Casey Anthony Trial Update: Signs to prevent protests posted near Anthony home
(CBS/WKMG) ORLANDO, Fla. - As a verdict nears in the Casey Anthony murder trial, signs were posted outside the Anthony family's Orlando home to prevent protesters from coming to the area.
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Orange County officials ordered deputies to post no parking signs along Hopespring Drive, where the Anthony family lives. The signs went up on Sunday, reports CBS affiliate WKMG.
In September 2008, several fights and acts of violence erupted outside the home after Casey Anthony was released from jail and returned to the neighborhood. The same month, aggressive protesters outside the home, including a group dressing up as demons and monsters, prompted the neighborhood homeowner's associated to file a lawsuit against the crowds, reports the station.
Deliberations in the trial resumed Tuesday at 8:30 a.m., a day after the jury failed to reach a verdict in its first six hours of discussing the case.
Casey Anthony is charged with murder in the first-degree, second-degree murder, manslaughter, third-degree felony murder, aggravated manslaughter of a child, aggravated child abuse and four counts of providing false information to a law enforcement officer.
The prosecution claims Anthony suffocated Caylee with duct tape. The defense claims Anthony accidentally drowned.
If convicted of first-degree murder, Casey Anthony, 25, could face the death penalty.
The Casey Anthony case was recently reported on by "48 Hours Mystery."