casey anthony

Friday, July 8, 2011

The Casey Anthony investigation (officially titled the State of Florida v. Casey Marie Anthony, 48-2008-CF-015606-O) in a criminal trial held in Orlando, Florida from May 9 to July 5, 2011 for Ninth Judicial Circuit State Court involving the death of two years old Caylee Marie Anthony. Caylee's mother, Casey Marie Anthony, was arrested on July 16, 2008 and indicted on charges of first degree murder on October 14, 2008, against the death penalty. He claimed that he was innocent and that the child died accidentally drowning in the family pool.

July 5th, 2011, Casey Anthony was found not guilty of first degree murder, manslaughter is a qualified child and aggravated abuse of children. He was found guilty of four misdemeanor counts of providing false information to a law enforcement officer. The July 7 2011 were sentenced to a year in prison and a fine of $ 1,000 for each number. The credit for time served and good behavior, his release date was set for July 17, 2011.

The case received national media attention in the United States and became a public obsession, the newspapers and magazines called "the biggest draws scores in recent memory" and "social media trial of the century." , defense counsel accused Anthony was tried in the media to his great detriment, as he was about the death penalty. In the case cited, as examples of unfair pretrial publicity affecting the rights of defendants are in violation of the United States.