Criminal
Jul. 19, 2011
The Casey Anthony verdict: Important lessons for civil attorneys
Whether or not Casey Anthony got away with murder, the greater concern is the perception that the jury got it wrong.
Bruce G. Fagel
Law Offices of Bruce G. Fagel & AssociatesPhone: (310) 516-9035
Email: brucefagel@fagellaw.com
Whittier College School of Law
Bruce G. Fagel is licensed to practice medicine and is founder of the Law Offices of Bruce G. Fagel & Associates. He served as a consultant on medical malpractice law to the California Judicial Counsel Committee, which wrote the new CACI jury instructions. He can be reached at brucefagel@fagellaw.com
In the days since the Casey Anthony verdict, most of the public press, pundits and public opinion polls clearly shows great dissatisfaction with the verdict. Whether or not Anthony got away with murder, as most people believe, the greater concern is the perception that the jury got it wrong. Even many pundits who say that they support the jury system have said, at the same time, that the jury got it wrong. To paraphrase Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous statement that "injustice anywhere i...
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