets this woman for what she has done. I lived in FL when this case happened, and the ***that came out of this woman's mouth was ridiculous.

._. I honestly cannot believe she got away free. /sigh. This makes me lose faith in the justice system. >.<

There wasn't chloroform found. It was a word that was searched on her computer. Do you even know what you're talking about beyond the rantings of Nancy grace?

Yes it does mean something. It means they picked the 12 most HELP I AM TRAPPED IN 2006 PLEASE SEND A TIME MACHINE people in Florida. -.-

Could be a number of reasons. Maybe cause she's crazy. Maybe she's schizophrenic. Maybe she was too damn scared.

i wanna bang her, that is all.