The Casey Anthony trial

Casey Anthony, who was charged with the murder of her 2-year-old daughter, was found not guilty on first-degree murder charges, but guilty on four charges of lying to police. She was sentenced to four years in prison. With credit for time she’d already served and good behavior, she had only days remaining when she was sentenced July 7. Here is a look back on the events of the trial that captivated Americans.

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July 17, 2011

Casey Anthony walks out of the the Orange County Jail in Orlando with her attorney Jose Baez, left.

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July 17, 2011

Casey Anthony is surrounded by police as she and defense attorney Jose Baez leave the Orange County Jail. Anthony was acquitted of killing her daughter, Caylee, but convicted of four charges of lying to police officials.

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July 16, 2011

Aisha Howard, 10, left, Jordan Howard, 8, center, and and their mother Susan Hoch, all of Clearwater, Fla., protest the release of Casey Anthony outside the jail in Orlando.

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July 17, 2011

Casey Anthony and her defense attorney Jose Baez leave the jail. It was unknown where Anthony was going after her release.

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July 7, 2011

Casey Anthony sits in the courtroom before a sentencing hearing in Orlando. Anthony was acquitted of killing her daughter, Caylee, but convicted of four charges of lying to police officials.

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July 7, 2011

Casey Anthony, left, speaks to her attorney, Dorothy Clay Sims, before her sentencing hearing at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando.

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July 7, 2011

Anthony's parents, George and Cindy Anthony, arrive at the Orange County Courthouse for her sentencing.

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July 7, 2011

Protesters gather outside of the Orange County Courthouse prior to the start of sentencing proceedings for Casey Anthony.

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July 7, 2011

Lori Richards of Daytona Beach, Fla., joins a group of protesters outside the Orange County Courthouse prior to the start of Casey Anthony's sentencing proceedings.

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July 7, 2011

Cheney Mason, one of Casey Anthony's attorneys, arrives at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando.

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July 7, 2011

Defense attorney Dorothy Clay Sims, center, arrives at the Orange County Courthouse prior to the start of sentencing proceedings for Casey Anthony in Orlando.

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July 5, 2011

Casey Anthony, center, flanked by her attorneys Jose Baez, left, and Dorothy Clay Sims, reacts to being found not guilty on first-degree murder charges in the death of her daughter Caylee at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando.

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July 5, 2011

Casey Anthony reacts after the jury acquitted her of murdering her daughter Caylee.

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July 5, 2011

Defense attorney Jose Baez hugs Anthony after the jury acquitted her of murdering her daughter.

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July 5, 2011

Defense attorney Jose Baez and Casey Anthony after her not guilty verdict was read.

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July 5, 2011

Cindy and George Anthony, parents of Casey Anthony, are the first to leave the courtroom with their attorney Mark Lippman, right, after their daughter was found not guilty in her murder trial.

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July 5, 2011

Friends Jenn Keller, left, and Heather Schoffel react moments after hearing the jury's not guilty verdict.

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July 5, 2011

Casey Anthony waits in the courtroom with her attorney Dorothy Clay Sims, right, during the second day of jury deliberations in her murder trial in Orlando. Anthony has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of her daughter, Caylee, and could face the death penalty if convicted of that charge.

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July 5, 2011

Spectators and media wait in the courtroom as the jury deliberates in the Casey Anthony murder trial.

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July 5, 2011

Assistant State Attorney Jeff Ashton arrives at the Orange County Court House for the second day of jury deliberations in the first-degree murder trial of Casey Anthony. Prosecutors will seek the death penalty if Anthony, 25, is found guilty of first-degree murder in the June 16, 2008, death of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee.

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July 5, 2011

Assistant State Attorney Linda Drane Burdick arrives at the Orange County Court House for the second day of jury deliberations in the first-degree murder trial of Casey Anthony.

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July 5, 2011

Orange County Sheriff's deputy Ray Schulte, left, reviews the courtroom rules with those waiting in line in the early morning hours to attend the first-degree murder trial of Casey Anthony in Orlando.

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July 4, 2011

George and Cindy Anthony leave the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando. Their daughter, Casey, 25, is accused of smothering her 2-year-old daughter Caylee with duct tape on June 16, 2008.

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July 4, 2011

Assistant state attorney Linda Drane Burdick presents the final portion of rebuttal in Casey Anthony's murder trial.

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July 4, 2011

Casey Anthony listens to the prosecution's rebuttal on the last day of arguments in her murder trial. Anthony pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of her daughter, Caylee, and could face the death penalty if convicted of that charge.

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July 4, 2011

Cindy Anthony, wearing bracelets in tribute to her granddaughter Caylee, listens during the final day of arguments in the trial of her daughter Casey Anthony.

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July 3, 2011

Casey Anthony weeps during the prosecution's closing arguments in her murder trial in Orlando.

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July 3, 2011

During his 90-minute closing argument, prosecutor Jeff Ashton portrayed Casey Anthony as a young mother who killed her daughter because she got in the way of her love life.

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July 3, 2011

Jose Baez, Casey Anthony's attorney, discusses hair-banding testimony during closing arguments in the trial.

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June 29, 2011

George Anthony reacts during his testimony in the murder trial of his daughter, Casey, in Orlando. Casey Anthony pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, and could face the death penalty if convicted.

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June 29, 2011

Casey Anthony reacts as her father, George Anthony, testifies during her murder trial in Orlando.

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June 29, 2011

Cindy Anthony comforts her husband, George, during a break at the murder trial of their daughter, Casey, at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando.

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June 29, 2011

Assistant state attorney Linda Drane Burdick questions Brandon Sparks, rear, son of Roy Kronk, during his testimony at the Casey Anthony trial.

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June 29, 2011

Orange County Sheriff's Office homicide detective Yuri Melich testifies again during the Casey Anthony trial.

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June 28, 2011

Assistant state attorney Linda Drane Burdick, left, pauses by the defense table before attorneys Cheney Mason, second from left, Jose Baez, second from right, and defendant Casey Anthony during a break in the trial at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando.

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June 28, 2011

George Anthony testifies during the murder trial of his daughter Casey Anthony at the Orange County Courthouse.

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June 28, 2011

Lee Anthony listens in the courtroom following his testimony during the murder trial of his sister Casey.

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June 28, 2011

David Dean, a meter reader and former co-worker of Roy Kronk, is questioned by defense attorney Jose Baez during the Casey Anthony trial.

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June 28, 2011

Defense attorney Cheney Mason, left, hands paperwork to Roy Kronk during testimony in the Casey Anthony trial.

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June 27, 2011

Assistant state attorney Jeff Ashton holds up a piece of evidence as he questions a witness during the Casey Anthony murder trial.

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June 27, 2011

Private investigator James Hoover testifies during the Casey Anthony murder trial in Orlando.

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June 27, 2011

Defense attorney Jose Baez, left, and assistant state attorney Jeff Ashton, center, look over evidence with witness Kenneth Furton, a forensic chemist.

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June 27, 2011

Jason Forgey, a canine handler for the Orange County Sheriff's Department, testifies during the Casey Anthony trial.

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June 27, 2011

Casey Anthony, left, listens to her attorney Anne Finnell before the start of court in her murder trial.

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June 24, 2011

George Anthony listens as his wife, Cindy, testifies during their daughter Casey Anthony's murder trial.

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June 24, 2011

Defense counsel Jose Baez holds up a gasoline can that was entered as evidence during the Casey Anthony murder trial. Anthony, 25, is charged with the murder of her 2-year old daughter in 2008.

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June 24, 2011

An image projected on a courtroom monitor showing Cindy Anthony, left, and her granddaughter Caylee at the family pool is submitted into evidence in the Casey Anthony trial at the Orange County Courthouse. Defense attorneys showed jurors several photos that they hope bolster their argument that the toddler drowned and wasn't murdered.

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June 24, 2011

Casey Anthony listens to her mother, Cindy Anthony, testify in her murder trial at the Orange County Courthouse.

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June 24, 2011

Lee Anthony testifies at his sister's murder trial.

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June 23, 2011

Defense counsel Jose Baez presents a display from hair tests during testimony in Casey Anthony's murder trial at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando. Anthony is charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee.

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June 23, 2011

An image projected on a courtroom monitor shows a photograph entered into evidence by a hair expert during the Casey Anthony trial in Orlando.

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June 23, 2011

Judge Belvin Perry on day 26 of Casey Anthony's first-degree murder trial in Orlando.

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June 23, 2011

Sgt. Kevin Stinger, a computer forensics expert for the Orange County Sheriff's Department, testifies during Casey Anthony's murder trial.

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June 23, 2011

Cindy Anthony, left, talks with her attorney, Mark Lippman, in the courtroom before the start of the trial of her daughter, Casey Anthony.

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June 22, 2011

Casey Anthony talks with her attorney Jose Baez during a recess in her murder trial.

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June 21, 2011

Defense attorney Dorothy Clay Sims displays a crime scene photo during the Casey Anthony murder trial at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando. Anthony is charged with killing her daughter, Caylee.

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June 21, 2011

An image displayed on a courtroom monitor shows a photo entered in evidence in the Casey Anthony trial at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando.

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June 21, 2011

Jane Bock, a forensic botanist, testifies in the Casey Anthony murder trial.

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June 21, 2011

Casey Anthony looks on beside her attorney, Cheney Mason, left, during her murder trial. Prosecutors said on Tuesday that a woman housed in a jail cell next to Casey Anthony had a child who drowned in a pool, a story similar to that given by attorneys for Anthony.

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June 21, 2011

George and Cindy Anthony in the courtroom during the murder trial of their daughter Casey Anthony.

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June 21, 2011

Orange County homicide detective Yuri Melich testifies during the Casey Anthony trial.

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June 21, 2011

Richard Eikelenboom sits on the witness stand during the Casey Anthony murder trial. Eikelenboom was being questioned without the jury present about how his deposition and investigation were compiled for the defense team.

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June 20, 2011

Judge Belvin Perry, center, holds a sidebar conference with lawyers. An infuriated Perry warned the Anthony defense and prosecution Monday that he is getting fed up with games being played during the course of the trial. Court was recessed early without explanation.

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June 18, 2011

Forensic expert Werner Spitz testifies in the trial of Casey Anthony, talking about autopsy results of the remains of Caylee Anthony. Casey Anthony, 25, is charged with killing her daughter Caylee in the summer of 2008.

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June 18, 2011

Casey Anthony cries during Werner Spitz's testimony when photos of the skull of her daughter, Caylee Marie, were shown at the Orange County Courthouse.

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June 18, 2011

Cindy Anthony, grandmother of Caylee Marie Anthony, looks away from the courtroom monitor as the toddler's skull is shown during testimony.

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June 17, 2011

Judge Belvin Perry listens during testimony in the Casey Anthony trial.

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June 17, 2011

An evidence photo is displayed on a courtroom monitor after being published to the jury.

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June 17, 2011

Assistant State Attorney Jeff Ashton, right, handles evidence, with prosecutors Linda Drane Burdick, left, and Frank George, center, during the cross of entomologist Tim Huntington.

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June 17, 2011

Tim Huntington, forensic entomologist, testifies during the murder trial of Casey Anthony.

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June 17, 2011

Casey Anthony, right, suppresses a laugh, as she looks at defense counsel Cheney Mason, left, after Assistant State Attorney Jeff Ashton referenced "pigs in a blankey" during cross of entomologist Tim Huntington.

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June 17, 2011

Defense attorney Jose Baez reacts to an objection from the prosecution.

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June 17, 2011

Tim Huntington, forensic entomologist, testifies during the murder trial of Casey Anthony.

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June 17, 2011

George Anthony listens to testimony during the murder trial of his daughter Casey Anthony at the Orange County Courthouse.

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June 16, 2011

A photograph, showing a heart shaped sticker on a piece of cardboard and the location where it was found near the remains of Caylee Anthony, is projected on a large monitor in the courtroom, after being entered into evidence and shown to the jury.

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June 16, 2011

Journalists use tablet computers to cover the Casey Anthony murder trial at the Orange County Courthouse. Laptop computers with standard keyboards were not allowed because of the noise.

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Defense counsel Cheney Mason argues for acquittal after the state rested its case.

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Casey Anthony's mother, Cindy Anthony, testifies during the trial in Orlando.

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June 13, 2011

Elizabeth Fontaine, a latent print expert for the FBI, testifies during the trial of Casey Anthony. Fontaine is holding an evidence envelope that contains duct tape found at the crime scene.

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June 11, 2011

Defense attorney Jose Baez cross-examines a witness.

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June 11, 2011

Jennifer Welch, a crime scene investigator with the Orange County sheriff's office, holds up duct tape entered into evidence.

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June 11, 2011

Casey Anthony, left, and defense counsel Dorothy Clay Sims react during the trial.

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June 11, 2011

Ronald Murdock, a forensic supervisor for the Orange County sheriff's office, describes evidence during the trial.

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June 11, 2011

Casey Anthony in court.

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June 11, 2011

An image projected on a courtroom monitor shows a diagram of the crime scene entered into evidence.

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June 10, 2011

An image displayed on a courtroom monitor shows a photo entered into evidence in the Casey Anthony trial. The photo shows Caylee Anthony and her mother Casey. An expert witness used this photo to superimpose an image of Caylee's skull to mark where duct tape found on the remains would have been positioned on the child when she was alive.

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June 6, 2011

Defense attorney Jose Baez listens to attorney Lisabeth Fryer, with Casey Anthony at the table.

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June 7, 2011

A photo entered into evidence is seen on a courtroom monitor. The photo shows the contents of a bag of trash that was found in the trunk of Anthony's car.

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June 6, 2011

Casey Anthony listens to testimony.

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June 6, 2011

Assistant State Attorney Jeff Ashton hands evidence to Arpad Vass for inspection during Vass's testimony.

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June 4, 2011

Casey Anthony leaves court at the end of a session.

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May 28, 2011

A tear rolls down the cheek of Casey Anthony during a recess after her mother, Cindy Anthony, testified during her murder trial.

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May 28, 2011

Cindy Anthony cries as she testifies during murder trial of her daugher, Casey Anthony.

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May 26, 2011

George Anthony marks a calendar during his testimony in the trial of his daughter.

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May 26, 2011

George Anthony testifies in the trial of his daughter.

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May 24, 2011

Defense counsel Jose Baez, center, arrives at the Orange County Courthouse.

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May 24, 2011

Assistant State Attorney Linda Drane Burdick addresses the jury during opening statements.

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May 24, 2011

Casey Anthony listens during the first day of her murder trial.

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May 24, 2011

Jose Baez presents his opening statement.

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May 11, 2010

Cindy Anthony, center, mother of Casey Anthony, bows her head during a court hearing at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando. Orange County Chief Judge Belvin Perry Jr. rejected arguments that the death penalty should be taken off the table for Casey Anthony, who was charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee Anthony in 2008.

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May 9, 2010

National, state and local media outlets are on hand to cover the first day of jury selection in the Casey Anthony murder trial.

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March 3, 2011

Casey Anthony, right, gives a smile to her brother Lee Anthony after he testified during the last day of hearings on a series of motions by the defense and the prosecution in the Casey Anthony murder trial.

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March 3, 2011

Lee Anthony, right, brother of Casey Anthony, listens as Assistant State Attorney Linda Drane Burdick questions him during the last day of hearings on a series of motions by the defense and the prosecution.

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Casey Anthony attends a hearing at the Orange County Courthouse. Anthony initially claimed that Caylee was kidnapped by a babysitter and has pleaded not guilty.

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Feb. 10, 2009

George and Cindy Anthony prepare to speak during the memorial for 2-year-old Caylee Marie Anthony at First Baptist Orlando.

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Dec. 20, 2008

People gather around a makeshift memorial that tripled in size since authorities said a tiny skeleton found in swampy woods less than a half-mile from the home was that of the missing toddler, Caylee Anthony. Investigators say they have gathered additional evidence Saturday during a new search of the home.

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Dec. 18, 2008

This photo shows evidence of a heart sticker found at the site where Caylee Anthony's body was found.

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Dec. 12, 2008

An FBI investigator searches for evidence at a crime scene in Orlando.

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Aug. 21, 2008

Casey Anthony, center, mother of missing toddler Caylee Anthony, is escorted from the Orange County Florida jail by her attorney Jose Baez, right, after posting a $500,000 bond in Orlando.

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July 22, 2008

Casey Anthony wipes away tears during a bond hearing.

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July 21, 2008

Cindy Anthony, grandmother of missing girl Caylee Marie Anthony, stands by her son's car, which has a message written on the back window asking for help to find her granddaughter.

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July 21, 2008

Casey Clouchete, a neighbor of Cindy and George Anthony and an Osceola County deputy sheriff, holds fliers to hand out while working in Osceola County.

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July 17, 2008

Cindy Anthony, the grandmother of missing child Caylee Marie Anthony, holds a teddy bear at her home in Orlando.

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This undated photo shows Caylee Marie Anthony, the daughter of Casey Anthony. The skeletal remains of a small child were found Dec. 11, 2008, in woods less than a half-mile from Anthony's Orlando home.

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This undated photo shows 25-year-old Casey Marie Anthony, who was originally arrested for alleged child neglect and providing false information to law enforcement. Her daughter Caylee, 2, had been missing for more than a month at the time of Anthony's arrest.

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