Just three things:

First, I admit that I didn’t follow this trial at all up until Tuesday when the verdict was reached and announced. When that happened it was darn near impossible to read anything but about it. So I took it upon myself to study the case and now that some of the jurors have broken their anonymity and begun talking about it…

I have to say that the jurors reached the best verdict that they possibly could. And when some of them say that it anguished them that this was their verdict, I have to take them at their word.

Do I believe that Casey Anthony murdered her 2-year old daughter Caylee Anthony? My answer would be “Is there anybody who seriously believes that O.J. didn’t do it?”

But in our legal system, the burden is on the prosecution to prove guilt beyond any reasonable doubt. Not the ...