Casey Anthony to Plead Insanity
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Is Casey Anthony Crazy?
Casey Anthony is a crazy, diabolical liar. You've said, I've said it, we've all said it.
Is there any truth in our words? Is Casey Anthony crazy? Will a jury find her insane? It's quite clear she fits the profile of a sociopath but is Casey Anthony criminally insane?
One has to wonder if Casey Anthony will plead insanity. Recently, Casey Anthony's attorney, Jose Baez, was stated as saying his client is "innocent" rather than "not guilty." Why?
Unless a member of the defense team has an ace up his or her sleeve, it appears that Casey Anthony will be found guilty for the murder of Caylee Anthony. And if that happens, the state may seek the death penalty.
Ace = Insanity Defense?
It didn't take long for the public to hear about Casey Anthony's strange behavior and her problems with telling the truth.
Within one week of her daughter's disappearance, Casey Anthony was photographed partying in Orlando night clubs. Upon her arrest, she lead police to a fake place of employment and told story after story about an alleged kidnapper/nanny named Zenaida Gonzalez, who police claim does not exist.
Why?
Is Casey Anthony a sociopath that only cares about herself or is Casey Anthony actually Zenaida Gonzalez?
Is Casey Anthony Insane?
See results without votingDouble Trouble
Casey Anthony is not the only person to reference 'Zanny the Nanny.' In fact, a children's book titled Double Trouble Squared, by Kathryn Lasky, includes a character named Zanny the Nanny.
Brief Synopsis of the book:
Twins try to discover the source of the voice only they can hear--a voice that needs their help. Using telepathy and their individual talents, the twins uncover a long-lost manuscript of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s, along with the ghost of Sherlock Holmes’s forgotten twin brother.
Twins hearing voices? A long-lost script? Interesting....
Remember, early in the case, the neighbor's story about the dog? Casey Anthony was walking her dog on a leash and took the leash off to let the dog run through a neigbor's flowerbed. When he confronted Casey, who was still holding the leash in her hand, the neighbor asked her why she let her dog tear up his flowerbed. Casey Anthony allegedly said, "That’s not my dog." The neighbor said, "Sure it’s your dog, you still have the leash in your hand." Casey looked at him and said, "I just found this leash."
Is Casey Anthony a liar or is she more than one person that checks in and out of her own life? Did Zenaida Gonzalez (aka Casey Anthony) write a script for Casey Anthony to follow?
Zenaida Fernandez Gonzalez
If she's not Casey Anthony, who is Zenaida Fernandez Gonzalez? After it was discovered that Caylee Anthony's body was found in a field between a home occupied by Mr. Gonzalez and another home occupied by a woman named Zenaida, the questions began to grow. Was this just a coincidence? Did Casey Anthony know the names of the people who resided in these homes?
In a set of discovery documents, Kiomarie Cruz tells law enforcement that the only Gonzalez individual she knows is a Hispanic woman that lives right down the street (on Hopespring) but does not baby sit children.
Was this Casey Anthony's way of telling people where Caylee Anthony was located? When Casey Anthony said Caylee was "close to home," and that she left Caylee Anthony with Zenaida Gonzalez, was she trying to tell people where to look for the body? Between Zenaida's home and the Gonzalez family residence on Hopespring Drive?
Word Choice
Why does Jose Baez use the word "innocent" to describe his client rather than say Casey is "not guilty?"
As the evidence mounts against Casey Anthony, the defense team may expect their client to be proven guilty in a court of law. Then what? Maybe they realize that the plea 'Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity' (NGRI) is not going to work in their favor. So why not plea 'Guilty but Insane?' or 'Guilty but Mentally Ill?'
If the defense team can demonstrate that Casey Anthony has a mental illness and argue that this mental illness interfered with Casey Anthony's ability to determine right from wrong, Casey Anthony could spent time in a mental institution, where she would receive psychiatric treatment.
Although prosecutors will not be seeking the death penalty in the Casey Anthony case, In 1986 Ford v. Wainwright 477 U.S. 399, the US Supreme Court ruled insane prisoners cannot be executed.
Casey Anthony in the News
- Woman suing Casey Anthony for defamation wants trial dateOrlando Sentinel23 hours ago
The civil attorneys for the woman suing Casey Anthony for defamation is asking a judge to set a trial date soon, according to notice filed today.
- Casey Anthony's attorneys want search group to turn over recordsOrlando Sentinel29 hours ago
Attorneys for Casey Anthony want a nonprofit volunteer search group to turn over all of its records regarding the search last year for slain toddler Caylee Anthony.
- Casey Anthony: Her attorneys tell WKMG she's scared, sadOrlando Sentinel36 hours ago
How is Casey Anthony doing knowing that her life is on the line? "She's scared. Wouldn't you be scared?" defense attorney Andrea Lyon told WKMG-Channel 6's Tony Pipitone. "She sad. She's grief-stricken. And she's terrified."
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Casey isn't insane. She is only saying she is so she can save her own butt. Casey didn't want little Caylee and Caseys actions proved she didn't care about her daughter. She should be torchered just like little Caylee was, but very slowly.I kinda hope that one of the other inmates gets a hold of her so Casey knows how the rest of the world feels about her and all her lies.
e cigarette, I agree with you. I think Casey Anthony has some sort of mental condition but the way she mislead police, lied, and manipulated friends and family members - it all seemed so planned and calculated. Hardly the actions of someone who can not tell the difference between right and wrong. When you're guilty of something and you know it, that's when you lie and cover your own ass.
I think Casey Anthony is the one who killed her daughter and now that the lies have caught up to her she doesn't know what to do and she will blame everyone to take the focus off of herself. She doesn't care who she hurts. And for anyone who needs to be calmed down after hearing of "a body being discovered" is already guilty of something. She didn't even know if it was her daughter yet. She just knew that she was going to be caught and that soon no one would be on her side. And for her family, they have to be crazy if they don't believe she didn't have anything to do with caylee's death. And i would NEVER sent my hard earned money to a killer!!!!!!!
I do not believe that Casey Anthony is insane. As futonfraggle stated, in order to plead insanity, one must not be aware of their actions, let alone not know that what they are doing is wrong. Casey Anthony knew very well that lying to the police was wrong, and she knew that she was lying to the police in the process. Someone who is "insane" doesn't realize their actions.
If she confessed and the defense went for this plea, they wouldn't have a prayer in hell (in my opinion). Like you pointed out, Brina, Casey Anthony lied to cover her own ass time and time again. If she killed Caylee Anthony (which all evidents suggests), why would she lie about it? Because she knows that there are consequences to her actions. Hell, she said it best when she wrote: "With great power, comes great consequence. What is given can be taken away."
I find Casey's inconsistencies and lies to be really non-sensical for someone that is supposedly a diabolical liar. One would think she would have thought through her story a little more in the months time she was out partying. Lying to the police about your work while you're on route to your supposed work site seems too illogical even bizarre. Several people noted her personality had recently changed: more partying, distant from family etc. I'm wondering if she was on a first manic high and has not been diagnosed yet because of her age. I'm wondering if she could have had a psychotic episode, harmed Caylee either accidentally or purposefully and not remember due to psychosis. I'm wondering why her family did not get mental health help for her before given her propensity to lie or was this a recent personality change?
I agree and disagree with you, Sue. I think she might have (for lack of a better phrase) 'flipped her lid' over the course of 2008, but I don't think this her psychosis developed overnight. She seemed to have trouble with reality for an extended period of time. She lied since childhood (a neighbor claimed Casey let the family dog deficate on the neighbor's lawn, and then said this "isn't my dog" while she was still holding the leash), she lied about her job for 2 years, she lied about the babysitter for at least 2 years, and she told friends that her father had a heart attack (he didn't), that her parents were giving her the house (they weren't), and that Caylee's father was a man who died in an accident (and he died before it was possible for Caylee to be conceived). The list of lies go on and on, and former classmates describe her as a storyteller, too.
I think the family ignored Casey's lies, much like they ignored and denied she was pregnant with Caylee, because they're mentally ill, too. One of the first questions psychiatrists and counsellors ask a person with mental illness is, "is there any history of mental illness in your family?" I believe mental illness is genetic. It wouldn't surprise me if the Anthony's lived in this land of denial because they suffer from the same disorder--whatever it is.
I think that she has problems, for sure, but that they aren't so severe as to be classified as a mental disorder. It seems that she was raised in a world of infinite chances and having things handed to her.
Her entire life, she lied and was forgiven. What did she learn? If you do something wrong you should lie about it and if you get away that's good, if not they'll forgive you. Has she ever had to face real consequences? It doesn't look like it.
Her mother talked a lot in the begining about how she (Cindy) had to pay for most of her Granddaughter's things. Casey never had to work for that, she could shove it off on her parents.
It would then make sense that she lives in a world without consequences, a world where someone could kill her own daughter, lie about it, and get away with it. This isn't reality but it has been her reality up until now.
I also think there might be something to the stuff I read about Cindy talking of taking custody. If Casey thought she was going to lose her daughter no matter what then I can see her deciding "If I can't have her no one can." In all her jail visits she acts extremely selfish "What about MY suffering, look at what I have to put with," so she might have been jealous of Caylee taking her place in Cindy's heart.
Michelle, these are all great observations. You bring up a lot of valid points.
did you know that during Henry VIII's reign in England there could not be executions of people deemed to be "mentally insane"? Well he made an exception for Jane Boleyn, sister in law of his former wife. If Casey is found guilty i hope that they make an exception for her too. Even though it won't happen. She is guilty and while she was dancing and making out with people at her little parties she didn't look to insane to me.
I do belive when she said she left Caylle with the babysitter Zenaida Gonzalez she was telling everyone where she left Caylee at. Comd on two neighbors Mr. Gonzalez and the other zenaida you have to be stupid not to put two and two togetherl, She is not insane just acting like it so she won't get the death penalty. She never wanted her daughter just wanted to party her ass of every night. What kind of mother is she;l How could she do that do her beautifull daughter. I know why cause she is the devil mother. No remorse. iT will hit her like a ton of bricks sooner or later and it definatley won't be good.
The fact that Cindy and George seem to forget that their little granddaughter DIED as a result of their selfish, monsterous,cold hearted daughter makes me wonder, how much did they really love Caylle.Anyone else would want a killer suffer the MAX for what she did.How they can even stomach looking at Casey is beyond me.
e cigarette says:
8 months ago
You bring up some interesting points. I really don't think she's got multiple personality disorder, since it's such a rare and extreme condition. I wouldn't be surprised though if the defense team tries to create doubt about her sanity. Anyone would say a mother who kills her child is crazy, but insanity pleas suggest she didn't realize her actions were wrong.