here's abc's ashleigh banfield. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen of the jury. have you reached a verdict? >> reporter: it was a swift and shocking end to a courtroom drama that's transfixed the drama. >> we the jury find the defendant not guilty. >> reporter: 25-year-old casey anthony found not guilty on every major count relating to the death of her 2-year-old daughter caylee. the 12 jurors, all of whom declined to speak following the verdict, deliberated for just ten hours and 40 minutes, most of that over the fourth of july holiday. anthony did not get off scott free. the jury did find her guilty on four counts of lying to police. but they're just misdemeanors. by all accounts, there is no question this verdict is a victory for casey anthony's defense team. >> what my driving force has been for the last three years has been always to make sure that there has been justice for caylee and casey. >> reporter: from the beginning, both sides tried to k kp the focus on the little girl whose doe-eyed image haunted this trial. she's seen here in these videos licensed

abc's ashleigh banfield is right outside the courtroom in orlando. good morning, ashleigh. >> reporter: good morning, george. the choppers overhead, are the sheriff's deputies. they've been circling for over an hour. the preparations for what went on here were under way. but the truth of the matter, she is not getting out of jail today. not by a long shot. this judge threw the book at her, proverbally, giving her everything he could. four consecutive sentences for the charges against her. with some good time and some math, she could be getting out at the end of this month or maybe early august. have a listen to how it went down in the courtroom. >> as a result of those four, separate and distinct lies, law enforcement expended a great deal of time, energy and manpower looking for young caylee marie anthony. i will sentence you to one year in the orange county jail. imposing a $1,000 fine on each cou cou count. all four counts to run consecutive to each other. giving you credit for the time that you have previously served. mr. baez, mr. mason, we're go

for more we turn to ashleigh banfield. what a mess all around.ce for caylee anthony and i would very little hope of any kind of normal relationship again between the daughter and the parents in this case. would you agree? >> i think it's a very complex family relationship. they're certainly not intermating whether they'll welcome her back with open arms. don't forget the sordid allegations against her mother, father and her brother. she said she left the ladder down in the pool in which caylee drowned. whether she goes there or finds quiet time with an attorney until she can get herself settled, maybe here or not in this country is still the $64,000 question. >> you were there the whole time. can you give me any convincing excuse for why any mother would not report her child missing for 31 days? anything that makes any kind of sense unless the you are the person who knows exactly what hatched to her? >> well, all i can tell you is what all the armchair quarterbacks have said over the last three years. that is this. perhaps a young, immature, 22-y

we want to talk about this case right now with abc's legal eagles, ashleigh banfield has been covering this trial from the beginning, and dan abrams, our legal analyst. ashleigh, let me go right to you. you were in the courtroom there when the verdict, this bombshell verdict came d dn. what was that like? >> you could have heard a pin drop. i don't mean that in a hyperbolic way. i mean it truly. everyone was silent. i think people were a little confused at the beginning. and then stunned. and i actually looked around to the lead detective on the case, who was behind me, yuri melich, and i think he just looked dashed >> what happened here, dan? what was your reaction? >> i was very surprised. i think -- i talked to you about the fact that i had correctly predicted that o.j. simpson would be acquitted and i was completely wrong about this case. what do i think happened? i think that the jurors simply did not believe that the cause of death has been proven. and as a result that there was reasonable doubt. those two things are connected. meaning people talk about cause of death and they ta

abc's ashleigh banfield has been covering this case from the beginning and she starts us off in orlando again tonight. ashleigh? >> reporter: diane, the stormy weather behind me may have washed away much of the frenzy in this courthouse, but boy, oh, boy, the day began much like every other one in this spectacular case, with yet another twist. >> state of florida versus casey marie anthony. >> reporter: casey anthony's criminal case wrapped up with the judge throwing the book at her, keeping her in jail as long as he legally could. >> i will sentence you to one year in the orange county jail, imposing a $1,000 fine on each count. all four counts to run >> reporter: back to back, that's four years. but word today, casey will be a free woman in just one week. >> her release date has been calculated as july 13th, 2011. >> reporter: how could she get out after serving just under three years? among other things, credit for good behavior. described by casey's jail guards at trial. >> miss anthony is a model inmate. >> reporter: this is the community where she will be released. >> the only y y

abc's ashleigh banfield is at the courthouse. ing every aspect of this trial, and, ashleigh, if she does walk free she does face plenty of legal problems still. >> reporter: oh, a brand-new chapter is opening up. i want to alert your attention. i saw three mounted police going by, clearly there is a different sense around this courthouse today about security and, again, that new legal chapter, if she walks, includes a suit from the state to recover costs of that investigation into these crime, not only that, the searchers want to sue her for about $1121200. equusearch spent that to look for caylee and not only that, that nancy, the woman named zenaida gonzalez name co-opted by casey, she is asuing her as well, serving her with a subpoena. >> again, it is a heightened sense of security. the sentencing hearing to begin later this morning. ashleigh banfield with the very latest. ththk you. >>> meanwhile, in southern california one marine has been killed. five others injured after a helicopter crash at camp pendleton. the training fli

and abc's ashleigh banfield has been following this case from the start and she was in the courtroom today. ashleigh? >> reporter: just a remarkable day, diane, in the courthouse behind me. the choppers are still flying overhead. in fact, really not since the 1995 acquittal of o.j. simpson have we seen this kind of drama in the courtroom as when this jury also said not guilty. >> will the defendant rise along with counsel? >> reporter: three years since a florida toddler's death became a national men sensation, the jury of five men and seven women came back with this. >> as to the charge of first degree murder, verdict as to count one, we the jury find the defendant not guilty. >> reporter: and the acquittals continued from there. not guilty on all of the most serious charges against her. casey anthony wept and then smiled with relief and hugged her attorneys, after the jury decided she was only guilty of four misdemeanors, lying to law enforcement. prosecutors sat stone-faced as the verdict was read. they had poured hundreds of thousands of dollars and countless man hours into stritr

abc's ashleigh banfield has been tracking the case from the beginning. she is in orlando again for us tonight. ashleigh? >> reporter: you know, diane, i was interested to hear you and barbara speaking about security. because it's a legitimate concern. people here are angry about this verdict. they want to know how the jurors got there. as news of the verdict heard round the world sinks in, new details are emerging about how those jurors arrived at their decision. abc news spoke exclusively to juror number three, a 32-year-old single nursing student named jennifer ford, who told us, "everyone wondered why we didn't speak to the media right away. it was because we were sick to our stomach, to get that verdict. we were crying, and not just the women. it was emotional. and we weren't ready. we wanted to do it with integrity and not contribute to the sensationalism of the trial." she added, "the jurors believed the prosecution didn't prove their case. there was a lack of proof. if you cannot prove what the crime was, you cannot determine what the punishment sh

ashleigh banfield has those details. >> state of florida versus casey marie thony. >> reporter: caseyk at her. keeping her in jail as long as he legally could. >> i will sentence you to one year in the orange county jail. imposing a $1,000 fine on each count. >> reporter: could she get out after serving just under three years? among other things, credit for good behavior. described by casey's jail guards at trial. >> miss anthony's model inmate. >> reporter: the community into which she will be released. >> the only way we can get justice for caylee is so casey doesn't make money. >> reporter: the state agrees. it's filed suit against casey for the cost of the investigation. as has the woman who claims casey stole her name to fabricate a anyonenanny. and the group who helped search for her child is also considering a suit. when casey leaves jail, everything that was seized from her by police will be returned, plug that pontiac sunfire, the one prosecutors said smelled like death. among some of the sensational fallout from this case, security and worry. the judge worried about his. the

ashleigh banfield joins us.e vap rating sflr six days until she's out, george. they don't allow interviews in the orange county jail. >> your mother will never forgive you. >> reporter: for more than two months c cey anthony sat silently in court as everyone but her told their story. the question is will casey cash in and talk to the highest bidder? >> what's next for casey? >> i don't know. i think that'sy casey's story to tell. >> she can pose in play buoy. she can wrote a book. she can millions of dollars. >> reporter: even before the trial began, reports that lifetime networks offered casey $2 million. the network denied the claim. but for now, the public still seething over her acquittal, some movie and tv executives say they wouldn't touch casey's story with a ten-foot pole. >> i would never do it. >> reporter: not even a pornography producer tells tmz they're now pulling back on that offer and there's facebook page called boycott casey anthony deals >> i think the idea that a sane civilization could consu

abc's ashleigh banfield is in orlando with the latest. how did they come up with this recalculated release date? >> reporter: just different math and honestly this is such a frenzy yesterday it's assumed they did this so quickly, once orange county jail officials went back over the numbers they realized it wasn't right. it was more clerical as we understand than anything else but it means she's getting out a little later than she thought. >> she will get out with a lot of hostility. we hear death threats have increased against everybody including the judge. >> reporter: they've done incredible beefing up of security. the protesters you saw outside the courthouse were mentioned inside the courtroom as judge perry said somebody threatened to slay a juror and feed their pieces to the piranhas. the judge said he's having trouble crossing the street to go to judge. >> we heard therapists have been calling casey anthony's lawyers offering services. some say she needs professional help once she gets out. >> reporter: that's what chaney mason sai

but let's start with abc's ashleigh banfield who was in the courtroom for this entire trial. good morning, ashleigh. >> reporter: good morning, george. for two months i have been bringing you every twist and every turn that this trial has to offer, and almost on a daily basis, it has been remarkable. but perhaps on day 47, the most remarkable twist of all. >> it's been brought to my attention the jury has reached a verdict. >> reporter: in a tension-filled courtroom, minutes before the verdict, casey anthony nervously bit her lip as her lawyers gave a last reassuring touch on her shoulder. casey's father george anthony looked like he might be praying. >> will the defendant rise along with counsel? >> reporter: then as the verdict was read, casey gripped her lawyer's hand just before that jaw-dropping moment. >> as to the charge of first degree murder, verdict as to count one, we the jury find the defendant not guilty. >> reporter: her parents seemed to have no reaction but casey's eyes filled with tears as she continued to hear the words "not guilty" one after the other on all

ashleigh banfield, abc news, orlando. >>> arrests could come as early as today in a widening scandalo stem public outrage by announcing that "the news of the world" would cease publication as of this sunday. that's done little to satisfy a man who suspects his phone was hacked after his son was killed by a terror bombing. >> it's a violation, isn't it. anani -- i still don't know what i think about it. other than i'm really angry. really angry. >> we now know that the prprtices that are being discussed, that we're talking about here, were such that we've fundamentallllbreached a trust with our readers. >> you can call it the end of "the world." some have suggested that the murdochs are shutting down the paper onlylyo rebrand it as something else once the scandal dies down. >>> after standing for more than a century it took seconds to bring it down. with the touch of a button half of the eighth street bridge in northeast pennsylvania hit the skids there. it was no more after that. the deteriorating steel span built in 1900 had been designed to support lighter, narrower cars. an adjace

ashleigh banfield, abc news, new york. >> there's a lot of likenesses.f like the o.j. thing where really the developments in terms of what she does with her life never really end, it's just more twists and turns of what happens totoer. >> he came out with that book "why i did it." eventually it was canceled, the book was taken off the shelves. >> there was a lot of to-do about the hefty book advance. >> right. we'll see. >> all in pretty poor taste i would say. >>> when we return a story of medical mystery and generosity. >> this centers around a man from central america and his ten-pound tumor. how about this. guess who came to the rescue? all that is coming up next. >>> welcome back. so many of you are probably watching us from bed or maybe the couch. but imagine if you couldn't lie in your bed or couch or even sit in a chair. >> that was the scary reality for a guatemalan man who had a ten-pound tumor on his hip roughly the size of a soccer ball. if you can imagine that. that was the case until some michigan doctors gave him a new lease on life. wjrt'

ashleigh banfield reports now from orlando. >> reporter: as news of the verdict heard round the worldjurors arrived at their decision. abc news spoke exclusively to juror number three, a 32-year-old single nursing student named jennifer ford who told us -- >> there wasn't enough evidence, there wasn't anything strong enough to say exactly -- i don't think anyone in america could tell us exactly how she died. if you put even just the 12 jurors in one room with a piece of paper, write down how caylee died? nobody knows. how can you punish someone for something if you don't know what they did? maybe i'm wrong on that. but if i don't know what you did, how can i tell you what the punishment for that crime is? >> reporter: juror number 14, the alternate who sat alongside her for 39 days of sequestered testimony, told us that he was convinced caylee died in a horrific accident that was covered up by a distraught family. what's more, he told us the witnesses convinced him casey was a good mom. >> she was a very doting mom, very caring. and so it was hard to believe that could casey have murd

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independent producer to tell her story, appalling to many including the jury foreman who told abc's ashleigh banfieldtrial from start to finish, he was shocked how quickly anthony is being set free and hopes she does not make millions off the acquittal. >> we're dealing with a child who is deceased. to profit off it would be -- is not something in my nature, and it's something that i just can't imagine somebody doing, especially the mother of that child. >> reporter: now, there is still some legal business for her legal team to attend to. yesterday they filed papers which appealed her lying convictions. that could be a tactic to avoid her testifying or in being in depositions in criminal proceedings, in civil proceedings that are still under way. she's being sued by at least two people, ononbeing the person who had the same name as that fictional nanny and the other being the search team which tried to find caylee anthony when she was -- when casey anthony probably knew where she was. >> a lot of -- >> reporter: so there's still some things to go on there. >> yeah, i was going to say, a lot of proble

ashleigh banfield, abc news, orlando. >> it would be interesting to find out where she would be welcome. apparently most american women, actually more than men, are struggling with this case. very raw emotions as we keep saying. it's very hard i think for any mom or dad to understand. >> maybe the hardest thing for everyone is we may never know the truth. we're always going to wonder what happened to caylee anthony. stay with abc news throughout the morning as we cover the casey anthony case fallout. "good morning america" will have the latest on her sentencing hearing as it happens. >>> and the army psychiatrist charged in the 2009 ft. hood massacre will be court-martialed and face the death penalty if convicted. nidal hasan is charged with murdering 13 people and attempting to kill dozens more. while hasan cannot plead guilty it's still unclear whether his attorney will seek an insanity defense. >>> britain's best-telling tabloid is accused of sinking to a new low. it's at the center of a growing phone hacking scandal whose targets allegedly include murder victims, terror victims, cel

not to be named but described feeling disgust as he read last week's not guilty verdict and ashleigh banfields more. they emphasized the difference between not guilty and innocecee. >> big difference. i think that's where people are going off the rails and thought for eight weeks listening to evidence and witnesses and trying to apply a complex law to have complex case. but now they're fearing for their lives and for their safety after giving all that of their own lives and thehere having to explain why they reached the verdict that they did. >> we the jury find the defendant not guilty. >> this court is in recess. >> reporter: a week since casey anthony's stunning acquittal. many can't believe the jury let her go. >> a lot of gray area and speculation. how caylee got in. i can't tell you how or who. but ultimately the body ended up there. >> the foreman withheld his identity as he talked to greta van susteren on fox news. >> when the defense got up, they started throwing out things we did not know and where it hit us. it was shocking. >> reporter: since their controversial verdict, the jury

ashleigh banfield is in orlando with the latest this morning. good morning, ashleigh. >> reporter: good morning, elizabeth. as day 47 of this extraordinary process down here, but day two of the critical phase, the guilt/innocence phase and if this jury is hashing out those seven counts based on the last thing they heard in this courtroom, the prosecution's closing argument, well, it was a pretty damning argument. the defense may have spoken to the jury for the last time. >> we're going to ask you to render a verdict of not guilty. >> reporter: but it was the prosecution that got the last word. >> any way you slice it, casey anthony is guilty of murder in the first degree. >> reporter: so they painted a final image of casey anthony in the jurors' minds hammering her for her lies. >> the defendant's lies changed. they got bigger. they got better. they involved more people. >> reporter: the original lie, that her daughter had been missing for 31 days. a timing which casey lived the hi highlife. but her story at trial, that caylee drowned in the back

"the chicago sun-times" says she's considered plastic surgery and ashleigh banfield has been on the case every step of the way. there are real concerns for her safety. >> i did speak with her lead attorney. he hasn't mentioned anything like that. he said i'm not telling you what our plans are because this is one of the best-kept secrets and probably for her own good. meantime, the investigators who worked for three years, blood, sweat and tears looking for evidence, looking for the truth, finally spoke to the press about their feelings about this verdict. with a giant photo of caylee anthony beside them investigators gathered to discuss the case one last time. the photo, said the sheriff, should remind everyone what this case was truly about. >> the father and the grandfather -- i have a 3-year-old granddaughter, it is disturbing to me. i wouldn't wish what happened to him on any parent. >> reporter: while the verdict sparked outrage, the detectives were stoic. they stood by their case, but accepted the outcome. >> i certainly don't have any doubt. we worked very hard on this case. i thi

our legal analyly dan abrams is standing by with more but first ashleigh banfield is here.sat down with the jury foreman who helped set her free. >> time something everything. by the way, this is the third anniversary of the day the story began. the day casey admitted that caylee was gone and that was the day that the police swooped in. it would take three years to get this thing to trial but jusus 1 hours and 40 minutes for a not guilty verdict. the jury has been attacked, threatened for its decisions and one juror has fled the state and now the foreman although he wants to remain somewhat anonymous is trying to set the record straight and tell how they reached the verdict he did. >> we the jury find the defendant not guilty. >> reporter: she will l a free woman in just two days and the foreman on one of theost criticized juries since the o.j. simpson c ce said the not guilty verdict was an agonizing choice. >> my heart was beating a thousand times a minute and it was, very emotional. everyone was silent. the evidence wasn't there and we had this overwhelming sense that we