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Tot Mom Casey Anthony - Who Killed Caylee?

Charles Wilson

July 17^th 2011

The acquittal of the so called “Tot Mom” Casey Anthony, for the murder of her photogenic 2-year-old daughter Caylee Anthony has caused outrage across the United States. 2 out of 3 Americans believe Casey Anthony to be guilty of the murder.

This has led to bizarre behavior. A young woman in Oklahoma was nearly killed by a wacko as she drove her pick-up out of a supermarket parking lot. The wacko thought the young woman was Casey Anthony, who at the time was serving her jail sentence in Florida. Other people called Casey Anthony have been threatened, even though they look nothing like the hated Casey Anthony.

Casey Anthony is a petite brunette in jail. The other Casey Anthonys are very different both in build and gender as well as not sitting in a jail cell in Orange County Florida.

What is insane is how a burly MAN living in Pennsylvania can be mistaken for this slender young woman incarcerated in Florida and called by her admirers for a “hottie” and having a “nice rack” among other things that are not very male oriented. Or a woman driving a car in Oklahoma can be confused with someone in jail in Florida.

Why the fury at the acquittal? Is this the result of reality TV, Nancy Grace, CSI or the American tradition that one side must win in sport, or a mix of all these? A murder trial is a real life event and not TV entertainment, which Nancy Grace is.

The United States justice system is imperfect, but then no justice system in any country, society, or culture can be perfect. The subject is too complex. There is always a system of checks and balances necessary to save the innocent. This means that some guilty people will slip through the net. A society where innocents can be sent to jail on circumstantial evidence to make sure that ALL guilty are punished is barbaric and brutal.

It might be difficult to see that someone, in real life, can be not guilty, while still being not innocent. Relying on reality TV, CSI and Judge Judy blurs the issue.

In this specific case:

• Casey Anthony is probably not innocent, but we do not know what she is guilty of.
• We do not know who murdered Caylee. Only the Anthony family does.
• We do not know exactly how Caylee was killed.
• We do not even know if Caylee was murdered or if it was due to callous stupidity, neglect or an “accident.”
• We do not know if Casey was sexually abused as a child by her father George, or by her brother Lee.

What we do know:

• Casey behaved in a way that is pathological. But not totally abnormal for an immature victim of sexual abuse as a child. Casey was very immature.
• Casey’s family is dysfunctional. No, Casey’s family is toxically dysfunctional.
• Casey’s family do not understand the concept of loyalty. But they do appear closed like a narcissistic family.
• Casey is a pathological liar. Is this a result of nature or nurture? How much is learned behavior from her parents’ behavior?
• Casey’s father, George Anthony, is a liar.
• Casey’s mother, Cindy Anthony, is not only a liar, but an embarrassingly lousy liar.
• Cindy Anthony is controlling.

Vengeance or Justice?

This is a fundamental question in the Caylee Anthony case. That nobody is held accountable for the murder of this beautiful child cuts into the heart of the sense of justice all normal people feel. However the legal system is about the establishment of guilt or innocence, and not about “getting justice.”

Vengeance directed against a person who did not do the callous deed is not justice. In our Western societies, there is the idea of prison as a reforming institution. There are two major reasons people are sent to prison:

• Prevent or discourage others from committing similar crimes.
• To reform the criminal so that on release he or she will not reoffend.

The question of the death sentence is a debate on the side of these two issues. There is a group of people who cannot feel remorse and cannot be reformed. Psychopaths.

If Casey Anthony had been found guilty and sentenced to death she would not have been given a lethal injection. The waiting list in Florida’s death row is so long she would die of old age before her turn would come.

Children raised in dysfunctional families, should be given a second chance to get on the right path and become normal functioning members of society. With “children” this includes the twenty somethings as well, who are still trying to find themselves after a childhood of emotional abuse.

Many of them need a bit of jail time as a wakeup call to understand that our normal society is serious and expects responsible behavior from adults. The tipping point comes when they realise irresponsible behavior is unacceptable and WANT to change.

Murdered: Caylee Anthony

Casey Anthony’s behavior was disgusting and many were filled with horror, that a mother can behave in such a way when her 2-year-old daughter Caylee is missing, or had recently died. How much of that behavior was due to psychological issues resulting from Casey’s father molesting her when she was a child?

Her mother Cindy was in denial while Casey was pregnant with Caylee. Casey’s pregnancy was not treated in a normal way. There was a rejection of Caylee before birth and a rejection of Casey after Caylee’s birth. Cindy Anthony used Caylee to control Casey. This family had toxic narcissistic behavior patterns, which resulted in Casey thinking that to lie was normal and then act without apparent remorse after Caylee went missing.

What Possible Future for Casey Anthony

Some important factors that can influence how her future develops

• Casey Anthony has spent the last few years in jail. Mainly in solitary.
• She has been separated from her toxic family. That is maybe the main benefit she has had from her stay in jail.
• She has had plenty of time for reflection.
• She has matured. Casey is probably still not an adult emotionally, psychologically and mentally.
• She will still need years of therapy before she “finds herself.” One therapy that would be beneficial for Casey is DBT or Dialectic Behavioral Therapy.
• She must stay away from her family, as in never contact again, for the rest of her life.

If she can go through that there is a possibility that Casey Anthony can be reformed and live her life as a constructive member of society. If this happens, she will be filled daily with a cringe inducing shame for how she behaved and what she did when she was an early twenty something. She will remember photographs of her beautiful 2-year-old daughter. That is a worse punishment than locking her away without therapy, keeping her in a pre-programmed narcissistic mind frame, where she is angry, but unrepentant and constantly blaming others.

Strange as it may seem, but Casey Antony has even received a marriage proposal.

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