Casey Anthony jurors reportedly in hiding after judge releases their names

By: Crimesider Staff
Topics: Daily Blotter

Casey Anthony walks out of the Orange County Jail in Orlando, Fla., upon her release on Sunday, July 17, 2011.

/ AP Photo/Red Huber

(CBS/AP) ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - A judge released the names Tuesday of the jurors in the Casey Anthony trial, but they were either unavailable or unwilling to talk to the media, going into hiding much like the mother they acquitted of murder.

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Three months have passed since the jurors found Anthony not guilty in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee. The verdict incensed many throughout the country who felt that Anthony was guilty, and touched off death threats and a wave of vitriol against the jurors.

Due to the anger, Judge Belvin Perry delayed releasing the names of the 12 jurors and three alternates, saying he wanted a "cooling off period" to pass.

A few of the jurors spoke with various media outlets immediately after the trial, but none went into extensive details about their deliberations or the public's reaction to their decision.

Anthony was accused of killing Caylee in June 2008. After extensive searches for the little girl, her body turned up about six months later in woods near Casey's parents' home in Orlando.

Jurors were selected from Pinellas County, a few hours away on Florida's Gulf Coast, because of concerns about pretrial publicity in Orlando. The jurors were sequestered until the verdict was announced.

Although The Associated Press attempted to contact several of the jurors, in most cases the blinds or drapes were closed and no one answered.

Prosecutors contended that Anthony - a single mother living with her parents - suffocated Caylee with duct tape because she wanted to be free to hit the nightclubs and spend time with her boyfriend. She was convicted of lying to investigators who were searching for Caylee and released from jail for time served soon after the trial ended.

She is now serving probation on an unrelated check fraud charge at an undisclosed location in Florida.

Anthony was deposed earlier this month in a lawsuit accusing her of ruining another woman's reputation. Anthony told detectives in 2008 that her daughter had been kidnapped by a nanny named Zenaida Gonzalez.

Detectives have said no such baby sitter existed. But an Orlando woman with the same name is suing Anthony, saying she ruined her reputation.

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by toocutegrammy October 30, 2011 7:02 PM EDT: I watched the trial from beginning to end. I am still stunned at the verdict of this jury. If not guilty of murder then at least guilty of child abuse or endangerment! This jury I believe was tired and wanted to go home. They were not thorough in their deliberations. They did not request 1 piece of evidence for review. Nothing that would have caused them to stay even a moment longer than they had to. I believe every murderer would hope they could get a jury such as these 12!; Reply to this comment

by Outraged12 October 26, 2011 8:11 AM EDT

They all should hide for the rest of their lives!

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by pak31 October 26, 2011 8:32 AM EDT: Why? For performing their civic duty? Just because they didn't produce the outcome many would have liked, it doesn't make them game for retaliation. Unless you were in that situation and had to judge your decision based on what was presented to you, not what you know about the case through the media, then you don't know how it would turn out. I personally think it's wrong to broadcast their names, it should be confidential.


by kathrynlynch October 26, 2011 4:54 PM EDT: No! Have the balls to stick to the decisions you make.


by American_overseas October 27, 2011 5:10 PM EDT: I agree with pak31 and add ... why should they hide when it was the prosecution failed?


by lokibear2 October 25, 2011 3:31 PM EDT: This stinks. They should not have to deal with this. It is not their civic duty to put their lives at risk.; Reply to this comment

by nomorelibs October 25, 2011 3:06 PM EDT

Glad to see CBS had the decency to not list the names. Feel bad for these people. First they spend all this time doing their civic duty. Now they have to have their names out there for the wackos in the world to see.

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