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CNN’s Art Harris on TALK BACK Live in ’95, before O. J. acquital

By Art Harris, The Bald Truth, (c) www.artharris.com, all rights reserved

Imagine Caylee Anthony squeeling with delight, as she blows out six candles on a birthday cake—her own. That’s what might have been today, had she not been found dumped in a swamp near her home in Orlando, Florida.

With her mother acquitted on murder charges and now entertaining million dollar deals from the likes of Hustler magazine, her birthday is a reminder of raw wounds left by a shocking not guilty verdict and exposed a justice system that some critics say favors criminals — and killers.

I can only compare it to the gasps heard after O. J. Simpson was acquitted for a double murder linked by slam dunk DNA evidence in 1995, when I was investigating the case for CNN and breaking most of the network exclusives with a team of crack producers. Read the rest of this entry »

Lawyer Ray Giudice gets birthday shoutout from Nancy Grace

From Bald Truth Staff, (c) artharris.com, all rights reserved

Grin and bear it, Ray Bob.

We know it’s hard to take…just when you think you’re about to get another razzing, or slap upside the haid…and you pucker up tight, getting ready for contact, or to dodge, duck and weave…

WHAM!

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Casey Anthony, freed from jail, now free to party on.

By Art Harris, The Bald Truth, (c) www.artharris.com, all rights reserved

Just after midnight Saturday, the most notorious accused killer ever acquitted in U.S. legal history since O.J. Simpson, walked out of the Orlando jail in jeans and a pink shirt. Her lawyer, Jose Baez, walked out the front door with her, climbed into a dark SUV and sped off.

“She looked happy to be out, but not smiling, holding back any facial expression,” said one of the journalists in the media pool.

“Thank you,” said Casey, the only words she uttered, directed at one of the Orange County sheriff’s deputies.

Within minutes, media helicopters followed overhead as they hit the freeway and took an exit ramp downtown, then headed towards the same courthouse where she was found not guilty of killing her daughter. The SUV was then spotted ducking into underground parking at her other lawyer’s office, Cheney Mason.

Then, Casey Anthony gave media the slip, as her lawyers appeared to create diversions.

“I have no idea” where she is, said Mark Lippman, attorney for parents George and Cindy Anthony on CNN Sunday. He said Baez had called him to ask to use her parents as decoys, but Lippman vetoed that request. He said her parents had asked to see her, but Baez had vetoed that.
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Juror #2 tells newspaper “the evidence wasn’t there” to convict for murder.

By Art Harris, The Bald Truth, (c) www.artharris.com, all rights reserved

Juror Number 2 in the Casey Anthony murder case says “the evidence wasn’t there” to find her guilty of murder beyond a reasonable doubt.

Without revealing his name, he tells The St. Petersburg Times jurors believed Anthony killed her two year old daughter, Caylee, but prosecutors failed to make a case with enough concrete evidence to persuade them beyond a reasonable doubt.

Meanwhile, Judge Belvin Perry sent Casey Anthony back to jail–until next Wednesday, when she will be released despite his four year sentence for lying to police since she’s amassed enough jail time to receive credit for time served. She also faces possible fines. Read the rest of this entry »