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Casey Anthony Trial: Not Guilty Murder Verdict
Casey Anthony has been found not guilty of murdering her 2-year-old daughter Caylee. The jury declined to convict her of either first degree murder or manslaughter.
The jury found Casey Anthony guilty on four counts of providing false information to law enforcement.
Clutching the hand of her defense attorney Jose Baez, Casey Anthony began to sob as the verdict was read. The rest of her defense team stood beside her, also clutching hands. She thanked Baez as she was swarmed by the defense team.
Her parents, Cindy and George Anthony, left the courtroom as Judge Belvin Perry read further instructions to the jury and did not join their daughter in the courtroom.
Casey Anthony, who sat grim faced throughout the six weeks of testimony, beamed happily as she was fingerprinted in the courtroom for her conviction of providng false information to law enforcement.
Sentencing on the guilty counts will be held on 9 a.m. Thursday.
Prosecutor Jeff Ashton, who had entered the courtroom to roaring applause, sat shaking his head after the verdict.
Outside the courtroom, spectators screamed "Lord!" as the learned of the not guilty ruling.
At the heart of the case was Casey Anthony's fantastic lie that a babysitter named Zenaida, referred to in court as "Zanny the nanny," had stolen Caylee Anthony.
Prosecutors claimed that Casey Anthony killed her daughter by drugging Caylee with chloroform and suffocating her with duct tape over her mouth and nose.
She killed Caylee, prosecutor Jeff Ashton claimed in his closing argument, because Casey Anthony had to choose between her child and "the life she wanted."
"We submit to you the evidence in this case shows that the choice she made was her child," Ashton said.
By JESSICA HOPPER, EMILY FRIEDMAN (@EmilyABC) , YUNJI DE NIES and AARON KATERSKY
ORLANDO, Fla. July 5, 2011
http://abcnews.go.com/US/casey_anthony_trial/casey-anthony-guilty-murder-caylees-death/story?id=13987918
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Posted - 07/06/2011 : 05:44:48 AM
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All I can say is Sad Sad Sad
I can't tell you what I think on this one.
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Casey Anthony not guilty of murder
Casey Anthony could be a free woman Thursday after being found not guilty of murder, manslaughter and aggravated child abuse
The only thing everyone wanted was the truth: What happened to Caylee Marie?
Three years after the toddler who captivated the world was reported missing from her east Orange County home, a jury decided prosecutors failed to prove that Caylee's young single mother killed her.
"Casey did not murder Caylee; it's just that simple," lead defense attorney Jose Baez said outside the courtroom minutes after the verdict was read. "While we are happy for Casey, there are no winners in this case."
By Amy Pavuk and Bianca Prieto, Orlando Sentinel
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/os-casey-anthony-verdict-20110704,0,1425780.story |
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