On Tuesday morning October 14, 2008, Birdsong appeared on our local FOX 35 morning news show and was interviewed about the Casey Anthony case that was set to be heard by a grand jury that later that day. Since Birdsong was interviewed at 6:30 and 7:30 in the morning some of you might have missed it.
All this past summer Birdsong heard about the search for 3 year Caylee Anthony. A missing child case here in Orlando. Suspicion focused on her mother Casey Anthony, the 22 year old mother of the baby. When the child was missing over two months people started suggesting that Casey had killed her child. We do not know if that is the case. No body has been found. Casey has told 4 different stories of what might have happened to the child. All have turned out to be false.
This week, specifically on October 14, 2008, an Orange Country grand jury indicted the mother, Casey Anthony, on seven criminal counts, including First Degree Murder. Murder I, as it is called, would allow prosecutors to ask for the death penalty. Birdsong has been drawn into the case by having been interviewed by local TV news and the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper for his views on the case.
Birdsong, as his students know, is against the death penalty. Birdsong says this certainly isn’t a case for
This has not been a good week for Casey Anthony, the 22 year old mother of baby Caylee Anthony who has not been seen since June 15, 2008. Prosecutors in Orlando sent the case to a grand jury to determine whether charges should be brought against the young mother.
Professor Birdsong teaches Criminal Law, White Collar Crime, Evidence, Federal Jurisdiction, and Immigration Law at Barry School of Law.