Keli Lane

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  1. Makedde

    Makedde New Member Past Donor

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    Okay. I will have to come back tomorrow to check replies though. as I am off to bed.

    I do not like the thought of sending someone to jail when there is no physical evidence to link them to the crime. Just like the Casey Anthony case, while CA is most likely guilty, I am glad she was freed because there wasn't anything tp prove, without a doubt that she committed the crime.

    There can be circumstantial evidence, sure - but I prefer physical. Keli had three other kids - two she gave up for adoption and a third she aborted. She had Teagan who then disappeared. There was nothing at all to prove Keli killed her, and nothing to show that Teagan was even dead.

    No body, no evidence that the baby is dead, and nothing at all to link Keli to a crime.

    Without any of that, I do not feel comfortable with her being in prison.
     
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    efjay Well-Known Member

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    so what would you say she has done with the baby? why didnt the father ever come forward? why is there no trace of the baby? why did she change the name given to police for the father? why was there no mention of the baby at the wedding she attended right after leaving the hospital?
    Yes Mak there is no body to be found BUT that does not mean that Keli didnt kill the baby...it just means she had a good way of disposing of the baby. The way she acted in the police interviews and the interviews with DOC'S workers also points to her guilt. The system failed baby teagan by not keeping a closer eye on Keli after her other antics. While i will say that abortion isnt a crime in ANY way i will say that what Keli did by getting preggers so many times and not wanting the kids should have been a big red flag for what was to come.
     
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    Makedde New Member Past Donor

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    I don't know what she did with the baby or why the father hasn't come forward. Maybe he didn't want to get involved? Only he knows.

    I just find it odd that she could have two kids and have them adopted and then abort another, but choose to keep this one. Why not give it up for adoption, too, like she did with the others?

    It might be highly likely that she killed her baby and disposed of the body, but without any physical evidence to tie her to the alleged crime, I don't feel comfortable knowing she's in prison.
     
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    mikezila New Member

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    because she doesn't know who the father is, and never handed the baby over to anyone???:omg:

    she murdered her baby-it's that simple.
     
  5. Makedde

    Makedde New Member Past Donor

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    There is no proof she killed her baby, just like there is no proof that Casey Anthony killed Caylee.
     
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    efjay Well-Known Member

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    The problem there is that if the justice system ran like that and you wanted to get away with murder you would just have to make sure the body was never found..
     
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    Makedde New Member Past Donor

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    All the justice system needs to do is;

    1. Prove a crime was committed
    2. Link the accused person to the crime, without circumstantial evidence

    Then prosecute. But in the Keli Lane case, we cannot even prove a crime was committed. THINKING a crime was committed is not the same as actually committing one.
     

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