Casey Anthony Weeps as Prosecutors Deliver Closing Arguments
- Posted on July 3, 2011 at 7:02pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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ORLANDO, Fla. (The Blaze/AP) — Casey Anthony briefly wept Sunday as prosecutors told jurors during closing arguments that she murdered her 2-year-old daughter Caylee to reclaim the carefree life she had before the girl was born. CBS Video:
Prosecutors portrayed Anthony as a young mother who killed her daughter because she got in the way of her love life.
“Something needed to be sacrificed, that something was either the life she wanted or the life thrust upon her. She chose to sacrifice her child,” prosecutor Jeff Ashton said during his 90-minute argument.
Defense attorney Jose Baez said the prosecutors’ case was so weak they tried to portray Anthony as “a lying, no-good slut“ and that their forensic evidence was based on a ”fantasy.” He said Caylee’s death was “an accident that snowballed out of control.”
Prosecutors contend Caylee was suffocated with duct tape by a mother who then crafted elaborate lies to mislead investigators and her parents. Defense attorneys countered that the toddler accidentally drowned in the family swimming pool, and that her mother in fact was hiding emotional distress caused by alleged sexual abuse from her father. Her father has denied that claim.
Judge Belvin Perry ruled Sunday morning that there was no evidence of such a claim and that the defense could not allude to it in closing arguments. Jury deliberations are now expected to begin Monday.
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Comments (137)
jcons114
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 8:28pmShe’s crying cuz she knows its over. Her supposed “carefree life” will now probably end in a few months time. Sad.
Report Post »BuckleUpAmerica
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 8:22pmShe weeps because she knows she’s done!
Report Post »chips1
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 8:18pm338:
Report Post »Thinking like that is why BO will be re-elected. You can’t figure anything out on your own. All the proof that BO is a nutcase, even his own words, can force you to use reason. You are a future slave when the US is destroyed.
junkmaninohio
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 8:17pmWhen will this damn thing finally end?
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 8:14pmAs I spend the few precious moments I have for such things commenting on stories here,I realize the changes that are being made here do not add to the discourse. They have eliminated a few paid trolls. They have made commercial spamming easy. They have removed my ability to “question with boldness” those who make unsupportable statements. And they have eliminated my ability to discuss a subject at length. For good or for bad…..I am not happy.
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 8:08pm@jzpatriot writes;
I guess “innocent until proven guilty” doesn’t apply to this case?? Murdering a child is horrible, but until the jury proves her guilty, we shouldn’t rush to judge her, or assume she is guilty.
Juries do NOT prove anything.
Report Post »Evidence, either existant or non-existant prove guilt or innocence.
Her bizarre behavior has made her seem guilty, the evidence MORE than supports her guilt. The jury is in the unique position of deciding her guilt or innocence. I think I know what will be done, but that means nothing. I certainly hope justice is done.
Czar Casm
Posted on July 4, 2011 at 1:19am@jzpatriot
Report Post »With wall to wall coverage of the trial on tv, you see the same thing the jury is seeeing and therefore can make a decision based on the same evidence/arguments that the jury is seeing. From what I’ve seen, guilty.
darlenekay
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 7:59pmThere is only one just verdict: guilty.
Report Post »Darla_K
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 7:59pmWhy didn’t she just drop her kid off at a church or the grandparents house?
Report Post »Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 7:41pmWhen did Greta Van Susteren become Nancy Grace???
Report Post »BenInNY
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 7:39pmYou know why I like this site? I just clicked the “stories” link at the top of the home page and this is the ONLY one on the trial. Meanwhile fox is wall to wall on it. Blech.
Report Post »lisalake
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 7:39pmwhat the hell is wrong with this site???? what’s the point “REPLY” when it doesn’t post there?????
Report Post »jzpatriot94
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 7:38pmI guess “innocent until proven guilty” doesn’t apply to this case?? Murdering a child is horrible, but until the jury proves her guilty, we shouldn’t rush to judge her, or assume she is guilty.
Report Post »Finger
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 9:48pmI believe it was an accident….do not think she murdered her child.
Report Post »In The Right
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 10:59pmFinger
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 9:48pm
I believe it was an accident….do not think she murdered her child.
I bet you believed in “Hope in Change” as well.
Report Post »Hanna
Posted on July 5, 2011 at 2:06amIt is not the job of the jury to prove her guilty. That is up to the defense. It is the job of the jury to find her guilty or not. And so far, the rest of us in the country still have a right to an opinion about that, and there is nothing wrong with expressing it, whatever you think. Just don’t tell someone else that they should not.
Report Post »eat-more-bacon-USA
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 7:27pmGuilty.
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 7:27pmI watched the entire closing arguement of the defense team. Reguardless of if I think she is guilty or not, they did an excellent job of blowing holes in the prosecutions case. Holes big enough to cause that jury to have some doubts. Personally I think the father is involved in this thing up to his eyeballs. I’d also like to see the mom get charged with perjury.
Report Post »lisalake
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 7:34pmThis is exactly where I am too…. watched the entire thing….
Report Post »lisalake
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 7:37pmNot to mention the entire media is in the tank for a guilty verdict…
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 8:13pm@lisalake
Report Post »The media makes me sick too. Like vultures waiting to feed on blood.
obama-mecca-me-sick
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 10:27pm@CAPTIANCRUNCH
Report Post »The parents of Casey have been through enough. The father never molested her and the grandparents did everything they could to help spoiled, selfish Casey raise the baby in a loving environment. She is a psychopath who was living a double life of lies and deceit. Then she throws her whole family under the bus to save her own skin. She is such an accomplished liar her parents, friends, relatives and boyfreind had no idea what she was doing and what she was capable of. Dont judge until you walk a mile in their shoes. They will never heal from the damage their souless daughter has heaped upon them. Cindy showed the kind of love for Casey that Casey was incapable of having for Caylee and should not be charged with perjury.
pwatkins
Posted on July 5, 2011 at 12:10amI have to agree with you. I followed the case from the beginning, read all transcripts of the trial and looked at piles of evidence. They all show guilt and know what happened, but George holds the most guilt in the cover up, bc it was an accident I believe. The charges need to be placed upon all of them.
Report Post »likwidlizard
Posted on July 5, 2011 at 2:31amYour brain being squeazed a little too hard today? It appears so.
Report Post »Matlor
Posted on July 5, 2011 at 2:51amAGREED!! The father knows exactly what happened. That whole family is complicant.
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 7:25pmI am thankfull I do not heve to judge. In the long haul-God will.
Report Post »lisalake
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 7:21pmall the conventional wisdom says guilty… I’m not so sure…I must be the only one who thinks there is room for reasonable doubt… but this is one freaky family, for sure…
Report Post »staythecourse
Posted on July 4, 2011 at 12:20amLisa Lake. There is a lot in this story that adds up in a very bizarre fashion. Some day the truth will be told. From day one the mom was “guilty” and convicted by the media. I for one do not believe she is alone in this tale. Too many questions….having cared for folks who experienced ‘abuse’ i do not consider it to be outside the realm of possibilities— that she was indeed abused. Something is very much not right with the story “painted” by the prosecution…IMHO.
Report Post »Look4DBigPicture
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 7:20pmNot to diminish the seriousness of such a horrible crime against such a precious child, but I’m not a juror and have no interest in this trial. Why must we be subjected to it 24/7?
Report Post »chips1
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 8:08pmPeople are subjected to it 24/7 to give the people on welfare something to do while waiting for their checks. Not wanting to work is boring.
Report Post »Jade_Peverell
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 7:15pmI believe she is guilty, too. Nothing she has claimed has made any sense and, if true, it would have been brought up long before the trial. She has spent three years in jail, if there was a story that would have gotten her out before now, she would have told it.
Report Post »Outlaw_Josey_Wales
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 7:13pmGet a rope.
Report Post »dantom
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 7:12pmGulty.
Report Post »conservativemom99
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 7:11pmtoo little too late…should have mustered these feelings for your precious child when she was living…
Report Post »dantom
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 7:11pmGuilty
Report Post »Restoreamericanow
Posted on July 4, 2011 at 7:07pmJust as in the case of O.J. Simpson. If she didn’t do it, then who!? Either her precious baby drowned and she covered it up or, more probably, she killed her daughter. Either way she’s GUILTY!
Report Post »Want our country back
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 7:09pmSorry, but all the evidence points to her and her alone….. she wanted to be free… we’ve seen this before where a mother killed several children to be with a guy….
I wish that she’s confess and spare the family all this additional pain…. Casey, do the right thing
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 7:07pmDid you cry when you were planing to kill your child ????????
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 10:59pmAnd what kind of a good mother would know her child is gone and party it up for days, even staying overnight with her boy friend. Guilty as hell. If she had acted concerned, worried, and called the police to report it, I could almost believe her story. But she did none of this. She partied it up, just what she wanted.
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 7:05pmI think she did it. Period!
Report Post »Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 7:38pmForget Casey Anthony – let’s talk about Lesbians some more
Report Post »nptden
Posted on July 3, 2011 at 8:27pmDid what? They have proof of nothing. Bias did a good job. The kid probably drowned and daddy didn’t want to call the police, because it might have reflected on him. After all he was a cop. He failed. Not this kid. He was going to take care of everything.
Report Post »thegrassroots
Posted on July 4, 2011 at 10:06amI’m thinking they should have taken a harder look at the meter reader. He‘s looking like he’s more involved than someone who just found a body. Was the Anthony home on his route? If so, he would have had a lot of opportunity to stalk that precious little girl. I’m wondering if this is like the Ramsey case, where the investigators wasted precious time by focusing on the parents instead of hunting down the real killer.
As strange as the Anthonys are – because of the even stranger and poorly investigated meter reader, if I was on the jury I would have to say “not guilty!”
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on July 4, 2011 at 1:16pmThis selfish little tramp weeps for herself not her dead little girl.
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on July 4, 2011 at 1:47pmWell, we’ll see what the jury decides. I see no way that this child wasn’t killed by her mother. I weep for the child, but I’m sincerely heart broken for the grandparents who loved this baby, and now they will be losing their daughter. The daughter who didn’t care enough for her own child and preferred to do sleep-overs with her boyfriend rather than take care of the little one. Selfish little Casey. And a liar to try to pin it on her Dad. Throw mud and see where it sticks, huh? Guilty as sin! God rest the baby’s soul and God bless the grieving grandparents, she never grieved a bit.
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