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The surprising verdict in her trial continued to be the talk of cable and network news Wednesday, a day after she was acquitted of first-degree murder. "Anthony will always be dogged by the belief that she killed her child," said Lewis Katz, a law professor at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. "She will never lead a normal life."
Anthony's attorney, Jose Baez, told ABC News he would argue Thursday that Anthony should be sentenced to time served -- she's been behind bars for nearly three years -- and released. She could get a year in prison for each of the four misdemeanor counts of lying to law enforcement officials of which she was convicted Tuesday. "If you look at the time that she's done, it's quite significant," said Baez, who nonetheless acknowledged concern about his client's safety should she be freed, given the high emotions surrounding the case. "I am afraid for her," he told ABC's Barbara Walters.
Authorities in Florida are being mostly quiet about what might take place should Anthony be released for time served. There are obvious complications with her returning to her parents' home, where she lived before she was jailed, given the stinging accusations her attorneys leveled against them during the trial. "Due to the high profile nature of this case and intense, emotional interest by the public, appropriate measures will be taken to release the individual into the community in such a manner so as to preserve the safety of the individual and the public," Orange County Corrections Department spokesman Allen Moore said.
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Five days before her expected release from jail, law enforcement officials in Orlando are assessing potential threats against Casey Anthony, the Florida mother who was acquitted last week of killing her two-year-old daughter. Ms. Anthony is set to leave the Orange County Jail on Sunday amid continuing anger among many trial watchers who disagree with the jurys verdict. Our intelligence section is assessing the threats, Sergeant John Allen of the Orange County Sheriffs Department told members of the media on Tuesday.
Sheriff Jerry Demings said the Anthony case had sparked significant and heated discussion, but nothing so far that would prompt an arrest. As of today, we dont have any credible threats to move forward with an active prosecution, he said. In an unusual post-acquittal press conference, members of the Orange County Sheriffs Office answered a wide range of questions about the three-year investigation into the disappearance and death of Ms. Anthonys daughter, Caylee.
The investigators offered no bombshell disclosures. They said Caseys father, George Anthony, was never a suspect in Caylees death or of involvement in the disposal of her body in a wooded area a quarter-mile from the Anthony home. They said they did not investigate third-hand vague suggestions that Casey was sexually abused by her father, because Ms. Anthonys lawyer declined to allow her to be interviewed in the county jail. And they said they were never able to determine who Caylees father was.
The investigators said they received 6,165 tips concerning the whereabouts of Caylee in the eight months following the initial missing persons report in July 2008. Her skeletal remains were discovered on Dec. 11, 2008. Prosecutors charged Ms. Anthony with first-degree murder, alleging that she used chloroform and duct tape to subdue and suffocate her daughter. Defense lawyers said Caylee died accidentally in the swimming pool and that Ms. Anthony panicked and hid the body with the help of her father.
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