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"Mother accused in child’s death weeps during closing arguments" by Kyle Hightower, Associated Press / July 4, 2011
ORLANDO - Casey Anthony briefly broke down crying yesterday as prosecutors told jurors during closing arguments that she murdered her 2-year-old daughter Caylee because the child prevented her from having a relationship with a club promoter.
Prosecutor Jeff Ashton said Anthony wanted a relationship with her boyfriend, to go out with her friends, and to live the carefree life she had before Caylee’s birth....
Defense attorney Jose Baez said the prosecutors’ case is so weak they tried to portray Anthony as a promiscuous liar and sway jurors “rather than give her the standard that is afforded to each and every citizen in our country.’’
Baez said prosecutors’ forensic evidence was based on a “fantasy.’’ He said the prosecution’s air analysis of the trunk of Anthony’s car, which allegedly showed air molecules consistent with decomposition, could not be duplicated. He said no one could prove a stain found in the trunk was caused by Caylee’s body decomposing there.
And witnesses showed maggots found in the trunk came from a bag of trash that was found there, he said.
“They throw enough against the wall and see what sticks,’’ Baez said. “That is what they’re doing . . . right down to the cause of death.’’
Earlier during Ashton’s argument, Anthony appeared mostly stone-faced for about the first 45 minutes, but then she closed her eyes and rested her chin on her hand. She began to cry when Ashton said that the story that Caylee drowned was also false....
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