Casey Anthony Prosecutor: ‘I’m Shocked At Not Guilty Verdict’
Posted on Jul 06, 2011 @ 12:30PM
by Radar Staff
The Florida prosecutor who tried Casey Anthony, Assistant State Attorney Jeff Ashton, told The Today Show on Wednesday he was "shocked" by the not guilty verdict handed down by the jury.
"We felt like we presented a really strong case," Ashton said, noting he didn't think a not guilty verdict was "realistic."
Anthony said when the verdict was handed down, "I think I mouthed the word 'Wow' five times ... you pour three years of your life into a case ... it was not easy to hear, but we know we did a good job, and we accept what happened.”
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Ashton said he was surprised that Casey's actions following her daughter's death -- not reporting the death for more than 30 days, partying in that time and lying to investigators -- didn't resonate deeper with jurors.
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"We felt that was one of the strongest pieces of evidence that we had in the case was that her actions, we felt ... [we’re] just so completely inconsistent with just some accidental explanation for the death.”
As RadarOnline.com has previously reported, after a 35-day trial choc full of harrowing testimony, a seven-woman, five-man jury in Orlando, Florida on Tuesday found Anthony, 25, not guilty of first-degree murder, aggravated manslaughter and aggravated child abuse in her daughter Caylee's 2008 death. She was however convicted on four misdemeanor counts of lying to police officers, for which she will be sentenced Thursday. Since she’s already spent nearly three years behind bars, she could walk free with credit for time served.
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Following the not guilty verdict, Ashton announced he is retiring after a 30-year career as a prosecutor.
Casey’s defense attorney, Jose Baez, gives his first network interview since the verdict was handed down to ABC’S Barbara Walters in a special edition of Nightline, airing Wednesday night.
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The Daily Juice
May 21, 2012 @ 11:30
She will pay for Caylee's death sooner or later. Karma is a strong force that she can't win over with her lies. There will be JUSTICE FOR CAYLEE.
Posted Thu, 07/07/2011 - 3:21pm
The jurors wanted to go home because they lost TV privileges - how lame is that. Let a child killer go because they have no TV to watch at night. I hope these cowardly jurors are hounded by the public for their mistake til the day they die.
Posted Thu, 07/07/2011 - 12:04am
Casey is the poster child for Pro Choice!!!!!
Posted Wed, 07/06/2011 - 6:40pm
Jury was anxious to get home. At the very least Casey was guilty of neglect. To let all those searchers go when she claims she knew the child died on Jne 16 is unconcienable. How many more facts did the jury require other than that?
Posted Wed, 07/06/2011 - 6:38pm
there are some skanky ho pics of casey posted at doiop.com/pic-gallery
Posted Wed, 07/06/2011 - 5:58pm
drop dead jennifer ford(juror #4).You had a responsible serious job to do and you blew it.Now here come all your fellow jurors all looking to cash in. DROP DEAD jENNIFER FORD AND ALL YOUR DISGUSTING COHORTS.
Posted Wed, 07/06/2011 - 5:28pm
You need to get outside more. Maybe lose some weight. You're way too caught up in this.
Posted Wed, 07/06/2011 - 5:39pm
STFU already.She is guilty but the DA didnt prove anything only that she lied.The DA is also giving paid TV interviews.its the DA'S fault not the jury.
Posted Wed, 07/06/2011 - 6:39pm
They carried the dead body in the trunk of the car for disposal, so any hair or anything else connected with Caylee would be expected to be found.So that evidence was irrelevant.Cholororm does not hang around in the air
9 months after exhaling.
Posted Wed, 07/06/2011 - 5:23pm
what i find pathetic is how major upset she was thinking she might have to go to jail and the threat of death penalty but all the time Caylee was dead and decomposing she was partying up a storm...not a care in the world thinking of that child.
Posted Wed, 07/06/2011 - 5:23pm