Casey Anthony Trial: Jury Begins Its Deliberations

This case has been so sad on so many levels. I would like to think that she did not killher daughter, but the evidence says something different. I don't know how she was able to live her life as if her child was not missing. This whole family is in need of therapy and I hope they all get it.

The six-week Casey Anthony trial went to the jury for deliberations Monday. The jury took up the case shortly after noon, following the state's rebuttal to closing arguments.

"Your verdict finding the defendant either guilty or not guilty must be unanimous," Judge Belvin Perry told the jury. "The verdict must be the verdict of each juror, as well as the jury as a whole."

Anthony, 25, is accused of multiple charges, including capital murder, aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter of a child and misleading law enforcement in the death of her daughter, 2-year-old Caylee. The prosecution is seeking the death penalty.

The defense completed their closing arguments Sunday, and the prosecution wrapped up the case with their rebuttal this afternoon. The rebuttal was broken into two parts. Prosecutor Jeff Ashton first focused on the evidence in the case, and Assistant State Attorney Linda Drane Burdick then focused on motive.

"Casey Anthony would have you believe this is all her mother's fault for leaving the ladder down," Burdick said, referring to the defense's theory that Caylee drowned in the family pool.

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