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• Fla gov signs law inspired by Caylee's death

  April 6, 2012 9:41 PM

  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Gov. Rick Scott has signed a bill inspired by 2-year-old Caylee Anthony's death. The law increases the maximum penalty from a year in jail to five years in prison for knowingly making a false statement to police about a missing child. Caylee's mother, Casey Anthony, was... more »

• Caylee's Law faces tough road to passage

  February 23, 2012 3:20 AM

  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Lawmakers under pressure from constituents in the months after the Casey Anthony trial have found it's not easy to toughen penalties for parents who don't immediately report missing children. Seventeen states tried to pass "Caylee's Law" legislation - named after Anthony's 2-year-old daughter whose... more »

• Casey Anthony's juror's names to be released

  October 25, 2011 6:54 AM

  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - The names of the jurors in the Casey Anthony trial are being made public for the first time since they acquitted the Florida mother on charges of murdering her 2-year-old daughter. The "cooling off" period a Florida judge cited in delaying the release for... more »

• Prosecutor on Casey Anthony Case Gets Book Deal

  August 31, 2011 1:28 AM

  Regardless of what you think of the outcome of the Casey Anthony trial, would you read a memoir by the assistant state prosecutor in the case? Sales for Jeffrey Ashton's book, which won't even be published until November, are already skyrocketing. While there are critics of the book ,... more »

• Anthony's attorney says she'll be in danger if forced to come back to surface in Florida

  August 3, 2011 8:20 AM

  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Casey Anthony's lawyer says she would be in danger and need security if she has to return to Florida under a judge's order in a check fraud case. Jose Baez told NBC's "Today" show Wednesday that bringing Anthony back to Florida from an undisclosed location... more »

• Casey Anthony's mom won't face perjury charges

  July 12, 2011 6:23 PM

  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A spokeswoman for a prosecutor's office says Casey Anthony's mother will not face perjury charges for testimony during her daughter's murder trial. A spokeswoman for the state attorney's office says prosecutors have decided against charging Cindy Anthony. She initially told police she did not search for... more »

• Lawyers concerned for Casey Anthony's safety when released from jail

  July 11, 2011 8:48 AM

  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - One of Casey Anthony's defense lawyers says he's worried about her safety once she's released from jail after being acquitted of murdering her 2-year-old daughter. Cheney Mason told the NBC's "Today" show Monday he doesn't know where Anthony will go when she's freed Sunday from... more »

• Anthony sentence allows her to go free July 17

  July 7, 2011 11:21 PM

  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Authorities in Florida say Casey Anthony will be freed July 17, not Wednesday as previously announced, as a result of a recalculation of the time she has served. Orange County corrections spokesman Allen Moore announced the new release date in a press release Thursday night.... more »

• Jury ends 1st day without verdict on Casey Anthony

  July 4, 2011 8:55 PM

  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Jurors in the Casey Anthony murder trial have ended their first day of deliberations without reaching a verdict. Judge Belvin Perry called the jurors into the courtroom at 6 p.m. Monday and dismissed them for the night. The sequestered jury of seven women and five... more »

• Anthony defense: Prosecution evidence a fantasy

  July 3, 2011 2:59 PM

  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Casey Anthony's attorney resumed his closing arguments by ridiculing the prosecution's forensic evidence as a "fantasy." Jose Baez told the Florida jurors after their lunch break that prosecutors are hoping the emotional 2008 death of Anthony's 2-year-old daughter Caylee will cause them to see stains... more »

• Casey Anthony trial to resume

  June 27, 2011 8:09 AM

  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The Casey Anthony trial is scheduled to resume after abruptly being put on hold over the weekend. Attorneys for the central Florida mother charged with murdering her 2-year-old daughter Caylee are expected to continue calling witnesses Monday. They also were expected to call witnesses... more »

• Trial for Florida mother accused of murder in recess until Monday

  June 4, 2011 5:04 PM

  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - An FBI forensic expert and a crime scene investigator have testified today at Casey Anthony's murder trial about evidence found in her car. The Florida mother is accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee. The FBI examiner said she examined a light-brown, 9-inch-long hair... more »

• Casey Anthony trial resumes today

  May 31, 2011 5:49 AM

  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Jurors will hear more testimony when Casey Anthony's murder trial resumes Tuesday in central Florida. Anthony is accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee. Prosecutors say Anthony suffocated the girl with duct tape in the summer of 2008. If convicted, she could be sentenced to... more »