How can casey anthony be not guilty

Asked about the drowning defense, Casey Anthony hesitated: "Everyone has their theories, I don't know. As I stand here today I can't tell you one way or another. The last time I saw my daughter I believed she was alive and was going to be OK, and that's what was told to me. Anthony lives in the South Florida home of Patrick McKenna, a private detective who was the lead investigator on her defense team.

She also works for him, doing online social media searches and other investigative work. McKenna was also the lead investigator for OJ Simpson, when he was accused of killing his wife and acquitted; Anthony said she's become fascinated with the case, and there are "a lot of parallels" to her own circumstances.

She still dreads the supermarket checkout line for fear she'll see photos of her daughter on the cover of tabloid papers. Her bedroom walls are decorated with photos of Caylee and she weeps when she shows off her daughter's colorful, finger-painted artwork. Still, she asserts she is happy. For her 31st birthday she plans to go skydiving.

She enjoys taking photos, mostly of squirrels and other wildlife. And she loves her investigative work. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Politics Covid U. News World Opinion Business.

Share this —. She was found lying in a swampy, wooded area. Her body was so badly decomposed that the autopsy could not determine a cause of death and stated only that she was a victim of homicide by undetermined means. That's the way it goes. I think I mouthed, 'Wow' five times. One of the most powerful pieces of evidence, he said, was the photo of Caylee's decomposed skull with the pieces of duct tape where her mouth and nose would have been.

Huekler said he believed Caylee's death was just a horrific accident and that Casey Anthony was a good mother. Huekler said the lack of physical evidence that Caylee was murdered overwhelmed the circumstantial evidence of Casey Anthony's many lies and her hard partying in the 31 days when she knew her daughter was dead but didn't tell authorities. Casey didn't just start lying for the first 31 days [after Caylee disappeared]. She had been lying for the past two years. I felt it was the norm for her.

Mark Lippman, a lawyer for Anthony's parents, said on "Good Morning America" that George and Cindy Anthony were shocked by the verdict, not because they believed Casey Anthony was guilty, but because they thought the state did a fantastic job presenting its case.

George and Cindy Anthony have not met with their daughter since her trial began, but they hope to meet with her and to one day get the truth about what happened to Caylee. But who knows what to believe?

Casey Anthony's defense team argued that Caylee accidentally drowned in the family pool and that George Anthony, Casey Anthony's father, helped dispose of the body. In the trial's shocking opening statement, defense attorney Jose Baez said that Casey Anthony hid her daughter's death in the same way she hid what the defense claimed was years of sexual abuse by her father and brother.

Baez was not allowed to bring up the alleged abuse in closing arguments because Judge Belvin Perry said there was no proof any abuse occurred.

Huekler said that the omission of abuse in closing arguments did not hurt the defense's case. They gave us a lot of stuff that makes us think that she probably did something wrong, but not beyond a reasonable doubt. But the juror had a different take on lead defense attorney Jose Baez. After 90 witnesses and 33 days of testimony in the courtroom, the jurors began to deliberate.

So we talked for about 30 minutes, and the two decided that they were willing to change their votes, so first degree was off the table pretty quickly. And we talked for a while, then it was to acquit. But what else can we do? We promised to follow the law. Perhaps the juror who has been the most critical of the prosecution was the foreman, Juror Seven years later, the jurors — whose names were released six months after the trial — are still trying to distance themselves from the case.