is maintained. again, i thank the honorable lamar for his support and i return, or i turn it back over to him this afternoon. thank you, sheriff. we are grateful to the attorneys and staff who put this case on. all of you saw that the verdict brought together a precision case. ashton presented wonderful scientific evidence and rebutted a lot of scientific evidence with skill and frank george presented a series of complex witnesses and we owe them a lot. their staff backed them the whole way. the orange county grand jury of spring term 2008 provided this indictment and we thank them for their work. we have a world-class medical
there is the prosecution team live in orlando, a stone face ashton putting on his sunglasses and going to be reading some kind of a statement. phil keating is with us and can give us a run down of who we will hear speaking. phil? i can see the lead prosecutor burdick and ashton but no, i don t see ashton. here we are, burdick is walking up to the microphone, an enormous defeat for the orange county sheriff but also for the state attorney for the 9th district of florida and linda drain verdict, the entire prosecution team is there. there is ashton and mason. let s listen.
the evidence to conclude this investigation. i could not be any more proud of the performance of my staff throughout both the investigation and the trial. they have represented the orange county sheriff and citizens of orange county, florida, through the process. now i must also recognize the support shown to the orange county sheriff office by both the community and the media throughout the preceding. on behalf of the nearly 2,500 men and women of the orange county sheriff, we thank you for your support. as the verdict has been rendered, we ask our community to respect the decision the jury and court have made today.
in doing is, we ask for your continued peaceful acknowledgment of that verdict. there have been other high profile prosecutions that resulted in civil disobedience, pleads, i ask this community, regardless of one s personal beliefs about the innocence or guilt of casey marie anthony that you maintain your peaceful resolve. i also ask those who do not live in the anthony neighborhood, to avoid that area. deputy sheriffs will be patrolling through the county to ensure that order and peace we
as to aggravated child abuse, verdict of count two we find the defendant in the guilty, so say we all, in orlando, orange county, florida, 5th day of july, 2011. as to the charge of aggravated manslaughter of a child, verdict as to count three, we the jury fine the defendant not guilty. so, essentially show walks. the jury in the casey anthony murder trial acquitting her on the most serious counts. she could have gotten the death penalty if the jury had convicted her. and now a lock back at the most dramatic moments in the most high profile cases in years. my god, my daughter s scar car smells like a dead body. i opened the trunk and said please don t let this be casey