lies that sent investigators on a wild goose chase, to borrow the phrase used by the prosecution, between july and december, searching for young caylee anthony, a search that ended in a grove about a half mile from her home, the remains of her two-year-old daughter found inside of a garbage bag. she has served 997 days, going back to october 2008. the judge today sentencing her to one year in jail and $1000 fine. now we will do the math in about a month s time, when they come back to court to figure out if 997 days is sufficient for that courtroom. the judge, andrew napoll tan i, do we have the math right, could she walk free in a month or is this a woman who will be behind bars for a year? i think she will probably walk free in about a month, bill, and it may actually happen before the lawyers reconvene in judge perry s courtroom, because essentially this is not only mathematical function which can be calculated by the sheriff who has custody over her, and that function would
so it s almost a given it will be something less than four years. bill: is there a tendency in this court, in this county, for time served and what it rewards you as a prisoner? it s not a tendency, bill. it s a requirement. first of all, the jails want people out of jail, because they need the space. and secondly, the statute requires them to impose credit for time served for good behavior and for other factors in the statute. in fact, as i heard judge perry, he said she might not even be here by the time we calculate these numbers, because she might be released. bill: judge, thank you. going to go to heather for more on this now as we watch the courtroom file out, and we ll also go back live to phil keating outside to see if there s any activity there, but we know they were gathering throughout the morning. heather: let s bring in criminal defense attorney joey jackson who s been standing by for us covering this at length. joey, what s your reaction as to what just happened there i