Analyzing The Casey Anthony Case - Crime Scene, Theoretical Analysis, Media Effect, And Outcomes In An Essay.

Analyse the given case study and write a report on it.

Casey Anthony Case

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/29/us/casey-anthony-10-years-later/index.html 

Description of the Crime in its Historical Setting

The report will analyse the case of Caylee Anthony whose body has been found and the charges have been made against her mother Casey. Caylee Marie Anthony was an American girl that lives in Orlando, Florida with her mother Casey Marie Anthony and maternal grandparents (Battaglia, 2011). The report will analyse the arguments and defences taken by her mother. The theoretical analysis of the crime scene will be discussed. There are various evidences has come out from the investigation will be discussed. The case when reported it has been highlighted in media. The perception role of media role will be described and the effects on the case outcomes.

The case has been first started when Caylee Anthony grandmother had made a report that her granddaughter Caylee Anthony is missing. Grandmother told to the investigating officers that from 31 days her granddaughter is missing. She also told to the investigating officer on asking te questions with her mother Casey Caylee has been telling different stories about her granddaughter. The investigation was than mainly focused on the Casey. Casey had been found repeatedly lied about the whereabouts about her daughter. Few days later, the decomposed body of her daughter has been found near her house (Sigillo & Sicafuse, 2015). The process of investigation started and various facts has been started to reveal. Caylee Mother who had taken many defences in his favour and had repeatedly changed his statement. Caylee defended herself by stating that she was panic and therefore has changed her facts repeatedly. The investigating officers have also found the smell of the decomposed body in the car of Casey. The case had been highlighted in the media and therefore it has been created the pressure of judgment on the judges (Hare, 2018). Caylee had been accidentally drowned in her grandparent’s pool and she hides the truth because she feared from her father George Anthony. The continues lies has created the problems in the investigation that has created the problems for the case that has been analysed.

The crime scene photo admitted into the evidence shows that there was a wooded area where Caylee Anthony decomposed body had been found. In December 2008 in an investigation, the Caylee body was found that is duct taped corpse near Anthony’s Parents home. It has been identified as a sheer horror and has an idea that the mother has killed her own child. The crime event had been defined by Casey that she and Caylee has been kidnapped by Zenaida Fernanadez Gonzalez that has also been identified as “Zanny”, Caley’s Nanny. However, she has never been seen by her family or her friends, in actual there was no nanny.  Another lie of the Caylee that she has told the police that she worked with Universal Studios that was also been found to be a lie that she is telling to her parents for years (Cloud, 2011).  

The crime event that has taken place can be well understood by the investigation that has been taken by the investigating officer. There are certain misleading information has been given by Casey Anthony in the investigation that has made the investigation more complex. However, the evidence have been found of the decomposed body but it nowhere proves that Casey was killed by her daughter. The crime event has been described by various factors that have been analysed in the case.

Theoretical analysis of a crime event

The case has been highlighted in media as every aspect of the case has been covered by media. Through media, the case has been flooded all over the nation. It has an impact that a ticket has been charged for the trial and there has been a huge line for watching the trial. In accordance with media who have already thinking Caylee had murdered by her mother. The media has created pressure on the process of investigation and mainly on the decision of the Court. The media had changed the presumption of people as created that Casey is liable for the murder of her daughter (Pafundi, 2010).  

The crime event had been investigated by the forensic department. Detective Charity Beasley had investigated the vehicle of Caylee mother. He has photographed the vehicle from outside and inside.  The vehicle from outside was looking clean but when he opened the door of the vehicle he can smell the odour of death. A smell that was coming is not easy to forget in the lifetime. The smell that is coming is of human decomposition that what is identified from the detective from the forensic point of view. The investigating officer has analysed that at some point of time there was a dead body in the car.  It has been further the investigating officer has found the hair inside the car on the trunker’s edge. The dirt residues and some type of fragrance have been found in the vehicle. The hair found is a very tough thing to preserve, locate and to collect. It has been further identified the case but still the evidence that they had not get that can found Caylee mother guilt for killing Caylee (Findlaw, 2018).

The defendants argued their case and defended lies of Caylee by stating that she has told lie in panic. In a whole investigation and evidence presented against Caylee, mother did not proved Caylee guilty of murder. It has been argued that the Court does not provide judgment emotionally but in accordance with the evidence and facts (Crime Museum, 2018).

The Judge has found Caylee mother not guilty and acquitted her from all charges of murder. However, Judge has found Caylee guilty for providing false information to the law enforcement.

The case has come into the limelight when media start covering the facts and it has affected the proceeding and the case outcomes in a big manner. This is well known but it has been a less considered aspect of “trial by media”. The media has already declared without the verdict of the court that Casey is guilty of murder of her daughter Caylee. Due to media, it becomes hard for a defendant to get back into society and to find a job. Even though the accused has been acquitted by the Court but the society will see him as a criminal. The defendants in many cases had also get death threats and attacks. The media has made the mindset of the people on one thing without having proper evidence. The defendant can get the death penalty and serious charges because when there is a public pressure and therefore judgment becomes pressurized. If the judgment is not in accordance with the perception and the people questioned the legal system and judiciary (Unidev, 2018). The Court does not go on emotions but on the facts and evidence. It becomes difficult for the defendant to prove him not guilty when there is already a media perception. There are various cases where the person has been wrongfully exonerated due to media perception.  There are six out of one case in the U.S has been wrongfully exonerated. Media had already made the Caylee mother guilty for killing her daughter. After the execution by the court to Caylee mother that has been highly criticised by media. People on Facebook and Twitter have been flooded with criticism for the jury that justice has not been done by the judges (Stelter & Wortham, 2011).

Conclusion

It has been analysed from the judgement of the case that Casey had been acquitted from the charge of murder of her two years daughter. However, she has been charged for the various lies she has gone through the whole process of investigation. The crimes scene has been investigated and the body was found in a decomposed state that has created the media attention. It has been analysed from the analysis that the media has already made the perception regarding the case. The case has been further examined and various evidence have come from the car of the Caylee family. The evidence does not be able to prove that Casey had killed her daughter. The case has showed that the role of media in the case outcomes and how it makes the perception of the public.

References

Battaglia, N. A. (2011). The Casey Anthony Trial and Wrongful Exonerations: How Trial by Media Cases Diminish Public Confidence in the Criminal Justice System. Alb. L. Rev., 75, 1579.

Cloud, J. (2011). How the Casey Anthony Murder Case Became the Social-Media Trial of the Century. Retrived from: https://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2077969,00.html

Crime Museum (2018). Casey Anthony Trial. Retrived from: https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/famous-murders/casey-anthony-trial/

Findlaw (2018). Anthony v. State. Retrieved from: https://caselaw.findlaw.com/fl-district-court-of-appeal/1621490.html

Hare, B. (2018). 'What really happened?': The Casey Anthony case 10 years later. Retrieved from: https://edition.cnn.com/2018/06/29/us/casey-anthony-10-years-later/index.html

Pafundi, B. (2010). Public Access to Criminal Discovery Records: A Look Behind the Curtain of the Criminal Justice System. U. Fla. JL & Pub. Pol'y, 21, 227.

Sigillo, A. E., & Sicafuse, L. L. (2015). The Influence of media and community sentiment on policy decision-making. In Handbook of Community Sentiment (pp. 29-42). New York: Springer

Stelter, B., & Wortham, J. (2011). Watching a trial on TV, Discussing it on Twitter. Retrieved from: https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/06/business/media/06coverage.html

Unidev (2018). Social Media’s Influence on the case Anthony Trial. Retrieved from: https://www.unidev.com/web-marketing-insights/article/3422/Social-Media8217s-Influence-on-the-Casey-Anthony-Trial.aspx