Caylee Anthony - What Goes Around Comes Around

My stint in law enforcement support services for 31 years gave me some insight into what happens when the prosecution fails to convict someone that appears to be guilty: what goes around comes around. It isn't about if, it's about when.

Many years ago, our detective team at my old workplace gathered evidence for a particularly bad rapist. He was violently evil- and we knew it would be a matter of time before he would foul up the rape part and just kill the victim. They worked night and day on the case until they thought they had him cold. The arrest was made. The trial went south almost as soon as it started- someone had messed up in their procedures because of the emotion of the case. So it was dismissed and we couldn't try him again on those charges.

But in the principle of "what goes around," it was only a few short months later that he was back at his old games. He was arrested, convicted, and today is serving a life sentence.

I say all that to those of you who are ticked off that Caylee Anthony was acquitted on the charges of murdering her daughter. By the way- The prosecution likely charged her with too much heavy duty stuff (I listened to the jury instructions and was fairly sure she would be acquitted. They were too lengthy, too complicated, and the charges too deep.)

IF the woman did kill her daughter, she'll mess up again somehow. If she is crazy, it will become apparent. And there are eternal consequences that we don't see. Caylee Anthony did not get off. In reality, she just got a reprieve.