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The Casey Anthony verdict

On Tuesday, Casey Anthony, 25, was found not guilty of killing her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee.

After a month long trial and three years of investigation, this verdict was handed down by a Florida jury in a brief 11 hours of deliberation.

This case of the dead child, the lying mother and the dysfunctional family had captured the interest of the nation.

The not-guilty verdict caused an immediate uproar. One pundit cried that it was the worse miscarriage of justice since the O.J. Simpson verdict.

The prosecution had to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Casey Anthony did in fact kill her daugh...

 

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