God it irritates me that she got off, While I can't really judge her and I don't know if she did do it, the case sounds kind of off. if anything her crazed behavior, constant lying, fantasy world, and irresponsible nature should have tipped the jury off that something was amiss and there should have been a mis-trial. Its like that Lady that drove her kids into a Lake and said a Puerto Rican guy kidnapped them....ughhh at least that lady melted down and confessed. This is another Jon-Benet in the making.

I live near OJ(before he got arrested) and he wasn't in any secluded neighborhood, albeit it is an upper middle class neighborhood. He just has a really big front yard. I've seen bigger and less accessible places. When I was in highschool I used to heckle the person who cut his grass, because cutting things was dangerous.

I say it's better for the exact reason you state in your post: In any other country she would have been locked away. Locked away without any real evidence.  Locked away with reasonable doubt.  Locked away because it "looks suspicous" when there could be legitimate reasons for her strange behavior.  Mentally ill people don't always behave the way one would expect them to, and we don't know what's going on inside her mind.  That our justice system doesn't try to read minds: that's why it's good.

My two cents: Congratulations America, you've made Casey Anthony Famous. Guilty or not, it's your ratings that will now provide her with celebrity status, six to seven figure interviews, book signings and possibly even a movie. Another case of media saturation and the people buying it. What I think about her doesn't matter unless I am a juror and they've already said their piece. Enjoy the day, this case has gone on for years now.

The fact that she hid her daughter's death doesn't mean she killed. Her death can be accidental and she could have been just so ashamed of not having watched her or maybe she feared other people wouldn't have believed she was innocent, or she could be so distraught to totally deny her death until she was cornered and she couldn't deny anymore. Nobody can really know what a mother feels when her children die, except another mother that experienced the same tragedy, but what's for sure denial is a reaction that can happen in both innocent and guilty mothers, you can't prove their guilt with it.

Edit: or, as d21lewis and others suggested, she could be guilty of manslaughter but she feared to be charged with murder.

Not ANY other country... but a number of them. Someone said she came from a rich family, so she'd get off in France since they basically make crimes of the rich and powerful disapear.  (Without even having to spend for the best lawyers and shit since the judges collcet all the information for trial.)

I think most people would be shocked at how many systems in even Europe are accusatory.

In the end, she did SOMETHING, and she should be held until they get the truth out of her. Whether it was murder or manslaughter, they need to know the truth before they let her free again, it's as simple as that.

She is guilty of something, and they just let her walk free, it's a joke.

There was more than enough "real evidence".

well the media and talk shows have crucified her...practically everyone believes she's guily; both polls and interviews back them up, she will never have a decent life again here in the states(though rumor has it she moving to Europe?)
how can she ever go back to her family; specially her dad

She doesn't come from a rich family. Her lawyer did it for free. I live in the same city as her and have driven by her house before. I dated a girl that used to be friends with her. The girl I dated was also crazy and good riddance.

The problem is, they get these jurors who are not supposed to have any prior knowledge of the case. While our opinions are formed by the media and circumstances that aren't admissable to court, all the jurors can consider is the evidence. There were some holes that just weren't answered by the prosecution. It's easy for us to sit here and say "She's guilty and deserves to die" (How easy? I'll say it right now--Casey Anthony is guilty and deserves to die) but we weren't the ones that had to sit there and look at her for weeks on end and then decide that, based on our decision, she would be condemned to death. Didn't you guys see The DArk Knight? Nobody wants to get their hands dirty!

It would be one thing if there was a confession or a smoking gun. All we had was circumstantial evidence to go on. While I could personally convict somebody based on circumstantial evidence and a little common sense, I don't think I could kill somebody without absolute certainty. I just don't believe the intent to kill was there. They should have never tried to convict that slut of anything more than manslaughter. To charge anybody with ANY crime, you have to be able to prove all of the elements of the crime (intent, included). If a single element isn't accounted for, the case is lost. With murder, they had to prove Casey intended to kill her daughter. With manslaughter, all they had to prove was that Casey was responsible.

And because of that, a killer is going to walk free.