Thursday, March 15, 2012

Mother cleared of murder: ; Jury acquits Casey Anthony in death of her daughter

ORLANDO, Fla. - Casey Anthony was acquitted Tuesday of murderingher 2-year-old daughter in a case that became a national sensationon cable TV, with its CSI-style testimony about duct-tape marks onthe child's face and the smell of death inside a car trunk.

After a trial of a month and a half, the jury took less than 11hours to find Anthony not guilty of first-degree murder, aggravatedmanslaughter and aggravated child abuse.

She was convicted only of four misdemeanor counts of lying toinvestigators who were looking into the June 2008 disappearance ofher daughter, Caylee.

Tears welled in Anthony's eyes, her face reddened, her lipstrembled, and she …

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