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Verdict reached in Casey Anthony Trial

By KYLE HIGHTOWER

Associated Press




Joe Burbank, Pool/AP Photo

Casey Anthony listens to the judge's instructions to the jury in her murder trial at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando, Fla. on Monday, July 4, 2011.
ORLANDO, Fla. - The jury reached a verdict Tuesday in the murder trial of Casey Anthony, who is accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee.
Judge Belvin Perry says he will read the verdict at 2:15 p.m. EDT.

The Florida jury deliberated for more than 10 hours over two days. If convicted of first-degree murder, the 25-year-old Anthony could get a death sentence.
She could also be acquitted or convicted of second-degree murder or manslaughter.

She is also charged with lying to sheriff's detectives investigating her daughter's 2008 disappearance.
The jury of seven women and five men had worked through much of the long weekend, hearing closing arguments Sunday and Monday morning and deliberating for six hours that afternoon.

Prosecutors argued Monday that Anthony killed her 2-year-old daughter Caylee in June 2008 because the toddler interrupted her carefree partying and love life. The day before, defense attorneys maintained their argument that the girl's death was an accident.


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• Casey Anthony goes over paperwork during a break on the final day of arguments in her murder trial at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando, Fla. on Monday, July 4, 2011. Anthony has plead not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of her daughter, Caylee, and could face the death penalty if convicted of that charge.

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  Judge Belvin Perry gives instructions to the jury before they begin deliberations in the Casey Anthony trial at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando, Fla. on Monday, July 4, 2011.

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George and Cindy, the grandparents of Caylee and parents of the accused Casey

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  George Anthony, left, and Cindy Anthony, parents of Casey Anthony, listen to Asst. State Attorney Jeff Ashton give the final rebuttal in the Casey Anthony murder trial at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando, Fla. on Monday, July 4, 2011. Anthony has plead not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of her daughter, Caylee, and could face the death penalty if convicted of that charge.