# The biggest factor in Casey Anthony's acquittal was...

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 6, 2011, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biggest-factor-in-casey-anthonys-acquittal-was/587996 "2011-07-06T04:30:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2011, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-biggest-factor-in-casey-anthonys-acquittal-was/587996/1 "2011-07-06T04:30:08Z")

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I don’t know about you, but I am relatively stunned at the verdict. I use the term ‘relatively’ because, with our ridiculously outdated\* jury trial process, nothing should be all that surprising.

\*Behavioral science has taught us alot about juries (and committees, in general), but we choose to ignore it, relying on the omniscience of our founding fathers instead. But that’s a discussion for another day.

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