After weeks of testimony, the Casey Anthony jury returned a verdict that – by many accounts – could be described as “stunning.”Not Guilty on three of the most serious charges against her – 1st degree murder, aggravated manslaughter and aggravated child abuse – in connection with the death of her two-year-old daughter Caylee. Casey Anthony was convicted of making false statements to investigators.
The morning started with jurors in the Casey Anthony trial back in deliberations, for the second day.
Amid speculation that the weeks-long trial could end with the jury taking several days to render a verdict, news crews covering the trial still packed the sidewalks outside the courthouse.
At 12:45pm Central Time, news broke that there was a verdict in the case.
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LIVE: The jury has reached a verdict in the Casey Anthony murder trial. |
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As promised, Judge Belvin Perry called the court to order 30 minutes after jurors signaled they had reached a verdict in the case.
That was enough time for people to find a television to watch the verdict announcement on live TV.
Casey Anthony verdict is coming in - and the @ABC6 newsroom is listening. Live cut-ins start shortly after. http://lockerz.com/s/117348825
Photo by AbbeyNiezgoda on twitter
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Casey Anthony Jury & Judge have come into the courtroom; verdict beig read in moments. #ksat livestream here: http://goo.gl/J5vCt |
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Casey Anthony Wrap: Not guilty of 3 of 4 charges against her, guilty only of lying to investigators. #KSAT |
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KSAT.com: Casey Anthony: The Full Verdict – Jurors find Casey Anthony not guilty of murder in the 2008 death of her … http://ow.ly/1dDbny |
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Not surprisingly, the Twitterverse, Facebook, Flickr and other social media platforms blew up as people reacted to the verdict.
Stunning verdict: Casey Anthony found not guilty of major charges, only of making false statements http://twitpic.com/5lp0cs
Photo by DaveKell on twitter
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For those of you hiding under a rock, or purposefully avoiding the Casey Anthony circus like I’ve been, she’s just been cleared of all murder charges, but found |
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Casey Anthony=OJ Simpson#2 |
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I thought for sure casey anthony was going to jail… Wow |
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SO I GUESS EVERYONE ON MY NEWS FEED IS JUST AS DUMBFOUNDED AS I AM REGARDING THIS CREATURE CASEY ANTHONY?……. |
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I honestly have no idea what to think about Casey Anthony. |
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Reaction to Casey Anthony verdict is alarming. Twitter consensus is apparently ready to dispose of the Fifth Amendment. |
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While Defense Attorneys were quick to react to the verdict…
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Anthony, Defense Team Celebrate
Casey Anthony and her defense team cry and hug each other after the 25-year-old was found not guilty of murdering her young daughter, Caylee.
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… members of the jury have signaled that they will have no comment on the deliberations – at least not yet.
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Casey Anthony Jury ‘Not Interested’ In Speaking to Media – ABC News
The seven women and five men who found Casey Anthony not guilty of the murder of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee declined to discuss the verdict that stunned court watchers. Judge Belvin Perry, who presided over the trial, ordered that the jurors’ names be barred from being made public until further notice.
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Jurors in the Casey Anthony case are not commenting on their decision. Why make a decision you cannot explain or defend? #cowards |
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Dictionary.com:aporia – the inability to determine the truth because of equal evidence for and against. See "Casey Anthony jury" for more |
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I love all these people blaming the jury for the Casey Anthony verdict. They do realize it was the PROSECUTION’S job to make the case, righ? |
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As an aside, NBC News tweeted out the picture below of Casey Anthony as the verdict was being read. It was a picture using the Instagram app, and the use of that app garnered nearly as much interest as the case and verdict itself.
RT @NBCNews: Photo of Casey Anthony in the court room while the verdict was being read. #caseyanthony http://instagr.am/p/HCGVX/
Photo by local4news on twitter
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I dunno how I feel about NBC News using a filtered Instagram photo for the Casey Anthony verdict. http://t.co/LMx5Ich |
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Wow, @nbcnews uses instagram: Photo of Casey Anthony in the court room while the verdict was being read. http://t.co/ByvEpqL |
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It’s fun and quirky! MT @amydunc Wow, @nbcnews uses instagram: Casey Anthony in court room while verdict was read. http://t.co/aR6kDJG |
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Casey Anthony faces one year in prison for each of the four counts of lying to investigators on which she was convicted.
Judge Perry will sentence her Thursday.
ABC News plans to air a special one-hour edition of Nightline Tuesday night, and there will be a one-hour special “The Casey Anthony Story” airing on ABC Wednesday night at 9:00pm CT.
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Posted by Dave Kell on July 5, 2011 at 8:03 pm
Greetings from Decatur, GA (6 miles east of downtown Atlanta). Great summary (looks like a lot of work), and thanks for including my tweet. I’ve got to learn how you built this, so I can do the same.
Posted by bernicekearney on July 7, 2011 at 9:33 am
Greetings from San Antonio, and thanks for the good word. I used a site called Storify.com – which allows you to build stories using social media (thus, comments like yours from Twitter, Facebook, pictures from Flickr, et cetera) can be searched and used to tell a story. Unfortunately, I think Storify is still going through some growing pains, as I was unable to get on the site yesterday. But, it’s a very easy and useful tool to build user-generated comment-centric stories.
Have a great day, Dave.