Casey Anthony is out and ready to party. Innocent or guilty, she had quite a favorable outcome and is free to do whatever she damn well pleases.
But either way, her life is ruined. Where can she hide? Disneyland's 56th anniversary just came by. Perhaps she could hide behind the guise of a fictional Disney character by wearing only a costume head. Everyone knows that all Goofy costumers are ex-convicts anyways.
Shouldn't that be justice enough for those who think our justice system was ineffective - a life in exile?
Most people find the case itself incredibly frustrating with incompetent jurors, a douchebag defense attorney and a corrupt justice system all slapped together into a Category Five clusterf*ck.
I personally find it amazing that the apparent evidence was not enough to convict Casey Anthony. However, I keep in mind that I was presented with a biased perspective fed to me by the media whose sole purpose was to entertain. To me, what the media presents is quite different from what the attendants of the courtroom were presented with.
For people who are frustrated at the outcome, cherish the knowledge that she will be plagued by constant struggles with employment, realtor purchases and general life situations for all eternity. That's right: Through her non-crime, she has managed to condemn her name to the bowels of shittery for all time.
A carefree Anthony at one time marked herself with a tattoo of "Bella Vita" and was seen clubbing shortly after she murdered her daughter, or, at the very least, a time when her daughter was "missing."
But she doesn't have that luxury anymore.
Across the nation, Casey Anthony haters have been making marks for weeks. In Oklahoma, a woman rammed into another car to take out a Casey Anthony look-a-like, even though "Tot Mom" was still in Florida behind bars.
Other citizens are following suit. They believe vigilantism is the only option when the justice system fails to convict people who seem really, really guilty. This mindset is probably a side effect of watching "The Dark Knight" way too many times.
But in reality, how could life be any more beautiful than the moments after murdering your first-born child?
Eligible bachelors, be ready: Perhaps her uterus is up for seconds.
A sale on the black market? Nothing better than impregnation with none of the negative effects. As long as you are OK with an innocent child being brought into the world for two years of existence, only to have it forcefully removed without her consent.
Perhaps what we can learn from this case is how to effectively commit murder under the U.S. legal system.
How many times can I look up "broken neck" and "how to make chloroform" on the Internet and still not be convicted of murder? What if she was trying to repair someone's broken neck using sophisticated medical procedures?
Or perhaps she had a beaker of chloroform on hand and by finding the process of making it, she was hoping to perform the process backwards to harvest the essential components of acetone, water and shock powder?
Whatever stance you have in this case, realize that our justice system is not the problem; it's the media's portrayal of the case. Whatever corruption exists within the U.S. justice system, the corruption of media coverage is much larger.
Oh, and before you do something stupid, leave the vigilantism to Batman.
Or perhaps even, God forbid, the police.
Shea Ford is a psychology senior. His column appears on Tuesdays.
