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Casey Must Return to Orlando

Posted on August 12, 2011 Written by The Nittany Turkey

Stating that not to require Casey Anthony to serve one year of probation for her check fraud conviction “would make the sentence a mockery of  justice,” Judge Belvin Perry today ordered that she return to Orlando no later than August 26.

Upon her return, assuming that she complies with the order, she will report to the Department of Corrections, where she will be compelled to agree with the terms of her probation. Just what this will “correct” is anybody’s guess. What it will serve to do, though, is refocus TMZ and other trash journalists, including amateurs like your own Turkey on Orlando instead of Columbus. But I digress.

Judge Perry had ruled that Ms. Anthony can keep her address secret. That means that soon, someone in the Department of Corrections who needs a couple of bucks will probably barf it up for the aforementioned yellow journalists. The Turkey does not pay for leads. You’d have to pay me to chase after that skank.

There were doubts as to whether the sentence meted out by Judge Strickland, the original judge in the check fraud case, was valid, as the wording in the original sentence was unclear. It was later amended by Strickland, leading to Anthony’s defense’s claim that it was contrived.

Judge Perry took on the case after Strickland recused himself. Perry originally called it all a mess, but in his comments today, he said that he viewed the amended sentence as a valid correction of a clerical error, and that videotapes and transcripts of the trial proved that the intent was a year’s probation once our Prevaricating Princess left jail. And so it is now ordered.

The Anthony defense team also brought up the double jeopardy issue while stating that the Mistress of Mendacity served her probation while incarcerated. Judge Perry dismissed this by stating that it would be impossible for her to comply with the standard 13 conditions of probation while in the slammer.

“To permit the Defendant, whose counsel was well aware that the probation was to begin upon the Defendant’s release from jail, to avoid serving probation now, would take a lawfully imposed sentence and make it a mockery of justice,” Perry wrote. “This would allow a defendant to take advantage of a scrivener’s error and be rewarded. This is not the message the courts want to send to the public or defendants.”

Of course, the argument that she had actually served her probation  while in jail was again advanced by the defense, but Perry asked if they were aware that she was serving probation at the time. The answer was no. Bummer. They wanted to apply her time in jail retroactively once they heard about the probation.

“It is very clear that the Defendant and her attorney knew she was to start her probation upon release from the Orange County Jail. Despite this fact, they took advantage of a scrivener’s error which started the probation while she was being held in the jail pending trial,” Perry wrote. “The defense should not be able to claim that they are now harmed by having the Defendant serve probation at this time.”

Anthony has been the subject of death threats and recently was tabbed as one of the most hated people in America. Judge Perry’s compassion shines through in the ruling that she may keep her address secret. This Turkey is impressed with the manner in which Perry has bent over backwards to protect defendants and jurors.

And now we wait for the next act of this five-act comedy to play out.

 

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How Much Am I Bid?

Posted on July 8, 2011 Written by The Nittany Turkey

Although Casey Anthony is close to being a free woman, she will be hounded by those who think they can make a quick buck by exploiting her notoriety. Her story, although devalued by the universal knowledge that it is likely to be a pack of lies like everything else associated with Ms. Anthony, will still be worth a pretty penny. ????? ?????????

Meanwhile, people who think they were wronged by her lies seek to recover their fruitless expenditures. Who knows how this will all work out?

Here’s an idea for them that will be fun and entertaining for all of us, while having the potential to yield some significant income so the Anthonys can settle with Zenaida Gonzalez out of court. ????? ???? ???? I’m talking about selling infamous evidentiary items such as the Pontiac Sunfire on eBay. Wouldn’t you love to have the notoriously malodorous stinkmobile sitting up on blocks on your front lawn in Bithlo next to the old washing machine? Seriously, though, the car in which Casey allegedly (still) stashed her little girl’s decomposing body before tossing it into the swamp would bring in a nice sum on eBay, don’t you think? How about the HP computer, with the Firefox history left intact? You could wow your friends by searching for “choroform” multiple times. According to George Anthony, the cops took a lot of stuff from his house pursuant to a search warrant, good stuff with real value to collectors who will keep the Casey Anthony trial’s legacy in a prominent place for many years to come. These will be nostalgic remembrances as we grow old, and they will be passed down to succeeding generations to preserve memories of the party girl who got away with murder.

Casey in Flag
Casey in Flag

I believe that the Anthonys have 60 days to claim the confiscated evidence.

In addition to the stuff confiscated for evidence, how about some of Casey’s outfits made famous by her photo gallery. ????? ???? ???? ????? The U.S. flag pictured here is an example of something that could be sold on eBay quite easily. It would, of course, have to be authenticated. (By DNA evidence on it, maybe?) And how about that poker playing French maid outfit she wore in some other pictures, presumably at a costume party? Who wouldn’t want that? Even some of the clothing she wore in court at the trial will have value.

The original chloroform bottle: priceless.

All kidding aside, I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see these items (and phony representations of same) starting to show up on auction sites.

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Marcia Clark: Worse than O.J.

Posted on July 7, 2011 Written by The Nittany Turkey

Former L.A. prosecutor Marcia Clark, famous for her work in the O.J. Simpson trial, has come forward with her opinion on the recently decided Casey Anthony trial. The two murder trials had their similarities and their differences, but both astonishingly concluded with a not guilty verdict for the defendant.

Ms. Clark believes that the major difference between the two cases was that Simpson was a celebrity, and the media circus was worse. There were racial tie-ins, given the unfortunate use of the word “nigger” by L.A. Police Detective Mark Fuhrman, who was drawn and quartered by F. Lee Bailey, member of the defense’s “dream team.” Anthony’s case had no extraneous or frivolous issues like Fuhrman or Colombian necklaces.

The former prosecutor believes that jurors confuse “reasonable doubt” with “reason to doubt”, which leads to situations such as this jury found itself in. Plenty of reasons to doubt were given, but should there have been any reasonable doubt in jurors’ minds given that Ms. Anthony lied about her daughter’s disappearance when she was really dead, she partied hearty in the wake of the known death of her daughter, and she kept juggling the balls of mendacity for 31 days before she could finally lie no more.

… although I must accept their verdict, I don’t have to agree with it. Because I did follow this case, and I have to be honest: If I’d been in that jury room, the vote would’ve been 11 to 1. Forever.

Like Clark, I have to accept the jury’s decision, but I don’t have to agree with it (and you know I don’t).

Read Ms. Clark’s thoughts here.

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