Judge says Casey Anthony will still face the death penalty in trial over daughter’s death

By AP
Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Judge: Casey Anthony still faces death penalty

ORLANDO, Fla. — A judge has rejected arguments that the death penalty should be taken off the table for a Florida mother charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter.

Chief Judge Belvin Perry made his ruling against Casey Anthony at a hearing Tuesday in Orlando.

The judge says Anthony’s attorneys failed to prove prosecutors had a gender bias in seeking the death penalty against the Florida mother charged with killing her daughter, Caylee, in 2008. An expert testified earlier that a mother who is perceived as “deviant” by a jury faces a difficult time defending herself against criminal charges.

Anthony has pleaded not guilty to murdering Caylee and said a baby sitter kidnapped the toddler. Her trial is scheduled to start in May 2011.

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