Casey Anthony Ordered to Pay $97k Investigation Costs

Casey Anthony has been ordered to pay nearly a hundred-thousand dollars to police for the cost of the missing person investigation to locate her daughter Caylee, who was later found dead. Caylee was acquitted of murder at the close of a controversial trial, though the jury found her guilty on several misdemeanor counts of lying to authorities. The plaintiffs had sought nearly a half-million dollars in compensation, but the judge found that she was not liable for the costs of the murder investigation which ensued after the 2 year-old's body was discovered, only for the missing-person investigation.

A victory for National Socialism. For too long criminals have been wasting taxpayer money by leading the police on wild goose chases. The precedent is now set. If you lie to police, you will have to pay the costs of them proving that you have lied. Obey authority, answer the police truthfully. Better yet, stop committing crimes in the first place. The Collective will no longer be left holding the bill for your lies and criminality.

Sadly, this ruling has not gone quite far enough. The woman should have had to pay the costs of the entire investigation. Granted, she was not convicted of killing her daughter, but she did not cooperate with the investigation into the homicide, which also means that there were increased costs due to her lack of cooperation. Fifth Amendment be damned. She knew the truth, and she did not share that information with authorities. That means that she cost us, the People, the Collective, almost a half million dollars, and should be forced to pay the bill.

While we are here talking about the case, the failure of the jury system should also be pointed out here. We all know that she was responsible for the death of that child, the jury knew it too. They just didn't feel sure about it. They didn't have to be sure, this was not a capital case. If new evidence came out later that she was innocent, then they could have released her from prison. At least we would have sent a clear message to baby-killers that they will not get away with their crime. Even if she really is innocent, the baby-killers think they can get away with it now. I would rather send an innocent person to prison than to let criminals think they will get away with their crimes. It is time we do away with the jury system and leave it to trained judges to do their jobs, to judge the facts of a case and render a verdict based on those facts. There is no need for a jury who knows nothing about law or investigations.

Let us just hope and pray now, that this precedent will reach into all parts of the country, from headline cases to local misdemeanors. If you lie to police, you will have to pay for their time and resources. Hopefully, we will be able to take it a step further soon too, and force criminals to give up all their worldly good, and pay for the rest of their lives if they have to, in order to recover the costs of any investigation whether they lied or not.

If you are a criminal, your money is forfeit, and you should be forced to labor in prison until the debt is paid.