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Document: Casey's Defense Has Billed Fla. For Over $100K - WFTV
by kiwimom Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:19 am
Document: Casey's Defense Has Billed Fla. For Over $100KDocument: Casey's Defense Has Billed Fla. For Over $100K
ORLANDO, Fla. -- During the past year, you and the rest of the state's taxpayers have been billed more than $100,000 to defend Casey Anthony, but you won't have to pay for all of it.
READ: Casey Anthony Case Expenditures
VIDEO REPORT: Defense Billed Over $100K
As of March 29, the defense had billed taxpayers more than $103,000 for Casey's defense. So far, the state has refused to pay more than $11,000 of that and more than $31,000 is pending.
Casey's defense spent more than $200,000 before asking taxpayers last year to pay the rest of Casey's legal expenses. WFTV legal analyst Bill Sheaffer says that's twice as much as a client of limited means would spend on a murder defense.
But now, taxpayers are being asked to pay another $100,000. So far, they've paid more than $60,000. More than half, almost $34,000, was spent on her own investigation.
The Florida Justice Administrative Commission (JAC), which oversees public spending on criminal court cases, has refused to pay about $1,000 billed by defense investigators. One of them, Jeremy Lyons, has been accused of trying to strong-arm prosecution witnesses into changing their stories.
The defense has just received approval to do another 300 hours of investigation, which means taxpayers will be billed about another $12,000 for that.
The defense has billed the state almost $10,000 for transcripts of its depositions of prosecution witnesses, but the state is refusing to pay almost half of that.
Defense experts have cost $20,000 in the last year. One is Dr. Scott Fairgrieve, who admitted last week much of his testimony is based on things he's read.
The defense also billed taxpayers for in and out of state travel, and for work to try to prevent Casey from facing a death sentenced if she's convicted for murdering her daughter Caylee, and dumping the body in the woods near their house.
Prosecutors have spent almost $56,000 in almost three years, not counting salaries; investigators can't even guess how much they spent. The trial could cost taxpayers more than $350,000.
http://www.wftv.com/news/27375430/detail.html
ORLANDO, Fla. -- During the past year, you and the rest of the state's taxpayers have been billed more than $100,000 to defend Casey Anthony, but you won't have to pay for all of it.
READ: Casey Anthony Case Expenditures VIDEO REPORT: Defense Billed Over $100KAs of March 29, the defense had billed taxpayers more than $103,000 for Casey's defense. So far, the state has refused to pay more than $11,000 of that and more than $31,000 is pending.
Casey's defense spent more than $200,000 before asking taxpayers last year to pay the rest of Casey's legal expenses. WFTV legal analyst Bill Sheaffer says that's twice as much as a client of limited means would spend on a murder defense.
But now, taxpayers are being asked to pay another $100,000. So far, they've paid more than $60,000. More than half, almost $34,000, was spent on her own investigation.
The Florida Justice Administrative Commission (JAC), which oversees public spending on criminal court cases, has refused to pay about $1,000 billed by defense investigators. One of them, Jeremy Lyons, has been accused of trying to strong-arm prosecution witnesses into changing their stories.
The defense has just received approval to do another 300 hours of investigation, which means taxpayers will be billed about another $12,000 for that.
The defense has billed the state almost $10,000 for transcripts of its depositions of prosecution witnesses, but the state is refusing to pay almost half of that.
Defense experts have cost $20,000 in the last year. One is Dr. Scott Fairgrieve, who admitted last week much of his testimony is based on things he's read.
The defense also billed taxpayers for in and out of state travel, and for work to try to prevent Casey from facing a death sentenced if she's convicted for murdering her daughter Caylee, and dumping the body in the woods near their house.
Prosecutors have spent almost $56,000 in almost three years, not counting salaries; investigators can't even guess how much they spent. The trial could cost taxpayers more than $350,000.
http://www.wftv.com/news/27375430/detail.html
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