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Tweet Nothings: Verdict Rocks The World

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I found out about the verdict in the Casey Anthony trial via Facebook with this simple status update by a friend, “ ….unbelievable…”

Although shocked, I knew immediately what had happened.

Not Guilty.

The Casey Anthony trial, dubbed "the social media trial of the century" by Time magazine, has  generated unprecedented attention worldwide and immediately became a full-fledged legal spectacle on Tuesday when outrage erupted over the Florida jury’s decision to acquit the young mother on charges that she killed her 2-year-old daughter Caylee.

Within minutes of the verdict being handed down, Facebook pages devoted to Casey and Caylee Anthony were flooded with hundreds of comments while Twitter streams overflowed with expressions of outrage.

A sampling of reactions across the world from the social media sphere:

 

The outraged:

Thanks justice system, for showing women everywhere that they can kill their daughter and get away with it.

July 4th we celebrate this country. July 5th we're embarrassed by it.

Casey, you didn't win. You have a dead daughter, a guilty conscience, a society that hates you, and a date with God.

Nice justice system. I can't breathe. I can't think. I'm sick. God help us.

The devil is dancing tonight

 

The skeptics:

Stop looking at the Casey Anthony verdit from a emotional stand point. Looking at it from evidence found, and they found NOTHING.

The judicial system is based on the concept that is better to free the guilty than to condemn the innocent.

When did everyone with a Twitter account become an expert in criminal law?

 

The witty:

I guarantee nobody on Casey Anthony's Defense Team would let Casey babysit their kids.

Minutes after the #caseyanthonyverdict is handed down, eHarmony notifies Casey Anthony of her soul mate Robert Blake. #perfectmatch

Relax, it's only a matter of time before Casey is convicted of robbing a hotel room full of sports memorabilia.

Casey Anthony may have escaped punishment from a failed justice system, but who will save her from Dexter Morgan!?

We get it. No one is thrilled about the #caseyanthonyverdict, but for the love of god, someone get this Nancy Grace woman a Xanax.


Can't wait to hear the telephone call from jail today: "Hello mom? Can I come home?"

 

And the ironic:

@KimKardashian:WHAT!!!!???!!!! CASEY ANTHONY FOUND NOT GUILTY!!!! I am speechless!!!

(You may recall that it was Kardashian's father, Robert who represented his friend, O.J. Simpson, at his 1995 murder trial.)

 

Now it is time for you to weigh in. What are YOUR thoughts on the Casey Anthony verdict? Was justice served?

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