Casey Anthony's lawyer Jose Baez talks about the trial, the verdict and "The Casey Anthony reality show"

By: Julia Dahl
Topics: Daily Blotter

(CBS) When Jose Baez met Casey Anthony, the young woman whose sensational murder trial would make him famous, his first thought was that she didn't look at all like most of the clients he defended.

"I could immediately tell she was a first-timer," Baez told Crimesider.

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But while she may not have looked like a hardened criminal, the petite Florida mother's case would prove the most challenging of his career. Soon, Anthony would be charged with murdering her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee. And prosecutors wanted the death penalty.

For the next three years, Baez's life would be consumed with the Anthony trial. He was lampooned as an amateur in the media, but Baez had the last laugh: on July 5, 2011, a jury pronounced his client not guilty of murder.

On the anniversary of Anthony's acquittal, Baez sat down with Crimesider to discuss the case and the untold stories he reveals in his new book, "Presumed Guilty - Casey Anthony: The Inside Story."

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by Jynnxter November 30, 2012 2:03 AM EST

Unless the scenario includes the child's death before 'mid-June, it isn't the truth that science experts happened to Caylee, whose body had begun to decompose in 'early-to-mid June'.
George wants the 'donations' from people who could have provided answers to this case, to be laundered thru their charities. Crystal Holloway was the first contributor, and her sister C. Benaida Gonzales (Geo's girlfriend and under cover cop) confronted Cindy to get the blackmailing to stop, in 2010. Don't believe the 'heinous-murder story, if you want to find the truth, it was designed to affect the trial verdict and protect the A-Family from being destroyed by Caylee's accidental death that would have never been explained or believed was an accident.

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by Jynnxter November 30, 2012 2:21 AM EST: With 'great authority' he led the heinous-murder story, and blackmailed ANYONE who attempted to help Casey after she moved out of the Hopesprings home. Remember what happened in these instances??
1.) When Cindy's car smelled like decomp; he went to work, while the evidence in the trunk was destroyed with household cleaning products.
2.)Amy Huizenga tried to tell LE that "someone was telling Casey where to go and what to do in late June and early July" [and Cindy suggested in her deposition or testimony that Amy was probably the 'nanny'
There are more, but space is limited...LOL


by rob_pasq July 10, 2012 3:53 PM EDT: How is it that anyone with any common sense or reputable news agencies aren't questioning the many inconsistencies coming from this laughing guy? She's nuts and needs some kind of help but believe what she says sometimes to see books? Where's the proof of Internet searches? Remember him blasting law enforcement for not looking for Caylee at malls and airports, saying they were media hounds, while he was on the news every night telling everyone that Caylee was alive? Remember the "proof" he had that the search people would testify they searched the area so someone must have planted the body? Again, fell apart as false. This book is like his opening statement. Lots of accusations with no proof to back it up. Like him, all words, no substance. There is no proof that there was any abuse suffered by his lying client. There IS proof that her father knew she was lying and she wanted to get back at him as the fall guy. And if the news actually believes what Jose Baez writes,they must also believe Casey Anthony is honest. This is where Baez is getting his "facts". Prove ME wrong Mr. Baez.; Reply to this comment


by andie52 July 10, 2012 9:46 AM EDT: Jose Baez wasn't on "Piers Morgan Tonight" to talk about his Casey Anthony book, "Presumed Guilty." The show had canceled him, a CNN spokeswoman said.; Reply to this comment


by MiaJordan July 8, 2012 10:29 PM EDT: Jose's book is amazing! I felt that the way how "Casey's case" has been handled @ Orlando, FL - very much looks like "Stalin's Soviet Union". It's scared...
I very much like the part about Biblical David: we don't need to be afraid of anything, or anybody - if Lord is with us, in our heart.

And, for people, for all of us: we need to stop and think,and analyze. Otherwise, we can became zombied easely.

Regards,

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by andie52 July 8, 2012 9:15 AM EDT

"Casey Anthony Thought Her Father Was Caylee's Father
Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/270385/casey-anthony-thought-her-father-was-caylees-father"

Baez should take off his tin foil hat

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by 1dogtrack July 8, 2012 4:06 PM EDT: Jose Baez you are a sleazeball and a liar and your former client Casey Anthony is a sleazeball and a liar as well as a murderer. How could an uneducated, 21-year old party girl, uneducated and drifting through life (not my words) possibly be well-spoken? I personally would like to see your fat, rat-face and her smug, conceited face disappear from the earth forever.


by carefreeba July 7, 2012 5:53 PM EDT: So he thinks he "got the last laugh". This was about justice for a baby murdered by her own mother. No laughs anywhere and this is what bozo doesn't get. He got lucky in picking twelve idiots that didn't do their job, he didn't "win" anything. Nobody "won". A baby was murdered and the killer is "free" because of bozo's lies and manipulations.; Reply to this comment

by Robert_Frank July 7, 2012 2:06 PM EDT

Please sign & share this petition to have Casey Anthony tried by the federal government. The petition addresses the DOJ policy that guides them in determining whether or not to charge someone after a person was previously tried by a state.

http://casey-anthony-federal-petition.blogspot.com/

Or go to change.org and search for BREUER

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