Casey Anthony Defense Faces Uphill Battle, Experts Say - WKMG

Casey Anthony Defense Faces Uphill Battle, Experts Say
Anthony Could Face Death Penalty If Convicted Of Murder
POSTED: Sunday, June 5, 2011
UPDATED: 9:16 pm EDT June 5, 2011

Excerpt:

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Legal experts said prosecutors' meticulous murder case against Casey Anthony so far, along with the woman's sensational claims that her father covered up her daughter's death after the 2-year-old drowned, could make it difficult to avoid a conviction.

Saturday ended the second week of testimony in Anthony's murder trial, and prosecutors say it also marks roughly the halfway point of their case. Prosecutors are trying to prove that the single mother, then 22, suffocated her daughter Caylee by placing duct tape over the girl's mouth and then dumped her body in the woods near her parents' home.

It's a high-profile case that has demanded a methodical approach from a prosecution team with more than 70 years of combined experience - in part because, if convicted, Anthony, 25, could become only the fourth woman added to Florida's current roster of 397 death row inmates.

More: http://www.clickorlando.com/news/28138843/detail.html