CJS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Death Of Caylee Anthony, Murder, Nintendo Entertainment System
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Biggest limiting factor in this case was the official cause of death was undetermined. They must be popular and the people of fl hated her so they wanted to pacify the public. You need to stick with one concrete charge instead of throwing many charges on. Beyond a reasonable doubt- burden of proof. Tried to explain the evidence through new testing techniques that had never been presented in court before. Impose stricter requirements on parents to notify law enforcement of the death or disappearance of a child. Felony is a parent or legal guardian fails to report a missing child in a timely manner. Federal law asking for parents who do not report missing child within x amount of hours they are held criminally accountable. They hoped this law would allow casey to be tried in federal court. Video blog: lots of narcissism, nothing mentioned about caylee. Criminal vs. civil court (beyond a reasonable doubt vs. preponderance of evidence)
