alan dershowitz, author of "trials of zion," and the defense's lead expert cathy reichs. cathy cathy, let me start with you. in the end, was it the lack of forensic evidence which you think led to this acquittal? >> well, in my mind it is, because the state really didn't have any valid evidence to go on. they had no physical evidence to tie casey to the death of her daughter. >> you examined a full skeletal autopsy of caylee anthony's remains. you visited the crime scene, examined pieces of evidence. from everything that you saw, from everything that you examined, did you ever see evidence of premeditated murder? >> no, and that was one of the problems that the prosecution had is there was no cause of death. there was nothing on those little bones to indicate when she had died or where she had died or how she had died. it was the skelton of a well taken care of little girl. there was no indication of any kind of mistreatment or child abuse or malnutrition or anything along those lines. so there was nothing in the bones to indicate what happened to her. >> i mean, do you h

. >> reporter: alan dershowitz sees the casey anthony case as a prime example of how the justice system separates what happens outside the courthouse from what happens inside. >> judges, juries are supposed to be beyond the emotion. they're supposed to look at the facts in a hard, cold, calculating way. and they're supposed to resolve the case based on just the evidence that they've heard. not the emotions of the moment. >> reporter: inside the orlando courtroom, judge belvin perry imposed the sentence. >> i will sentence you to one year in the orange county jail, imposing a $1,000 fine on each cou count. all four counts to run consecutive to each other. >> reporter: four years, credit for time served plus good behavior. what that means? casey anthony will go free on sunday, july 17th. >> another o.j. >> in the simpson case, there was so much focus and so much heat from the moment of timing the case and it never stopped. >> he made no reference to the defendant's statement and he didn't even know about the defendant's statement. >> reporter: marcia clark prosecuted o.j. simpson for murd

. >> reporter: law from fesor alan dershowitz say prosecutors ould not have sought the death penalty here. >> the prosecution got into a frenzy, and they asked for too much and they ended up getting too little. >> reporter: the jurors did not want to acquit casey anthony of murder, but the evidence did not persuade them beyond a reasonable doubt. >> not guilty doesn't mean innocent. it doesn't mean innocent. >> reporter: and that, in the end, may be the lasting legacy of the trial of casey anthony, a case that transfixed a nation. a reminder that the justice system isn't designed to reflect the emotions outside the courthouse. it's designed to make sure the government meets its burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt inside the courtroom. diane? >> thanks so much, terry. >>> and we turn now to dollars and sense in washington. and, the collision course as we face the deadline on the national debt, when, ins essential, america's credit will run out. both sides, republicans and democrats, were summoned to the white house today. so, what benefits are they likely to change? what does it

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fascinated parsing through the outrage of the american people and nuances that alan dershowitz make, this is the way the justice system is supposed to work. susan? >> another interesting point, when you look at one of the jurors that spoke last night,y i believe and said the prosecution didn't make their case. i think right now you're also seeing people very frustrated with government and how district attorney act. we have it right now in new york with the prosecution of dsk there and people are very outraged and they're wondering what are we doing with our judicial system, and i think that's maybe where this will go in the larger picture. >> people should bear in mind, there's a great scottish verdict in scotland that everyone talk answer now. at least the legal experts, that's called "not proven." not innocent or not guilty, not proven. that's the consensus. i want to move on. jimmy, china, reports from unnamed sources from a publication called "business insider" speculating or sourcing quite seriously the idea china is looking to make a major investment in facebook and facebook ap

alan dershowitz with whom i disagree on many other points put it this way. the diversity is getting more themselves, and high hearing is like a club in which you get hired by the people who are already in the club. that hasn't been set. there's almost no comparison but important miss between the number of young the faculty's who would agree with many of us in this room and the same had to done at 15 years ago. no comparison there are so many more than now. yes? >> following up on that response, you noted the federalist society. do you think then that one avenue for culture to the dominance of the left is only going to come from the eletes themselves in the schools and other words in order to get hired any law school with the exception of some of the for-profit schools you have to have clerked for a federal judge and come with a degree. therefore the only opponents of the category will be other people from the elite schools. do you agree that is the only front that is open to countering this stream? >> i think it's very well put, and the problem of bad ideas

i mean, alan dershowitz with whom i disagree on many other points put it this way, everyone sees diversity as getting more of themselves. and hiring is like a club in which you get hired by the people who are already in the club. that having been said, there is almost no comparison in the federallest fight -- federalist fight between the number of young faculty who would agree with many of us in this room and the same sort of survey had you done it 15 years ago. no comparison there are so many more of them now. yes. >> my name's ian drake. following up on that response, you noted the federalist society. do you think then that one avenue for a counter to the dominance of the left is only going to come from the elites themselves in the elite schools? in other words, in order to get hired at any law school with the exception of some of the for-profit schools, you have to have clerked for a federal judge, and you have to come with a bram an degree. do you agree that that's, essentially, the only front that's open to countering this trend? >> i think that's very well put. and the, um, the probl

alan dershowitz to my disagree on many other points but put it this way. everyone's diversity is getting more results come and hiring is like a club in which you get tired of people who are already in the club. that hasn't been said that there's almost no comparison in the federal society has been important between the number of young faculty would agree with many of in this room, and same sort of survey had you done it 15 years ago, no comparison. there are so many more of them now. yes. >> my name is ian drake. following up on that response, you know the federalist society. do you think then that one avenue for a counter to the dominance of the left is only going to come from the elites themselves into elite schools? in other words, anne northup to get hired in any law school -- in order to get hired you have to push for a federal judge and you have to come with a brahman degree, therefore the only opponents within the category to be of people from elite schools. do you agree that is essentially the only front that is open to counter this trend? >> i thi

alan dershowitz, with whom i disagree on many other points, put it this way. everyone sees diversity as getting more of themselves. hiring is like a club in which you get hired by the people who are already in the club. that hasn't been said. there's almost no comparison. it's important. between the number of young faculty who would agree with many of us in this room and that the same sort of survey 15 years ago, no comparison. there are so many more now. >> my name is in drake. following up on that response, you noted the federalist society. did you think that one avenue for counter to the dominance of the left is only going to come from the elites themselves in the elite schools? in other words, in order to get hired at any law school, whether it is some of the for-profit schools, you have to have clerk for a federal judge and come with a degree. therefore, the only opponents within the academy are going to be other people from the elite schools. do you agree that is essentially the only front open to countering the trend? >> i think that is very well put. t