I didn't really pay attention to the Casey Anthony case from the beginning. I overheard bits and pieces on the TV: child found dead, mother didn't report her missing, grandma called 911 to report (frantically) that her granddaughter was missing and her daughter's car smelled like a dead body.
Then the trial erupted.
Partner watches “Good Morning America” most workday mornings, and I overhear it from the next room. During the trial, they had the most peculiar commentary, coming from their very reliable legal reporter Dan Abrams, who was teamed with Nancy Grace.
I only really knew her from Joel McHale's takedowns of her on “The Soup.” She is an attack dog. She believes in “victims' rights.” (Or so she says.)
She is incredibly self-righteous, and thinks of herself as a human lie-detector. And her philosophy seems to be: if someone looks guilty, he/she is guilty.
Well, obviously, right?
Well, um, no.
Nancy dubbed Casey “Totmom.” She decided early on that Casey Anthony killed her daughter. She shouts down – no, screams down – anyone who disagrees with her.
Her GMA appearances with Dan Abrams were painful. When he tried to make points about the law, or about how the case was being presented, she brayed him into silence. She often plays the cornpone card – for example: “Well, maybe you folks up on Park Avenue in your fancy cars can live with that . . ”
Oh, Nancy. You have a TV show. Maybe you were cornpone once, but you're not anymore. You should know better than saying something as stupid as that.
And, frankly, Casey Anthony is probably guilty. She certainly knows more than she's telling. And I would guess that there are others – either in the Anthony family or elsewhere – who know all about it too.
But they're not talking.
And the evidence in the case was all circumstantial. The child died – horribly – but until someone confesses, we'll never know what happened to that poor little girl.
But Nancy knows.
And now Nancy is mad
She's mad at the “kooky” jury, which found – in record time! - that the evidence was insufficient to put Casey to death for a capital crime.
She's mad at – are you ready? - the media!, for making the legal process so much more complex than it needs to be. (I mean, really: reasonable doubt?)
One after another, legal authorities (even my boyfriend Harvey Levin!) are coming forward to talk about the case. With few exceptions, they praise the members of the jury, who listened to the testimony, looked at the evidence, and listened to the judge's instructions, and for once – and in very speedy fashion – followed them. They found Casey Anthony guilty of the crimes she was indisputably guilty of (such as lying to the police), and found that there was reasonable doubt that she'd committed murder.
As – let's face it – they really had to do. Because there was no concrete evidence.
According to Nancy, on the night of the verdict: “Somewhere out there, the devil is dancing tonight.”
Please go read Nancy's Wikipedia entry. It will entrance you, as it did me.
Oh, Nancy: go to hell. The devil needs a dancing partner.
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