Casey Anthony Murder Trial, NY Times Only Tells Half the Story … Software Designer Reports Error in Anthony Trial … Supressing Evidence?

A note to my fellow bloggers, when linking to stories from the New York Times, consider the source before you regurgitate as fact and if you did not follow a case in detail, you might want to defer to those who did.

The NY Times ran a story yesterday regarding the Casey Anthony murder trial and that the software designer reported an error in the trial and made the assertions that there was prosecutor misconduct. The issue at hand was how many time the word “chloroform” was searched on the Anthony’s computer, was it 84 or just once?

Assertions by the prosecution that Casey Anthony conducted extensive computer searches on the word “chloroform” were based on inaccurate data, a software designer who testified at the trial said Monday.

The designer, John Bradley, said Ms. Anthony had visited what the prosecution said was a crucial Web site only once, not 84 times, as prosecutors had asserted. He came to that conclusion after redesigning his software, and immediately alerted prosecutors and the police about the mistake, he said.

Now comes the accusation …and the NY Times stated that the State did not respond to their calls. I would caution the many that linked to this NY Times article and who did not follow the Casey Anthony murder case closely, that there are always two sides, if not three to every story and how many times has the NY Times done a one sided article against the GOP? For those of us that follow politics, crime and missing persons … we might have a different take and some inside baseball knowledge on such issues.

Mr. Bradley’s findings were not presented to the jury and the record was never corrected, he said. Prosecutors are required to reveal all information that is exculpatory to the defense.

“I gave the police everything they needed to present a new report,” Mr. Bradley said. “I did the work myself and copied out the entire database in a spreadsheet to make sure there was no issue of accessibility to the data.”

Mr. Bradley, chief executive of Siquest, a Canadian company, said he even volunteered to fly to Orlando at his own expense to show them the findings.

Cheney Mason, one of Ms. Anthony’s defense lawyers, said it was “outrageous” that prosecutors withheld critical information on the “chloroform” searches.

“The prosecution is absolutely obligated to bring forth to the court any and all evidence that could be exculpatory,” Mr. Mason said. “If in fact this is true, and the prosecution concealed this new information, it is more than shame on them. It is outrageous.”

“This was a major part of their case,” Mr. Mason added.

Now before you believe everything you read … you might want to read from those who are actually experts and have a vast amount of knowledge with this case, enter crime blogger and one of the best in the business, from our sister blog, Blink on Crime. Suppressing evidence? HOLY AMNESIA BATMAN … the Casey Anthony Defense team acts like they were never told what happened and that there was a meeting discussing the discrepancy. REALLY? That appears to be hardly the case. Before one starts believing accusations of misconduct and that any guilty verdict against Casey Anthony would have been overturned or that you think the Florida prosecutots were unethical, consider the source, research the issue yourself instead of regurgitating news from the NY Times.

After the results were mentioned in court on June 23rd, Mr. Bradley contacted the State the same day. He consulted as to a potential rebuttal to the defense regarding the error in his program and recommended using Net Analysis findings. All findings had previously been supplied to the defense in discovery.

On June 27th the discrepancy was discussed with Mr. Baez and both he & the prosecution agreed to use the Net Analysis return of 1 site visit count as the most accurate information available at the time. If additional information became available, the State agreed to disclose. Mr. Baez brought the discrepancy forward in court testimony and again at closing with his court exhibit.

During jury deliberations Mr. Bradley admitted to sending additional report information to the wrong email address but was able to deliver information to prosecutors on the evening of July 4th. On July 5th prosecutors prepared a Notice of Supplemental Discovery for defense but it was never provided because the jury had reached their verdict. Mr. Bradley never told prosecutors that the searches or the dates and times of the searches were inaccurate. The only inaccuracies discussed were the visit counts discrepancy and that each software program (CacheBack & Net Analysis) revealed a different number of total records. Again, all of this information was disclosed to the defense in a timely manner. (read the full story at BOC)

At least our buddies at Legal Insurrection are waiting for the other side … well here it is.

Casey Anthony Dunking Booth at Bluegrass Fair in Lexington, KY … DUNK CASEY … JUSTICE FOR CAYLEE!!!

Want to take out your frustrations regarding the jury verdict in the Casey Anthony murder trial in the death of 2 year old Caylee Anthony? Want to provide your own justice … head to the Bluegrass Fair in Lexington, KY and partake in the Casey Anthony dunking booth.

The Lexington Lions Club Bluegrass Fair organizers have put the Casey Anthony Dunking Booth front and center at the fair. It is one of the first games you seen when you walk in through the main gates, and it’s already getting a lot of attention. A lot of people were out Monday night snapping photos, calling friends, and talking about the booth.

“We’re hoping that it’s taken in a fun way so that people coming out can release some of their frustrations about what just happened in the last few months and they can show their opinion,” says fair organizer Michael Kaplan.

The Lex18 is stating that the booth is causing a controversy. CONTROVERSY, WHAT CONTROVERSY? What might be a nice idea on the part of fair organizers is to maybe donate some of the proceeds from the Casey Anthony dunk tank to a charity that protects or helps find missing persons. That does not mean sending it the Cindy and George’s non-profit.

Those who participate can pick up a ball and throw it at one of two choices – “guilty” or “innocent.” The goal is to hit one of them, knocking the Anthony look-alike into the freezing cold water below.

The booth is called “State Vs. Anthony.” Fair organizers say they came up with the concept to give people a way to vent their frustration over Anthony’s not guilty verdict.

A statement on the Bluegrass Fair website states, “with her dunk… she washed her conscience… a little at a time.”

However, not everyone at the fair thinks this the best idea, and some even say it’s in poor taste.

The Dana Pretzer Show On Scared Monkeys Radio – Tuesday July 19, 2011 – Special Guests: Alafair Burke, Dan & Gil Harrington, Blink from Blink on Crime and Mike McIntyre

LISTEN  TO  THE DANA PRETZER SHOW ON SCARED MONKEYS RADIO

Dana welcomes special guests:

• Alafair Burke – Former Deputy District Attorney in Portland, OR,  discussing her new book “Long Gone.”
• Dan and Gil Harrington discussing the so far unsolved murder of their daughter Morgan Dana Harrington. Get more information at Find Morgan.com.
• Crime blogger Blink from Blink on Crime will be  discussing what’s next in the Casey Anthony case.
• Mike McIntyre -  Syndicated radio host and Crime Author  discussing all things crime related.

Justice for Caylee? Casey Anthony Released from Jail to the Protesters Chants of “KILLER, KILLER”

Casey Anthony set free … IS SHE EVER REALLY GOING TO BE FREE?

Under the cloak of darkness after 12.:00 last night, Casey Anthony was whisked out of the Orange County jail and to freedom. Casey Anthony was escorted out the front door (VIDEO) of the jail by armed SRT’s in her fuchsia polo top and jeans to her caravan amid the chants of “KILLER, KILLER” from the protesters.

Casey Anthony freed from jail early Sunday: MyFoxORLANDO.com

Click HERE for numerous pics of the Jail release. How ironic that they get into an SUV ala OJ Simpson and that not other attorney but Jose Baez escorted Anthony out of the jail, mugging it up for the cameras. Were were witness once again to the spiteful Jose Baez/Casey Anthony show.

Hat Tip: WKMG Channel 6 Live Feed

What a difference in the reaction of the OJ Simpson fiasco

A note to Jane Velez Mitchell, it is not unfortunate that the crowd yelled, “killer, killer”. That was there right to freedom of speech endowed by their Creator. These people peacefully protested this miscarriage of justice. They were also their top protest any media outset that would be stupid enough to do business with Casey Anthony. Businesses, organizations and the media will be boycotted if they give blood money to Casey. JVM, what is unfortunate is that Caylee Anthony is dead with no justice and even more so, the unfortunate and misguided verdict by a jury who just either did not get it or did not care. THAT IS UNFORTUNATE!

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That Didn’t Take Long … U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton Declares Mistrial in Roger Clemens Perjury Trial

Now you see it, now you don’t … the Rocket as landed in a mistrial, Houston prosecutors, you have a problem. Will the judge say that there is double jeopardy and no new trial will take place?

“Mr. Clemens has to get a fair trial,” Walton said. “In my view, he can’t get it now.”

Just yesterday was the beginning of opening arguments in the perjury trial of former MLB pitcher Roger Clemens as he was in a battle for his freedom. My what a difference a day makes. In only the second day of the perjury trial, U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton declared a mistrial. What was the cause? The prosecution showed jurors evidence that he had been previously ruled out. Good grief, what first year law student did this? The judge ruled that Clemens could not receive a fair trial following this action by the prosecution.

U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton left the question of a new trial up in the air. But he called a halt to the trial under way after prosecutors showed jurors evidence that he had ruled out — videotaped revelations that a teammate had said he’d told his wife Clemens confessed to using a drug.

Walton scolded prosecutors and said he couldn’t let the former All-Star pitcher face prison if convicted on such “extremely prejudicial” evidence.

“Mr. Clemens has to get a fair trial,” Walton said. “In my view, he can’t get it now.”

Judge Reggie Walton stated that he would hold a hearing September 2 to decide whether Clemens should face another trial. What a gaffe by the prosecution. How could such a blunder have occurred? The real question is whether during Walton’s next hearing whether he will attack “double jeopardy” to this case meaning that Clemens cannot be tried again.

He said a judge may make an exception for misconduct on the part of prosecutors, but this appears to have been a simple yet devastating mistake.

“How could the government not have reviewed each piece of evidence after the court’s pretrial rulings?” he said. “This is crucially important, and prosecutors have to do this all the time.”