Casey Anthony"s lawyer admits she killed daughter Caylee, investigator says
It was five years ago today that people from around the world tuned in to watch a verdict being read in an infamous Central Florida case.
A look back on the trial and what lead up to it
Allegations from a private investigator claims Anthony lawyer said she killed daughter
A jury deliberated for about 11 hours before finding Casey Anthony not guilty of first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse and aggravated manslaughter in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee.
Anthony cried and hugged her attorney as the verdict was read. Anthony escaped the possibility of a death sentence.
"The saga of Casey Anthony continues, even after five years," said retired judge, Belvin Perry Jr., who presided over the case. "No one can ever forget that little girl, with that $1 million smile. With that look, that was like simple magnetism."
It"s that magnetism, Perry said, that drew people in and why the case still lives on as the public continues to wonder what happened to Caylee.
Anthony"s daughter disappeared in June 2008. Her body was found in the woods near her grandparents" home six months later. In May 2011, the defense"s opening statement stunned the courtroom as they placed the blame on the woman"s father, George Anthony.
But, it was the July 5verdict that the world became fixated upon, drawing passion on both sides.
"I don"t think anybody will ever forget about (Caylee)," Perry said. "I think people think about her. The whole case was about justice for Caylee."
When asked if that justice was ever achieved, Perry explained it depends on one"s definition of justice.
"The system worked," he said. "Was it the outcome that most people wanted? No, but the system worked."
Though she was acquitted of heftier charges, Anthony was found guilty of providing false information to a law enforcement officer.
Earlier this year in May, News 13 shared court documents that have a private investigator and lead defense attorney at odds.
In a sworn affidavit, a private investigator hired by the defense alleges attorney Jose Baez told him "Casey (Anthony) had murdered Caylee," among other revelations.
Baez denied all allegations, saying the private investigator has a "history of making false and outrageous claims, not only to court officials, but to the media."
Perry, too, read the claims, calling them "weighty and somewhat incredible."
"But, I think in the end, the truth will come out," Perry said.
As for returning to normal life after the Casey Anthony case, Perry said it was impossible: It follows him wherever he goes.
"It changed me in the sense that there"s no place I can go without being recognized," he said.
The retired judge said that leading up to the verdict and even after it he couldn"t go to the grocery store or a restaurant without people coming up to him. They wanted to talk about the case and share their thoughts. He said he had to simply walk away.
It just got much easier to read Hillary Clintons emails.
On Monday, whistleblowing website WikiLeaks tweeted a link to 1,258 emails that it claims were sent and received by the former Secretary of State pertaining to the war in Iraq.
The emails were part of a trove of 30,322 emails made available by the U.S. State Department as a result of a Freedom of Information Act request, according to WikiLeaks.
While the emails were available since February of this year, the tweet was timed to Wednesdays release of the so-called Chilcot report, which will outline the U.K.s involvement in the Iraq war. According to the New York Times, the report is likely to be the definitive assessment of a conflict that is widely seen in Britain as the worst foreign policy blunder since the 1956 Suez crisis.
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The release also coincided with an announcement made Tuesday by FBI director James Comey FBI Director James Comey that no reasonable prosecutor would bring a criminal case against Hillary Clinton and that the organization found no intentional misconduct.
Although there is evidence of potential violations, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case, Comey said in a press statement.We are expressing to [the] Justice [department] our view that no charges are appropriate in this case.
The Justice department will now make the final decision as to whether to bring charges against Clinton for using a personal email server during her time as Secretary of State. Attorney General Loretta Lynch has said that she expects to follow the FBIs recommendation.
The Chicago Cubs will be well-represented at the MLB All-Star Game next week in San Diego, as some of the citys biggest stars will take the field at PetCo Park.
For the Cubs, they had five players elected into starting roles by fans, with outfielder Dexter Fowler joining an all-Cubs infield of Kris Bryant, Addison Russell, Ben Zobrist, and Anthony Rizzo on the field for the Midsummer Classic.
Rizzo and Bryant will both participate in the game for the second consecutive year, as Rizzo was the starting designated hitter for the National League in 2015. Russell will make his first appearance in the game, as will Fowler, who will have to come off the disabled list to participate in the contest.
Zobrist will appear in his third All-Star Game, having participated in the 2009 and 2013 events while he was a member of the Tampa Bay Rays. The second baseman narrowly beat out Washington Nationals infielder Daniel Murphy in fan voting, winning by just 88 votes out of over six million ballots cast for the two players.
The Cubs" domination of the starting infield is an historic occasion, as it marks the first time since 1963 that a team will have all four starting infielders come from the same club. The Cubs having five starters is also historic, as no team has had that many starters from the same club since the 1985 Padres.
The Cubs will also have two pitchers on the All-Star Game roster, as Jake Arrieta and Jon Lester were both selected for the game. Arrieta will make his first ever All-Star Game appearance for the National League, while Lester will be on the team for the fourth time in his big league career.
Published at 6:44 PM CDT on Jul 5, 2016
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La sonda espacial Juno est a punto de descubrir, en los prximos 18 meses que dure su misin, los enigmas de Jpiter, al colocarse de manera exitosa en su rbita tras casi cinco aos de viaje y un costo de mil 100 millones de dlares.
La Administracin Nacional de Aeronutica y el Espacio (NASA) de Estados Unidos inform que la sonda lleg a su destino final, al colocarse de manera exitosa en la rbita de Jpiter tras un periplo que inici con su lanzamiento el 5 de agosto de 2011.
Warriors To Move On From Harrison Barnes, Andrew Bogut
As rumors swirl that David Lee could make a Warriors return, we examine the divide between fans" love for him and their disdain for Harrison Barnes.
After convincing Kevin Durant to come west and bath in the glory of a golden, Silicon-Valley-money-infused-wonder-vision, the Warriors were forced to renounce their rights to Harrison Barnes and Festus Ezeli, as well as trade beloved big man Andrew Bogut. Andrew and Harrison will reunite in Dallas, whereas Festus will find a home within the next few days.
Given the uncertainty of the roster beyond the "Big Four plus one" of Stephen Curry, Kevin Freakin Durant, Draymond Green, Klay Thompson, and NBA Finals MVP Andre Iguodala, the Dubs will be forced to get creative to fill out the bench. They made their first big move last night, as they signed former Dallas big man (and almost-NBA-starter) Zaza Pachulia to a one year, $2.9M deal.
However, could we see another member of the Mavericks frontcourt make his way to the Bay? A certain blonde haired, beloved former-Dub?
Via TMZ:
"Well see what happens," he said, multiple times as those dudes got up in his face. Man... I hate basing pieces off of TMZ videos, but thats the unfortunate world in which we live. If youre famous, and if youre out and about, and if your name has been floated in rumors about rejoining your former team, some loud-mouthed kid with a camera is gonna chase you down at a Fourth of July party and scream-yell some questions about your basketballing future.
"Well see what happens, you guys are great," he said, grimace-smiling as he tried to get into his car to bounce outta that scene.
But, could this actually come to fruition? Could we see Lee make a return to the Warriors? And beyond the basic cap/money implications, would you want this to happen?
Even though David Lees defense was never, um, stellar, and even though he starred on a series of lovable but ultimately ineffective Warriors squads, what is it about DLee that inspires such loyalty from a large swath of fans? Why is it that we are so quick to embrace him, when we are just as quick to hate hard on Harrison Barnes?
Perhaps Tim Kawakami put it best:
When the Warriors landed Kevin Durant, some people were arguably just as excited that it meant now the team would never have to consider matching a max deal for Barnes. In his piece yesterday, Nate Parham said, "To be quite honest, the Warriors not matching that contract for Barnes is almost as big a relief as landing Durant is satisfying."
Oof.
Tell em what you think!
But, Id be lying if I said I felt differently. The idea of Harrison Barnes being the highest paid player on this team just felt....ugh. I felt like Steven Adams in this picture. It just felt wrong, even given the market, and given some other stupid contracts wed just seen agreed upon (whats up Mozgov?). We always knew that someone would offer Barnes the max, and then depending on Durants decision, the Warriors would be forced to match if KD left them at the alter.
Luckily, as Nate said, we never have to worry about that again.
But the deeper point is: Why do many Warriors fans love David Lee unconditionally, while hating Harrison Barnes?
Harrison is a smart, hardworking, likable, interesting dude. Ill love him forever after he made this video, with the Mercury News Marcus Thompson.
You dont often find a player with his depth of curiosity, empathetic smile, and sense of humor. Or, rather, those types of guys dont always open up to the media, or to the fans. So why were people so dark on him?
It couldnt just be his lack of ball handling, or his no-show in Games 5, 6, and 7 in the finals. Because if our irrational love or hatred of certain players was purely based upon their basketballing skills, wed surely hold a grudge against David Lee as well, right? (Cue Nate nodding ferociously).
Perhaps its because David Lee was like our first love. David Lee, alongside Stephen Curry, took the Warriors out of the basement of irrelevance and placed them on a national stage. For the first time since 2005, people were taking notice of the goings on in the Bay. Hey man, the first cut is the deepest. No matter what David does, h**l always be loved.
However, Harrison Barnes is more like the popular girl (Becky) in high school who you always had a huge crush on but then when you finally drunkenly hooked up years later on Thanksgiving Eve when you were both home from college, it was wildly, wildly unsatisfying. All your crazed expectations could never be met. Theres no way Becky could ever be as cool/smart/interesting as youd always dreamed. And, simultaneously, you realize that spunky girl named Meghan who everybody always thought was kind of cool but no one actually wanted to date cuz she had a really strange laugh suddenly turned into a bombshell and is finishing up her physics degree from Harvard and is the founder of some dope music festival that was recently acquired by AEG and youre like, "godamn Meghan, I love you. Why did I ever think Becky was so hot?! WHYYYYYY." Meghan is Draymond Green in this scenario, duh.
So, you inevitably start throwing shade at Becky because youre embarrassed you ever fell for her so hard. And then Becky is like, "Yo, you gonna put a ring on this, or what?" And youre like, "Yo, what about this [moderately priced, simple] ring," and shes like, "Yo, you wanna put a ring on this you need to bring that BLING." So you stall and wait and see whats gonna happen, but then at the last moment Mark Cuban swoops in and gives her that dope ring and you dont ever have to look at those depressing Kay Jeweler websites ever again.
Also, in this scenario, Kevin Durant is just still Kevin Durant, awkwardly sitting in the middle of the room as you try to figure out your complicated love life and youre like, "Yo Kevin Durant, whats good?"
He nods, sagely, and proceeds to get buckets.
But anyways, loving and/or hating players in the NBA is such a strange reaction. Ive said this before, but we only think we know these guys. You cant judge a players game based off your emotional response to their existence. Its just not fair, to yourself or to the player.
And yet, thats how we are hardwired. We seek emotional, moral confirmation by way of our sports fandom. We seek to find the hidden meaning behind it all. We yearn to understand players convictions and reasons for playing. Its just how we are.
People will continue to love David Lee and loath Harrison Barnes and, really, thats just how it is. I dont understand it, but I dont have to.
Anyways, enough of that. Here"s a simple question: How would you feel about a David Lee return?
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