Lessons from a public trial

I have no idea if Casey Anthony was respon­si­ble for the death of her daugh­ter. Partly, that’s because I have, some­what inten­tion­ally, avoided media cov­er­age of her case. Partly, it’s because after 11 years of being involved in adult crim­i­nal and juve­nile delin­quent cases, I know that unless you’re inti­mately involved in the inves­ti­ga­tion, pros­e­cu­tion or defense of those cases, it’s nearly impos­si­ble to have a good, solid appre­ci­a­tion for the evidence.