Casey Anthony Case Studies

Casey Anthony was put on trial for murder on May 24, 2011. The trial lasted six weeks, from May to July 2011. Prosecutors were seeking to give Casey Anthony the death penalty and allegedly claimed that Casey murdered her daughter so she would not have any parental responsibilities for the child. By managing chloroform and applying duct tape onto the child’s mouth, Casey Anthony murdered her own baby. Casey Anthony’s defense team tried to argue against the charges by claiming that the child had drowned on accident in the family's swimming pool on June 16, 2008. The defense contended that Casey lied about this, along with many other issues, because of a dysfunctional childhood. They claimed that she had endured sexual abuse by her father. Casey Anthony’s defense did not present any evidence however on how Caylee died, or any evidence that claimed that Casey was sexually abused as a child, but yet they still challenged every piece of the prosecution's evidence. During her trial; Casey did not testify.

Casey told detectives several lies, including that her nanny had kidnapped Caylee on June 9, and that she had been trying to find her, too frightened to alert the authorities. She was charged with first-degree murder in October 2008 and pleaded not guilty. The prosecution sought the death penalty and alleged Casey murdered her daughter to be free from parental responsibilities by administering chloroform and applying duct tape. The defense team countered that the child had drowned accidentally in the family’s swimming pool on June 16, 2008, and that George Anthony disposed of the body. The defense contended that Casey lied about these issues due to a dysfunctional upbringing, which was said to include sexual abuse by her father. On June 5, 2011, the jury found Casey not guilty of first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, and aggravated manslaughter of a child, but guilty of four misdemeanor counts of providing false information to a law enforcement officer. She was released on a bond of $500,000 and a Florida court overturned two of the misdemeanor convictions on January 25, 2013.

Her trial, which started 10 months after the murders, was lead by what towns’ people called the “dream team” of lawyers. The jury had 12 men on it that believed that she was not guilty because after they showed her the skull of her father in court, she fainted, and because she was a girl. They thought that no girl was capable of committing such a crime.

The Casey Anthony Trail, a case that lasted a month and a half was one that left everyone shocked, ending with no justice and a devastating result.

In addition, according to the interviews collected by NBC news Lawson Lamar, Florida state attorney said “We’re disappointed in the verdict today because we know the facts and we’ve put in absolutely every piece of the evidence that existed .... This is a dry-bones case. Very, very, difficult to prove. The delay in recovering little caylee’s remains worked to our considerable

On July 15, 2008, Cindy Anthony called the police saying her daughter Casey Anthony stole her car and some money. Later that same day the police received another call from the same person saying that her granddaughter Caylee Anthony had been gone for over a month. When this was heard, they knew they had a big case on their hands. The mother Casey Anthony was taken into custody and told many lies concerning the whereabouts of her daughter. The police began to investigate and found some interesting things that could very well prove Casey Anthony guilty of kidnapping and murder of her own daughter.

Weeks before the call, the vehicle Casey had been driving was found abandoned. The tow truck driver who found the vehicle told officers that the vehicle had a smell as if something had been decomposing. The tow truck driver compared the smell to a similar situation where he found an abandoned truck with a dead man’s body laying inside. Along with the horrible smell inside the vehicle; hair and a black plastic bag were found in the trunk of the car. Also found was what it seemed to be blood. On July 16 Casey Anthony was charged with first-degree murder, child neglect, aggravated child abuse and four counts of lying to detectives. On December 11, 2008 Caylee’s body was found wrapped inside a plastic bag, her body was decomposed and her skull only

In this article we're going talk about a case that went nationwide all over the world. And that is the Casey Anthony case, a young mother tried in 2011 for the murder of her two year old daughter. It took three years before Casey actually went trial and most of the evidence was base off circumstantial evidence which was some case hard to

When researched the Van Dam case one article gives a different version on the verdict of Westerfield. For one researching A brief history of Van Dam case by: North County Times staff (2002). "Westerfield arraigned on charges he kidnapped and murdered Danielle and misdemeanor possession of child pornography. Pleads not guilty." (2002) . However, things quickly changed when they found Danielle's body , according to A brief history of Van Dam. " Paul Pfingst announces Westerfield will face death penalty in convicted of kidnapping and murdering Danielle". (2002). June 4, Tuesday is whe the trial begins with David Westerfield according to A brief history of Van Dam. (2002).

On February 22, 2016, I was assigned this case for follow up. I was assigned a second case on February 24, 2016. The person involved in both investigations is Ms. Kassidy Pullara a fourteen year old T.C. Williams High School student. I contacted Doris L. Stanley (Guardian) and was granted access at school to interview Kassidy Pullara in school.

Other challenges to the computer forensic evidence were provided in the case by one of the investigators, Detective Yuri Melich, who by using Net Analysis was able to determine that there was inaccuracies in the data on the Casey Anthony case, which brought into question the data itself as well as whether Casey Anthony could have been the only

She was found guilty and the jury decided in lieu of the death penalty, she would receive a sentence of life in prison. The decision was overturned in a 2005 Texas Court of Appeals after a psychiatric witness for the prosecution admitted he lied about his testimony, falsifying that she got the idea from a Law and Order episode, and a new trial began. Andrea Yates was found not guilty by reason of insanity, and was committed to a state hospital in Texas, where, more than likely, she will spend the rest of her life institutionalized. This is just one example of how the insanity defense woks in a court of law.

The defense claimed that Casey’s dad knew about Caylee “drowning” and that he helped dispose of the body.

“ Hello miss, sorry to disturb you late at night, but a 911 call came from your daughter's house, your daughter had passed away. We need you to fly here in Italy and verify the body that has claimed to be your daughter.” These are the words that a mother would never want to hear. One mother's worst nightmare came alive on November 1, 2007 when Arline Kercher received a phone call from the police station in Perugia, Italy informing her that her daughter has been murdered and the primary suspect is her roommate or is it? This here lies the story about a teenage girl named Amanda Knox that flew to Italy as an international student, whom her and her boyfriend claimed to be framed for murder. Though, she claims she did not murder her roommate many

On July 10, 1995, the murder trial of O.J. Simpson began with the testimony of his oldest daughter, 26, Arnelle Simpson. Arnelle stated that her father was emotional, distraught, and out of control when he had heard of Nicole Simpson’s death. On June 12,