Casey Anthony trial

The Casey Anthony trial was the most searched news story of 2011, according to Bing. America was glued to the TV and Internet throughout the trial, which saw the Florida mother get acquitted of charges she killed her own child. On July 5, 2011, a jury found Casey not guilty of murdering her daughter, Caylee Anthony, 2, in the summer of 2008.

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