How Many Investigators Does Linda Kenney Baden Believe are Employed to Convict Casey Anthony?

This article is the third in our series examining the Facebook statement of Linda Kenney Baden regarding her recent withdrawal from the defense team of Casey Anthony.

Ms. Baden’s statement may be found in the comments of the following linked article.

https://bullstopper.wordpress.com/2010/10/23/is-jose-baez-frightened-of-spicy-peanuts/

“As you know The State’s Attorney has hundreds of attorneys and investigators, millions of dollars and unlimited access to untold State and Federal resources: all trying to find evidence to convict Casey Anthony. They have also employed dozens of investigators and many different forensic labs to try and find what they call ‘scientific evidence’ against Casey.”

“As you know” – Ms. Baden begins this paragraph with an attempt to convince the reader they already “know” and, therefore, accept her upcoming statement as true.

“The State’s Attorney has hundreds of attorneys and investigators” – Although true, this statement is misleading.  How does the number of “attorneys and investigators” employed by the State have any bearing on this case?  How many of the “hundreds of attorneys and investigators” have made a contribution to this case?  The prosecution witness list tells the real story.  The number of attorneys and investigators employed by the State to work on this case does not number in the hundreds.

“millions of dollars” – Money is important to Ms. Baden.  We saw in the analysis of her first paragraph of this statement, Ms. Baden claimed economic concerns over her personal expenses as the number one reason she was leaving the defense team.  But how many dollars has the State spent on this particular case?  More importantly, how many dollars more has the State spent on this particular case compared to any other capital murder case?

“and unlimited access to untold State and Federal resources” – The State has unrestricted access to “untold State and Federal resources”.  Ms. Baden is vague and unspecific in her claim.  She is not even sure such resources exist as they are “untold”.  Of course, we know all discovery must be turned over to the defense, most of which is also subject to the Sunshine laws.  Therefore, findings from all resources are told, meaning all resources are told, no resources remain “untold”.  “Unlimited access” implies the access by the defense to the same resources is limited, yet the defense has all the same findings and the ability to conduct their own depositions of personnel.

“all trying to find evidence to convict Casey Anthony” – This is the claim Ms. Baden attempted to convince her readers they already knew.  “All” includes “hundreds of attorneys and investigators, millions of dollars and unlimited access”, “all” of which are trying to “find evidence” for the purpose of convicting Casey Anthony.  Is the purpose of the investigators and resources to convict Casey Anthony, or are they trying to “find evidence” of what happened to Caylee Anthony?  Should money spent investigating a crime be counted as funds spent to “convict” an individual suspect?  Should the money and time spent by “attorneys and investigators” discrediting the lies of Casey Anthony be counted as resources expended to “convict Casey Anthony”?  Wasn’t it Ms. Anthony who filed a police report on July 15, 2008 requesting the State begin immediate expenditures in an effort to locate her missing daughter?  Should those funds also be counted as part of the efforts of the State “to find evidence to convict Casey Anthony”?

“trying to find evidence” – Ms. Baden implies the State has not found “evidence” to “convict Casey Anthony” despite the unlimited resources expended on this case as they are “trying”, not succeeding.  If the State has not found “evidence” which can convict, why is Ms. Baden concerned about the dollar amount and number of investigators assigned to this case?

“They have also employed dozens of investigators” – We assume “they” refers to the State’s Attorney.  Ms. Baden is sensitive about “investigators” as this is the second time she has named them in the same paragraph, but she has moved from “hundreds” to “dozens”, which is less than “hundreds”.  Ms. Baden is exaggerating the number of investigators, but is unable to remain consistent in her exaggeration.  There is a possibility these “dozens” are distinct from the earlier mentioned “hundreds” because of the use of “also employed”, which would indicate in addition to the “hundreds”.

“and many different forensic labs” – The “also” may apply to the “many different forensic labs” as they were not mentioned earlier.  “Forensic labs” are sensitive to Ms. Baden as seen by the extra words “many different”.  We would assume multiple labs would be “different” labs, but Ms. Baden feels it important to state.  Ms. Baden is an expert in legal forensics and the forensic labs cause her discomfort.

“to try and find what they call ‘scientific evidence’ against Casey” – The State has tried, but not found “what they call ‘scientific evidence’ against Casey”.  Is Ms. Baden stating the State has not found scientific evidence “against Casey”?  No, she is not.  She is saying the State has not found “they call” scientific evidence.  Who is “they”?  The State?  The labs?  The investigators?  The attorneys?  The media?

“to try and find” – The State has tried, but failed.

“what they call ‘scientific evidence’ against Casey” – Ms. Baden draws special attention to ‘scientific evidence’.  The use of quotes indicates Ms. Baden does not believe the “what” is ‘scientific evidence’.

We have learned Ms. Baden is extremely concerned about ‘scientific evidence’.  She attempts to discredit ‘scientific evidence’ by referring to it as “what”.  She attempts to discredit the findings of the investigators and labs by implying the use of multiple of each by the State is in some way nefarious.  She attempts to discredit the State’s Attorney by exaggerating the number of attorneys and investigators it employs.  She attempts to discredit everyone involved with the prosecution by claiming their purpose is solely to convict Casey Anthony, implying they have skewed their individual contributions towards this goal.

We have learned Ms. Baden wishes us to believe the employees of the State, for no personal gain of their own, have cast aside their moral obligations to the truth and to justice in order to convict Casey Anthony.