Casey Anthony Prosecutors Ask for Gag Order

Casey Anthony Prosecutors Ask for Gag Order

Monday, November 10, 2008

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Prosecutors are going to ask a judge to issue a gag order prohibiting cops, lawyers and family members from talking publicly about the Casey Anthony case, reports the Orlando Sentinel.

Orange Circuit Court Judge Stan Strickland will hear the arguments for and against a gag order during a hearing this afternoon at the Orange County Courthouse.

Casey Anthony, 22, faces a slew of charges, including first-degree murder in the death of her daughter, Caylee Marie. The toddler was reported missing in July 15 and hasn't been seen by her family since mid-June.

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While authorities believe she's dead, no body has been found yet. Today will mark the end of EquuSeach's quest to find Caylee Anthony. The search group has been in Orlando since Friday to look for the missing toddler, but so far searchers have found no sign of the child.

Anthony's family has maintained that Caylee is still alive and has been critical of the State Attorney's Office for prosecuting Casey Anthony.

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If I were her mother, I would want to support her as well but, why is she not helping to find her daughter. The lies she has told would make me very sad. She needs to start telling the truth. I hope her parents realize that and encourage her to do so. Lawyer or no Lawyter.

- Pamela Gray

Posted 11/11/08 07:26 AM

Pamela, are you kidding me? Casey’s parents will never encourage her to tell them the truth. They want to believe that their perfect daughter would never kill her own child. They also want to believe that Caylee is on some fantasy trip seeing the world with a nanny that doesn’t exist. Even if Casey and George asked Casey to tell them what really happened to Caylee, Casey would lie because she is a sociopath and sociopaths only tell the truth when it benefits them. It is not going to benefit Casey to tell anyone she killed her daughter and show them where she dumped the body. That would certainly guarantee her a first degree murder conviction and either the death penalty or life in prison. Casey thinks she is going to get away with it. No body. No crime.

- Sally

Posted 11/11/08 05:20 PM

Someone needs to gag Cindy Anthony but I doubt if a judge has that kind of power over a public citizen. Officers of the court may be ordered not to speak about the case but I doubt if the arm of the law extends to the family of the victim and defendant, which in this case are the same.

- Sally

Posted 11/11/08 05:35 PM

If Casey claims that she didnt murder her 2 year old daughter, than why isnt she doin anything to help find Caylee? If she really didnt kill her she should be helping find her

- kristen

Posted 11/12/08 12:45 PM