Celebrities React to Casey Anthony Verdict

Anita Baker: "Innocent until PROVEN guilty … No cause of death. If you don't know HOW it happened, you can't say [whodunit]." Suggested Reading Tupac Associate Young Noble’s Death Illuminates Alarming Fact About Suicide Rates Among Black Men Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Recent Dissent Proves She’s Unafraid to Challenge Her Colleagues—Unlike Clarence Thomas After Three…

Anita Baker: "Innocent until PROVEN guilty … No cause of death. If you don't know HOW it happened, you can't say [whodunit]."

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Boris Kodjoe: Speechless! All I can think of is the baby. So angry! WTF.

Brian White: "Wait … Was the verdict really NOT guilty???"

Don Lemon: "Just from the little bit I saw there was no 'smoking' gun, fingerprints, eyewitness in #CaseyAnthony trial. #CNN #NotGuilty #reasonabledoubt"

Elise Neal: "Wow, #caseyanthony not guilty?? On all the murder charges? Was the evidence THAT iffy? REALLY?"

Gabrielle Union: "SO much 2 say, but nada appropriate."

Holly Robinson Peete: "My heart is pounding, I just sweat through my shirt and we are about to go on the air … #justiceforcaylee"

Lalah Hathaway: "I better not see her at the MTV awards next year …"

La La Vazquez: "Speechless. Stunned."

Ledisi: "Pray for that family and the spirit of that little girl. God always has the last say."

Marlon Wayans: "Casey Anthony aka WHITE O.J."

Marsha Ambrosius: "So … Lie enough over a period of time to the point where you believe yourself. Possibly others believe you, too. Doesn't make you not guilty."

Niecy Nash: "I understand being relieved if [you're] found not guilty but all the smiling & laughing when [your] child is dead is ridiculous & offensive:(. Wow …"

Reagan Gomez: "I don't get the whole 'Why are u shocked, America wouldn't have convicted her' theory. Thousands of women [are] in prison 4 killing [their] kids."

Star Jones: "While #CaseyAnthony lives 'Bella Vita' … her 'beautiful life' … a dead baby lies in the ground with no one to be held responsible."

Terry McMillan: "Even the judge tried not to look shocked. But he was. Clearly."

Touré: "Some are like, 'she's white, she'll be fine.' Um, no. She's a nationally known pariah. Infamous coast to coast. She lost her white [privilege] card."

Vivica A. Fox: "I mean, really?? WTH is this gonna teach teenage moms! Go party [and] lie to the cops about it and u too can get away with it?? WTF??"

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