The Casey Anthony Trial in 2011 captured national media attention and enraptured the nation with its press coverage. Casey Anthony was accused of murdering her two year old daughter Caylee Anthony. Prosecutors were unable to prove that Casey Anthony had murdered her daughter and she was acquitted of first degree murder and manslaughter. She was found guilty only on four lesser charges and sentenced to four years of jail time. In this case the burden of proof fell to the state. The state was required to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Casey Anthony murdered her daughter. The state failed to meet the burden of proof as it relates to Casey Anthony murdering Caylee because of a lack of evidence (Storm, 2012 p. 77). Prima face is what would be referred to as an open and shut case (Hill,
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In the Casey Anthony case it seemed like it would be an easy conviction, but that changed once new evidence or lack of evidence came to light. The code that these charges were brought under depended on the burden of proof. The charges were related to the cause of death of Caylee Anthony which the prosecution never established. The similarities between the Casey Anthony Trial and the O.J. Simpson trial is numerous. Football star O.J. Simpson was accused of murdering his wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman in 1994. Simpson was acquitted at trial when the state failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he was guilty of murder. This case also captivated the nation and brought national attention. It was a pivotal case to the prosecution of crimes in the United States because O.J. Simpson was acquitted of a crime everyone thought he committed. He was found not guilty mainly through the errors of the prosecution. The forensic evidence provided by the state did not prove helpful to the prosecution of
In the Casey Anthony case it seemed like it would be an easy conviction, but that changed once new evidence or lack of evidence came to light. The code that these charges were brought under depended on the burden of proof. The charges were related to the cause of death of Caylee Anthony which the prosecution never established. The similarities between the Casey Anthony Trial and the O.J. Simpson trial is numerous. Football star O.J. Simpson was accused of murdering his wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman in 1994. Simpson was acquitted at trial when the state failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he was guilty of murder. This case also captivated the nation and brought national attention. It was a pivotal case to the prosecution of crimes in the United States because O.J. Simpson was acquitted of a crime everyone thought he committed. He was found not guilty mainly through the errors of the prosecution. The forensic evidence provided by the state did not prove helpful to the prosecution of