arthel: right now the casey anthony case back in the spotlight. the big question being asked, did the prosecution drop the bomb. a bombshell report coming out of orlando says prosecutors and police overlooked anthony s google searches and quote fool-proof suffocation, a possible smoking gun that could have doomed the mother of caylee anthony who was found not guilty of her child s murder. the findings in this report seem to be backed up by claims made by anthony s own defense lawyer, jose baez. he first dropped that bombshell this past summer in his book on the case. fred tice, and dan shore, both attorneys, good to see both of you. this is unbelievable. this google search by the way took place on june 16th, 2008
was suffocated with duct tape and there was a ton of other reasonable doubt. it wouldn t have made a difference. arthel: dan what do you think? the defense was saying it was accidental death, the prosecution was trying to show it was intentional suffocation. you have a search for suffocation at the time when caylee was probably killed. that is consistent and important evidence, even though it s not the exact same type of suffocation it gives the jury more evidence to support a conviction here. arthel: your turn, fred. here is the problem. look i ve said it from the get go, this case wreaked of reasonable doubt. they continue even find a reason why how this child had been killed. the evidence about the chloroform, all the stuff we could go through it chapter and verse. it s a piece of evidence that could have helped the prosecution, jose baez would stand up and scream it s more reasonable doubt.
victim the fact the victim was stabbed more than 40 times, this was not just a, i don t know, garden variety, spur of the moment quick kind of thing. no, that s compelling evidence that this was done by someone who knew her, it wasn t done by a stranger. i do agree with diana, i find it a little bit troubling even as a prosecutor that the state can ask for an enhanced sentence on appeal. in essence, that chills people s appeal rights or willingness to take an appeal when you hav that kind of risk. but at the end of the day, you re right. the 40 stab wounds along with the false imly case of an innocent person, i find that evidence troubling. and at the end of the first trial, i thought it was the proper decision. i d be curious to see what happens on appeal. jon: it s definitely a very different system in italy, and we ve learned a lot about it through this case. fred tice and diana tennis, thank you both. jenna: we expect that verdict on monday. jon: yeah. jenna: that s going to be
the case of a gruesome home invasion case in connecticut. finish jurors were shown graphic photos of jennifer hawke-petit and her daughter. this man, shown op your screen, faces the death penalty if convicted. jon: amanda knox will soon learn whether she goes free or back to jail, perhaps for life. the american student is appealing her murder conviction in italy, and a judge will announce on monday whether knox goes free. she s serving a 26-year sentence for the murder of meredith kim cher. diana ten is a criminal defense attorney. fred, it s going to be all up to this judge now. he has heard the appeal, what does he rule? well, you know, it s interesting, jon, you know, i was able to call blagojevich, madoff, even lindsay lohan, but this case, i think s a little more difficult to call. i still think there s sufficient evidence to convict her of
to feel sorry for the victim and to hate the defendant were, um, really over the top. and i really think tainted the entire process. jon: fred, the prosecution argues you know what? well, this ain t casey anthony case because in this case there s evidence of the woman s guilt, including her dna on the hand and the victim s dna on the blade. i hear what you re saying, but this is nothing like that case. jon: but there was also evidence of dna on the victim s bra clasp, and the prosecution although they brought that evidence forward, amanda s attorneys say that infinitesimal amount of dna is not enough to draw conclusion. and it was sitting there on the floor for six months, and the dna experts assigned by the court say they believe it was contamination. i believe, it is so easy to do. well, wait, wait, wait. it was sitting there while she was in jail, so, you know, it was still there when it was found, and it was relatively untouched. and it certainly wasn t touched by her or he