Well that's your opinion. But it flies in the face of reason that a person be required to pay the State's costs to prosecute them for a crime she was acquitted of. There is nothing to suggest that is unfair she was acquitted.
The State were entitled to fully marshal their evidence before an impartial jury who had not been tampered with and the jury returned a not guilty verdict. KC has a constitutional right to be acquitted and free from further prosecution. Her rights don't diminish just because you don't like her.
What's more you would be singing an entirely different tune if it were you who was in her shoes.
I agree. To an extent it would seem unfair that FL taxpayers have to pay for the missing child investigation. My problem is what was she mean to do? say "yes I killed my child" or "I negligntly killed her". There are various issues there but your right simply requiring her to pay for the missing persons investigation is not really that unfair.
Ironically though, the extra costs as to conducting a "missing" child investigation is questionable if the state will be able to reclaim (AZLawyer made a good post on this topic here:
Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community - View Single Post - Legal Questions for our Verified Lawyers #4).
From what I have heard, the issue is will she be required to pay for the MURDER prosecution and the JAC indigent defendant due process disbursements for a crime she was acquitted for.