It's been over a decade since Casey Anthony's trial gripped America. Now, in a new Peacock docuseries, she tells her tale, but why was she discovered no longer to blame?
Casey Anthony
On July 5, 2011, after a trial that lasted nearly two months, 12 participants of a Florida jury found Casey Anthony not to blame of aggravated child abuse, annoyed manslaughter of a child, and first-degree homicide. When the decision was read, the crowd outside of the courthouse erupted in anger. Most of them have been clutching protest signs calling Anthony a child killer or worse. Many people felt the evidence towards her was overwhelming and yet she walked loose.
Why was Casey Anthony found now not accountable?
People protest the Casey Anthony verdict out of doors of the Orange County Courthouse on July 7, 2011
Why was Casey Anthony discovered not guilty?
CNN reported that the jury deliberated for 10 hours and Forty minutes prior to attaining their verdict. As each and every was read adopted via a "not guilty," Anthony grew increasingly emotional, finally bursting into tears and hugging her defense crew. The defense's simplest activity was to introduce affordable doubt to the jury.
According to People, straight away after the trial, one juror provided some perception concerning the decision-making process.
"Generally, none of us liked Casey Anthony at all," he instructed the hole. "She seems like a horrible person. But the prosecutors did not give us enough evidence to convict. They gave us a lot of stuff that makes us think she probably did something wrong, but not beyond a reasonable doubt."
Disturbingly sufficient, this same juror published that the perceived attitudes of lead prosecutor Jeff Ashton versus lead protection attorney Jose Baez performed a part in the "not guilty" verdicts. That will have to no longer be the case. While Ashton seemed "arrogant" and "cold," Baez gave the impression really invested in this case.
"He was the only one in the room who seemed to care," said the juror. Evidently this was discussed in the jury room. At the top of the day, there was simply no concrete proof linking Casey Anthony to the dying of her daughter.
Did Casey Anthony cross to prison?
Although she won 3 "not guilty" verdicts for the more severe fees, Anthony wasn't let off totally. She was found accountable of "four misdemeanor counts of providing false information to law enforcement," according to CNN. "Judge Belvin Perry sentenced Anthony to four years in jail — one year for each of her four convictions of lying to police — but with credit for the approximately three years already served and good behavior, her release date was set for next Wednesday, July 13," reported the Anderson 360 blog.
She was officially released from the Orange County Jail in Orlando in the early morning on July 17, 2011.
Casey Anthony leaves the Orange County Jail with her attorney, Jose Baez, on July 17, 2011
Not simplest was Casey fined $1,000 for each misdemeanor count, but she was ordered to pay "nearly $98,000 for the costs of investigating Caylee's disappearance," mentioned CNN. She was later ordered to pay an extra $119,822.25 to the police. In July 2013, a judge tossed out two of her convictions, citing double jeopardy as the reason.
Some contributors of the jury regretted their resolution.
Jennifer Ford informed ABC News that the decision to acquit Anthony made them really feel "sick to their stomachs." They knew they just did not have enough to convict her. "I did not say she was innocent," mentioned Jennifer to ABC News. "If you cannot prove what the crime was, you cannot determine what the punishment should be."
It always got here all the way down to a loss of evidence, because it must, but everyone felt in their guts that Anthony was responsible. Most wished that they weren't at the jury in any respect because the enjoy modified their lives eternally.
In 2018, People reached out to the 12 individuals of the jury and now not a single one sought after to speak. "It happened seven years ago, and still everyone asks about it," one told the opening. "At this point, what more is there to say?"
Apparently, Casey Anthony feels another way. Hear her tell her facet of the tale in the new Peacock docuseries Casey Anthony: Where the Truth Lies, streaming now.
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