I didn't pay any attention to this case until the outrage over the verdict. I'm annoyed with the media's general rush to convict anyone accused of a crime (there should be no such thing as a "perp walk"), their lack of respect for the presumption of innocence, and the ridiculous mob of people who are outraged that the jury reached its verdict after "only" 11 hours of deliberation when they reached their verdict based on TV punditry.

Somewhere along the way, the American viewing public mistook the Casey Anthony trial for an episode of "American Idol." If the audience had been allowed to vote, she'd be on her way to Florida's death row.

This is precisely how people want justice to be done - a mad game show with dial in voting and a guillotine.

People pay a lot of lip service to our Constitution on the Fourth of July but they don't seem to have much respect for it the other 364 days of the year.

Casey Anthony verdict; fallout - chicagotribune.com