Guilty until proven innocent?

We all now know that a jury has decided that Casey Anthony is not guilty.  I am not going to play legal analyst.  I am a mom, so I'm going to give my two cents from a mother's point of view.  Warning, you may not like everything I have to say.

With regards to the Casey Anthony trial, don't you wish it was guilty until proven innocent instead of innocent until proven guilty?  I do.  Unfortunately, our system doesn't work this way.  The jury found Casey Anthony not guilty, and whether you agree or not with the jury, our system did indeed work.  I watched bits and pieces of the trial almost everyday, and one thing was for certain, the prosecution's arguments just weren't strong enough to prove Casey Anthony was guilty.  I was not surprised by the verdict, though I was saddened by it.  I "felt" she was guilty, and her behavior following her daughter's death had guilty and carelessness written all over it.  Unfortunately, emotions and feelings don't equate to evidence, and evidence was exactly what was missing from this case.  If it makes you feel even the slightest bit bitter, remember that not guilty does not mean innocent. 

This was such an emotional case for me and probably everyone else out there, and not just because it involved murder, but because it involved an innocent child murdered and a mother whose behavior following the death of her child is nothing short of horrific.  Some say we all grieve in different ways, but clubbing, really?  My child once had a fever following some vaccinations and I refused to leave her alone for a second, that isn't overbearing, that's caring about her well-being and health.  When I was a little girl and my mom would take me and my brothers out of the house, if anyone touched our hands, she would hold onto them and sanitize/wipe them before we put them in our mouths--again, not overbearing, she was protecting us from harmful germs.  This is a mother's job and her joy, to care for, protect and love her child, forever.  Call me judgmental, but there is a time and a place for going out and having a good time, and it isn't when there is a crisis involving your child.

Today she was chatty in court and looked happy, and even wore her hair down.  She was sentenced to jail for four years for lying to cops, which quickly turned her happy face back to her solemn face.  In addition to the jail sentence, she will have no choice but to live with herself for the rest of her life, and whatever she did or didn't do, will haunt her forever.  We will soon forget about Casey Anthony, if you haven't already--I intend to forget about her right now.