The not guilty to pay for the investigation against them?

[C-dub]

I can't believe they are even trying this. I think Casey Anthony is guilty, but if I were on her jury I would have came to the same conclusion that they did. I think there was little to no credible evidence of her guilt and the state did an extremely poor job of prosecuting her and for even charging her in the first place.

That aside, trying to get her to pay for their investigation is unbelievable! I don't think I've ever heard of a state getting someone found guilty having to pay for the investigation of their crimes. Imagine if one of us were charged with UCW in a place like the Grapevine Mills Mall or the Dallas Zoo and after being found not guilty due to stupidity of various people the city, county, or state tried to make us pay for their investigation. It is bad enough that we have to pay someone to defend the bogus charges, but to pay for their investigation?!

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[tbrown]

Many courts in Texas charge court fees if you fight a traffic ticket, even if you win.

[C-dub]

It's been so long since I've had a ticket that I've tried to fight that I forgot about that. I can see owing court fees if found guilty. Still, though, that's nothing like $500,000 and being found not-guilty.

[tbrown]

People forget she was found guilty of lying to investigators. Four counts I think.

Devil's Advocate
The wild goose chase cost the taxpayers money, so why shouldn't she pay for that?

[CrimsonSoul]

from what I gather they aren't making her pay for the investigation against her, but making her pay for the cost of the search operation that happened after she lied about her daughter being kidnapped. That seems fair to me. If I said one of my kids were kidnapped when they weren't and the cops spent thousands of man hours looking for said non-missing kid, I would expect them to try and make me pay for the search operation.

[speedsix]

Many courts in Texas charge court fees if you fight a traffic ticket, even if you win.

...never heard of such a thing...can you cite examples that we can verify and dig into???

[C-dub]

from what I gather they aren't making her pay for the investigation against her, but making her pay for the cost of the search operation that happened after she lied about her daughter being kidnapped. That seems fair to me. If I said one of my kids were kidnapped when they weren't and the cops spent thousands of man hours looking for said non-missing kid, I would expect them to try and make me pay for the search operation.

Maybe I missed something. When did they prove that her daughter wasn't kidnapped? I did not follow this case closely and just tried looking for her lies. Apparently, there were four of them, but I can't find what they were.

[Jumping Frog]

I did not follow this case closely and just tried looking for her lies. Apparently, there were four of them, but I can't find what they were.

I didn't follow it closely either. But I know she was convicted of perjury because her own story changed multiple times.

[Texas Dan Mosby]

Maybe I missed something. When did they prove that her daughter wasn't kidnapped? I did not follow this case closely and just tried looking for her lies. Apparently, there were four of them, but I can't find what they were.

Her defense in court was that the child accidentally drowned in the family pool, which is contrary to the story she gave the authorities about the child being kidnapped. The state launched a search for the child at considerable tax payer expense due to the kidnapping claim, and it doesn't seem unreasonable that she should be held accountable for the cost of that search.