Not necessarily:

A mistrial in a criminal prosecution may prevent retrial under the Double Jeopardy provision of the Fifth Amendment, which prohibits an individual from being tried twice for the same offense, unless required by the interests of justice and depending on which party moved for the mistrial. Typically, there is no bar to a retrial if the defendant requests or consents to a mistrial. A retrial may be barred if the court grants a mistrial without the defendant's consent, or over his objection. If the mistrial results from judicial or prosecutorial misconduct, a retrial will be barred. In United States v. Jorn, 400 U.S. 470, 91 S. Ct. 547, 27 L. Ed. 2d 543 (1971), the Supreme Court held that reprosecuting the defendant would constitute double jeopardy because the judge had abused his discretion in declaring a mistrial. On his own motion, the judge had declared a mistrial to enable government witnesses to consult with their own attorneys.

I am no legal mind, but it mentions judicial and prosecutorial misconduct. We are talking about her attorney.

I cannot imagine that a person could get off that way. If that were the case, every defense attorney out there with a tough case could play games and look for a mistrial to get their client off.

But...what do I know?

I'm no expert either but from my Law and Order (lol) watching...I think clients do get off due to prosecutorial misconduct...however I don't think attorneys would do this often because wouldn't that ruin his/her reputation?

And as for the crying...you're absolutely right it's fake

Prosecutorial does not cover the defendant's attorney.

Oh...I think I misread :embarasse:embarasse:embarasse

It's ok...I could be dead wrong anyway. I really don't know the answer to this.

I don't believe her parents had a clue about any of this. If you listen to the mother's three 911 calls, you can tell Casey finally tells her Caylee has been missing for a month, and her emotions are very real and raw. I think the grandparents just couldn't bear to think this about their daughter, it's too horrendous.

Sounds to me like those people have probably enabled that spoiled brat all of her life and accepted her lies.

They seriously need to seek help themselves after this is over if they have not already. I cannot imagine the toll this has taken.

I agree with you, she has so thoroughly destroyed their lives, I can’t imagine therapy helping that much though. This is so much more than a spoiled brat to me, I really believe that there are "bad seeds", and parents can’t create a conscience in a child they can help mold it, but the child has to have one to begin with.

One thing I learned in this trial is that the mother convinced Casey to keep the child, Casey wanted to give it away. Before I read about this, I thought that would be a good thing, but now I wonder? :confused: If a girl wants to give her child away, maybe that's what should happen, or adopt the baby yourself. She didn't want to be a mother, and no child should have a mother who doesn't want to be a mother.

According to some shows I have seen, there is gossip that the lawyer and Casey were having a relationship (yes i mean sex) while she was out of jail.

I agree on both counts.

That poor darling baby girl is the one who really suffered. To think she left earth in such a horrific way...someone snuffing her life out...whether accidental or intentional. I do believe Casey killed (whether accidental or intentional) her so she could play. Tragic

This doesn't surprise me, I think she will do anything to have this go her way.

I completely agree with this statement. I grew up in a household where my mother gave her all unconditionally. I am very lucky to have grown up this way because it makes me constantly evaluate the stage of life I am in and whether or not I can just drop everything in my life and put my child #1. Until I feel like I can live up to the type of mother my mom was and still is--that will be the day when I settle down and I have kids. Unfortunately, I see kids all around me (I'm 23) having kids when I can just tell that they are not "there" yet to be parents. I almost feel as if people don't even remotely evaluate whether or not they can be good parents. I used to not agree with abortions (I was raised in an extremely religious household) but I still have the internal debate within me when I see cases like this...or even the many kids who end up with irresponsible parents...I don't really want to start a debate about choice or life...I guess the only thing I'm saying is that I really wish people wouldn't have sex irresponsibly. Although I'm not ready to be a mother, ever since I was little I've always thought about adopting rather than having a child of my own, and cases like this only reinforce that sentiment. I wish this child would have been put up for adoption...I just hope that the next parent does just that instead of ending up where Casey is right now.

I totally agree. They have enabled and made excuses for her for a long time. It just seems like this family is really dysfunctional!

That's beautiful, your mother and you understand what it's all about. It kills me when I hear of someone wanting a child because they want to be loved. :(