Casey Anthony Juror: We Deadlocked On Manslaughter Charge

ORLANDO (CBS4) – A juror in the Casey Anthony trial said her life has changed ever since she and her fellow panel members acquitted the Orlando mother of murder in the death of her 2-year old daughter Caylee in 2008.

Jennifer Ford, who was juror number 3, said thinking about the case has brought her to tears several times and she's received hate mail. Ford said at one point the jury was deadlocked at six to six on the manslaughter charge, but she eventually changed her mind and agreed to acquit.

"I think everyone will say the same thing, lack of hard evidence. Like I said, the duct tape and chloroform and things like that, if you took a good hard look at it you could kind of -- there was a lot of doubt surrounding all of those certain things. So there's not enough to make anything stick," said Ford.

Ford, a 32-year old nursing student, said since the prosecution could not definitively prove how Caylee died, she had no choice but to vote to acquit. As for the hateful comments she's heard about the jury's decision, Ford said they did what they were supposed to do according to the law.

"I feel like people are missing something. I don't know. To me, I would think that it would be a good thing to know that people are trying to do what they're supposed to do and uphold the letter of the law and not be emotional."

Ford said while she doesn't necessarily think Anthony was innocent there was just not enough evidence to convict her.

"If you cannot prove what the crime was, you cannot determine what the punishment should be."

Anthony, who was found guilty of lying to law enforcement, is scheduled to be released from jail this weekend.

Texas Equusearch, the private group that conducted several searches for Caylee in 2008, filed a lawsuit against Anthony on Tuesday, seeking damages for what it spent on searches. The lawsuit claimed Anthony made misrepresentations to the group's founder, causing extensive, costly and time-consuming searches.

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