Casey Anthony...

Basi · Posted: 05 Jul 2011 04:57 pm Post subject: Casey Anthony...

http://abcnews.go.com/US/casey_anthony_trial/casey-anthony-guilty-murder-caylees-death/story?id=13987918

By Barbara Liston
ORLANDO, Fla | Tue Jul 5, 2011 4:36pm EDT
(Reuters) - A Florida jury on Tuesday found Casey Anthony not guilty of murder in the 2008 death of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee, a case that riveted millions since the child was first reported missing three summers ago.

The verdict spares the 25-year-old from facing the death penalty, which prosecutors planned to seek if Casey had been found guilty as charged of first-degree murder.

She faces possible jail time after being found guilty of lying to police and will be sentenced on Thursday at 9 a.m. local time.

"Casey did not murder Caylee. It's that simple," defense attorney Jose Baez told reporters after the verdict was announced at about 2:15 p.m. local time.

Casey appeared visibly nervous ahead of the verdict, downcast and biting her lip.

She sobbed after the jury's not guilty finding on the murder count was read, and finally broke into a broad smile when the proceedings ended, hugging the defense team.

The prosecution said Casey smothered Caylee with duct tape on June 16, 2008, drove around for several days with Caylee's body in her car trunk and then dumped the remains in woods near the Anthony family home.

The defense argued that Caylee died in an accidental drowning.

Twelve jurors, sequestered away from their homes for the duration of the trial, deliberated nearly 11 hours over two days. They declined to speak with reporters after reaching their decision.

They found Casey not guilty of the felonies of aggravated child abuse or aggravated manslaughter of a child.

She was found guilty of four counts of providing false information to a law enforcement officer, a misdemeanor charge that carries a maximum of one year in jail per count.

Casey initially told detectives Caylee had been kidnapped by a nanny, triggering a nationwide search that ended on December 11, 2008.

That's when Caylee's skeletal remains were found in woods near the Anthony family home with duct tape dangling from her skull.

Casey, who has been jailed nearly three years since her arrest, did not testify at the trial.

She had no immediate contact on Tuesday with her mother and father, who left the courtroom without speaking to her.

"While we're happy for Casey, there are no winners in this case," Baez told reporters. "Caylee has passed on far, far too soon."

The defense team did not take any questions from the media.

"I'm ecstatic for (Casey) and I want her to be able to grieve and to grow and somehow get her life back together," defense attorney Baez said.

The trial lasted for seven weeks and caught the attention of much of the nation, with curiosity fed by live coverage of testimony on cable news. The notoriety of the case has prompted comparisons to the murder trial of O.J. Simpson.

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IMO

pretty fucked up. kid drowns in a pool and you don't call 911 right away, instead you look to ditch the body in some woods and proceed to go clubbing days later joking about your kid etc.

i don't think she murdered her at all, but if they're claiming it was an "accident" then at the very LEAST she should have gotten unintentional manslaughter. a jury of the peers is so outdated.

PiNk · Posted: 05 Jul 2011 05:02 pm Post subject:

Not guilty?
My.
Fucking.
God.

What the fuck is this world coming to?

ye · Posted: 05 Jul 2011 05:09 pm Post subject:

I KNEW SHE WAS NOT GUILTY
THERE WASN'T ANY EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY
SHE WOULD NEVER SCAN NO ONE

Vassago · Posted: 05 Jul 2011 06:58 pm Post subject:

Is this good news or bad?

Basi · Posted: 05 Jul 2011 07:58 pm Post subject:

geez what a pathetic copy/paste job. if you just click i just added it will be a lot less of an eyesore

vassago

she basically admitted that her child drowned in a pool (claims on accident) and instead of calling 911 or taking her to a hospital they decided to dump her off in an abandoned lot near (what literally looks like) a swamp. this happened in june, and she reported her missing in july. the ruling that happened has basically excused her of all those actions and solely punished her for the police's time she's wasted.

basically i can knock a chick up, leave my child next to a pool and take a couple shots/nothing important, come back see the dead child in the pool, and ditch the body in a construction lot, and not get any negative reinforcement from the law telling me i did anything wrong. however once i add "pretend she's missing" to that scenario i get 4 years and that's that. doesn't really make a lot of sense since the "pretend she's missing" isn't really as bad as burying a my 'unintentional manslaughtered' child in a swamp.

Tylr · Posted: 05 Jul 2011 08:43 pm Post subject:

Stupid fucking jury.
I really hope she gets the 12 years that are possible for sentencing, or someone besides the law, does what should've been done.

ye · Posted: 05 Jul 2011 09:05 pm Post subject:

Dnote · Posted: 06 Jul 2011 04:08 pm Post subject:

Tylr · Posted: 06 Jul 2011 04:28 pm Post subject:

Basi · Posted: 06 Jul 2011 04:37 pm Post subject:

Satan · Posted: 06 Jul 2011 04:43 pm Post subject:

I seen it on the view

Tylr · Posted: 06 Jul 2011 04:44 pm Post subject:

TiP · Posted: 06 Jul 2011 05:34 pm Post subject:

prosecute the dad imo