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ReamWorks SKG7/05/2011 6:49:54 pm PDT

There’s something that really bugs me about Casey Anthony. And it’s not the fact that we can’t convict people if there’s not enough strong evidence. That’s something I understand. If the case is weak, you can’t convict.

Accepting Casey Anthony’s testimony as true: it’s not disputed that she initially claimed her baby sitter kidnapped the child. Then she recanted and said she panicked after the child accidentally drowned.

In other words, she attempted to get an innocent person charged with a capital offense.

Why isn’t this treated as a serious crime? Yes, she was convicted of lying to authorities, but she won’t have to spend any additional time in jail for this.

Isn’t there a difference between lying to cover up some facts, and lying to implicate another specific individual? This seems like an egregious offense. Shouldn’t she spend a long time in jail for trying to get someone sentenced to death with false testimony? (There ought to be a law if there isn’t!)