Legal Analyst Bill Sheaffer on Casey Anthony Case

Legal Analyst Bill Sheaffer on Casey Anthony Case

LET IT BE.

by William J. Sheaffer on April 21, 2010

Excerpt:

Now that the dust is starting to settle from the volcanic reaction to recent events in the Casey Anthony case, this seems the appropriate time to take stock of same, try to decipher meaning and motives, and hopefully calm the troubled waters.

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Whether the criticisms had merit is not the point. The issue is really quite narrow: could a reasonable person construe the Judge’s remarks to Mr. Knechel as a ratification of his criticisms of the Defendant and her Defense team? And, if so, would a reasonable person then conclude that such ratification evinced a prejudice or bias either for the State of Florida, or against the Defendant and her lawyers? Again, if so, then the conclusion could be drawn that the Defendant could be deprived of her constitutional right to a fair trial. The upshot is that the beliefs and any conclusions drawn here lie not with anyone but the Defendant, herself.

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