Information is going to come to light on how a Florida jury came to decide that Casey Anthony was not guilty. It doesn’t mean she was innocent.
I think she knows what happened. But we’ll never get to know.
I think the jury did what they were supposed to do based on the evidence, or lack of it. Many may find that hard to swallow. I find it hard to swallow too. But, I wasn’t in on the deliberations.
New York Post
Jurors cried and were "sick to our stomachs" after acquitting Casey Anthony of murdering her 2-year-old daughter, one member of the panel said today.
"I did not say she was innocent," Jennifer Ford told ABC News. "I just said there was not enough evidence. If you cannot prove what the crime was, you cannot determine what the punishment should be."
"Everyone wonders why we didn't speak to the media right away," Ford added. "It was because we were sick to our stomach to get that verdict. We were crying and not just the women. It was emotional and we weren't ready. We wanted to do it with integrity and not contribute to the sensationalism of the trial."
The 12-strong Florida jury found Anthony, 25, not guilty of first-degree murder on Tuesday and also acquitted her of aggravated child abuse and aggravated manslaughter of a child. She could have faced the death penalty if convicted.
Ford's comments came on the same day that an alternate juror said he agreed with the verdict.
But Russell Huekler, who sat in on all the deliberations as an alternate, told Orlando's FOX 35 he was not surprised by the verdict and believed the biggest factor for the decision was the testimony of Casey's father George Anthony.
"I agree wholeheartedly," Huekler said. "It was the right decision that they made. The prosecutors didn't meet the burden of proof. We had a lot of reasonable doubt there. They didn't show us the evidence good enough for a conviction."
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