America's Obsession

No, not the Debt Crisis. Not the women's World Cup either. Media attention is focused on a courthouse in Florida, awaiting the release of America's most vilified mom, Casey Anthony. I am probably the last person in this country to weigh in on this matter. She was found not guilty of the murder of her daughter and that has ignited a firestorm. Actually, a lynch-mob is a better term. Headline News has been all Casey all the time. Jane Velez Mitchell and Nancy Grace are handing out pitchforks and torches. My own belief is that Casey Anthony knows full well what happened to her daughter. The state of Florida did not prove that they did, according to the jury. So she is set to go free in a matter of hours. How free? She will have to go into something like witness protection because there have been so many threats. Some consider that just punishment. What is more disturbing than the verdict is the misperception, encouraged by the media, that there is no justice in this case. They do not understand the American system of law. It is more than " better that ten guilty people go free than one innocent person is incarcerated. Our system is based, not on catching every single criminal, but enough to convince most that it is not worth it. Justice is administered in the hereafter. Bluntly, if you don't believe in a day of judgement, our legal system cannot be just. This is one of those things we will have to deal with in a nation that appears to be less religious.