Casey Anthony Prosecution, Defense Exhibits Worlds Apart - Criminal Defense Daily

Casey Anthony Prosecution, Defense Exhibits Worlds Apart
May 26, 2011

[This article is by contributing writer Ivy Bigbee. She is a Washington, D.C.-based writer.]

Excerpt:

Day two in capital murder trial of Orlando mom accused of killing her toddler daughter

Casey-caylee-anthony-350x250 ORLANDO, Fla. — In the sensational Florida first-degree murder case, where a little girl was killed and her mother could face lethal injection for the crime, opposing legal teams are harnessing markedly different exhibit styles to illumine their respective cases. On day two of Casey Anthony’s death penalty trial, riveting testimony from Casey Anthony’s ex-boyfriend, Tony Lazzaro came before the jury and shocked trial-watchers. Though Lazzaro’s remarks are pivotal — he was the last person to spend time with Anthony around the time Caylee, 2, disappeared on June 16 — of equal importance is how the information is presented to the jury. Should “show and tell” matter, and if so, why?

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