sway the jury in closing arguments set for tomorrow. they expect to deliver this evening and through the july 4th holiday. they rested without calling anthony to the stand and rebutted the testimony of casey anthony s mother, cindy. she said she did the searches for chloroform. and now the defense has rested the case without putting casey on the stand . what was behind the mood to keep her from testifying. and welcome to you both. thank you for being here. hi, uma. great to have you on board. was it a mistake to have casey not to testify in her own defense?
rebut after casey s defense team wrapped up its case without putting casey on the stand. the judge wanted to make certain that anthony did not want to take the stand in her own defense. you understand that your decision to testify or not testify is solely your decision and your decision alone? yes, sir. it is your decision not to testify? yes, sir. we are outside the courthouse in orlando. that was yesterday. now we have a recess. what happens inside the courthouse today? reporter: things got ugly this morning inside the courthouse. we saw a heated argument between defense attorney jose baez and the state attorney ashton. this is precisely what baez was reprimanded a few weeks ago.
sociopath like casey anthony coming out of the normal model family usually. however, also a factor full of actors, i think what they were bringing in lee to humanize casey and maybe going to the the paternity questioning they were talking about before. for a brother to be on the stand in tears because of, he didn t know about the baby shower, he didn t know about the pregnancy, first of all, he was living in the house they preparing that nursery. there s no way he didn t walk by the room. unbelievable and i think it seems contrived and that s why i think the defense is not working for baez, even though that s what he s clearly going for, trying to get out part of his opening without putting casey on the stand. peter, i think it s a compelling pathology in 1979 a play called buried child, by sam shepherd, one a pulitzer
i was a former cop. i have smelled it myself. there is nothing like it in the world. they have had witness on top of witness on top of canine dogs that have alerted on casey anthony s trunk. as much progress as they thought they were going to make with bug expert. even with him they would have been in trouble and now they are in serious trouble. laura: talk about the time line before we talk about this brawl outside the courtroom. the time line is the defense will wrap up, in, what, another 48 hours? no. it s hard to tell because nobody really knows if he is actually going to put casey on the stand. i think he cannot he can t advance his defense. drowning defense without putting casey on the stand. she has to testify. he have to make a decision whether he wants to try to win the case or he wants to save her life. if he puts her on the stand she could be so unlikeable to this jury who has heard her lie over and over again that the jury might actually vote for death in a situation
identified the very unique smell of human decomposition. i was a former cop. i have smelled it myself. there is nothing like it in the world. they have had witness on top of witness on top of canine dogs that have alerted on casey anthony s trunk. as much progress as they thought they were going to make with bug expert. even with him they would have been in trouble and now they are in serious trouble. laura: talk about the time line before we talk about this brawl outside the courtroom. the time line is the defense will wrap up, in, what, another 48 hours? no. it s hard to tell because nobody really knows if he is actually going to put casey on the stand. i think he cannot he can t advance his defense. drowning defense without putting casey on the stand. she has to testify. he have to make a decision whether he wants to try to win the case or he wants to save her life. if he puts her on the stand she could be so unlikeable to this jury who has heard her lie over and over again th