Casey Anthony was sentenced to four years in jail. The years was served consecutively and included the time she has already served - she has been credited for 1,043 days already spent in jail at the time she was sentenced. She was also fined $1,000 for each count.
Anthony was released on July 17, 2023 - 12 days after she was convicted of four counts of lying to police and a day after she filed an appeal of those convictions.
Here's a look at the Casey Anthony trial of 2011 (courtesy co WICZ.com).
In response to the result of the Caylee Anthony case, four states – New York, Florida, Oklahoma and West Virginia – have put the wheels in motion to enact what is being called “Caylee’s Law.” It’s legislation that would force parents and guardians to report missing children within the first 24 hours of their disappearance.
In the news: Reports that Casey Anthony was found bludgeoned to death are false. Anthony, who spoke publicly for the first time in nine years in March, is still alive. Read more at Business2Community.com.