When was casey anthony acquitted

Here are five things to remember about the saga:. The prosecution Anthony was indicted on seven counts, including first-degree murder. The prosecution argued that Casey knocked out her daughter using chloroform, duct-taped her mouth shut, and tossed her body in the woods. George Anthony had denied the accusation. The sentence Casey Anthony wept in court on July 5, after a dozen jurors found her not guilty of murdering her daughter.

The hearing introduces evidence that a cadaver dog had zeroed in on the odor of human decomposition in the car trunk and the Anthonys' backyard, as well as Cindy's admission that they had all seen Caylee after June 9. The reversal comes a day after Casey's arrest for allegedly stealing and cashing checks from a friend, with the angry crowds demonstrating outside the Anthonys' home contributing to the decision. What can I say? Anthony will again be released after other parties combine to post the bond on September 5, although she will return to jail by the end of the month.

The unsealed indictment also charges her with aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter and four counts of providing false information to law enforcement. In response, Casey's lawyer, Jose Baez, says his client's actions will become clearer at trial: "I sincerely believe when we have finally spoken, everyone, and I mean everyone, will sit back and say, now I understand, that explains it. October 24, Forensic reports from an examination of Casey's car are released.

The reports note that a hair strand discovered in the trunk is "microscopically similar" to those found on Caylee's brush and showed "characteristics of apparent decomposition. The bones are found in a bag in a wooded area less than a half-mile from the Anthonys' home by utility worker Ray Kronk.

It is later revealed that Kronk had sought to convince police to search the area back in the summer. The Orange County chief medical examiner reports that the bones showed no evidence of trauma and that Caylee's death is being ruled a "homicide of undetermined means.

George is reported to be "despondent and possibly under the influence of medication and alcohol" when he is located at a hotel in Daytona Beach, Florida, along with a five-page suicide note. April 13, Prosecutors announce their intention to pursue the death penalty.

The court clerk began reading the verdict in the hushed courtroom — and mouths dropped as Anthony was acquitted of all the serious charges against her. She was only convicted of lying to police. Two weeks later, she walked free from jail. The jurors had planned to give a group press conference after the verdict, but changed their minds. They were ushered out of the courthouse under heavy police protection. Seven years later, the shocking verdict still stuns and outrages trial watchers who wonder how she could have walked free.

I even remember the smell of the courtroom. The juror previously spoke to People, just a month after the trial ended, when he said he and the others generally did not like Anthony. But the prosecutors did not give us enough evidence to convict," the juror said at the time.

Prosecutors said Anthony used chloroform and then suffocated the child by putting duct tape over her mouth. Authorities were never able to establish the cause of death.