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<blockquote data-quote="HaoZi" data-source="post: 432466"><p>Here's what I think the defense is thinking:</p><p></p><p>They won't have Casey plea out and accept guilt for a life sentence, because the prosecution is basing a lot on circumstantial evidence. However, they also know that the jurors are going to look at everything and say she's guilty of <em>something</em> here, even if they can't put it all on her beyond a reasonable doubt. </p><p></p><p>What the prosecution does is toss a ton of charges out there, from premeditated murder to manslaughter, with illegal disposal of a corpse, interference in an investigation, etc etc etc. What this does is gives the jury options - they don't have to say "No, we can't prove she planned it, and because of that we have to say she's innocent." So they go to next charge down, in Florida that's second degree murder, which covers a lot of territory, but the gist would be guilty of murder without being able to prove prior planning. Next down is third degree murder/manslaughter, which is basically "Oops, I didn't intend to kill them, but that was the outcome." </p><p></p><p>First degree comes with the option of the death penalty in Florida. Not all jurors are willing to give that, or even willing to take that chance. These are the ones that may believe she's guilty of it, but won't convict her because of the death penalty. They'll go for option two, second degree, which is a life sentence. This is based on what they feel is proven in court. If they don't feel that she intended to kill Kaylee but that she did do it, they have option three. All of these options come with the additional charges available to tack on extra time to the sentence, concurrent or consecutive, which can still end up being pretty close to life sentence if found guilty on the extra charges and they're tacked on consecutively. </p><p></p><p>Complicated, eh?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HaoZi, post: 432466"] Here's what I think the defense is thinking: They won't have Casey plea out and accept guilt for a life sentence, because the prosecution is basing a lot on circumstantial evidence. However, they also know that the jurors are going to look at everything and say she's guilty of [I]something[/I] here, even if they can't put it all on her beyond a reasonable doubt. What the prosecution does is toss a ton of charges out there, from premeditated murder to manslaughter, with illegal disposal of a corpse, interference in an investigation, etc etc etc. What this does is gives the jury options - they don't have to say "No, we can't prove she planned it, and because of that we have to say she's innocent." So they go to next charge down, in Florida that's second degree murder, which covers a lot of territory, but the gist would be guilty of murder without being able to prove prior planning. Next down is third degree murder/manslaughter, which is basically "Oops, I didn't intend to kill them, but that was the outcome." First degree comes with the option of the death penalty in Florida. Not all jurors are willing to give that, or even willing to take that chance. These are the ones that may believe she's guilty of it, but won't convict her because of the death penalty. They'll go for option two, second degree, which is a life sentence. This is based on what they feel is proven in court. If they don't feel that she intended to kill Kaylee but that she did do it, they have option three. All of these options come with the additional charges available to tack on extra time to the sentence, concurrent or consecutive, which can still end up being pretty close to life sentence if found guilty on the extra charges and they're tacked on consecutively. Complicated, eh? [/QUOTE]
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