May 03, 2016 · Ashton, who unsuccessfully prosecuted the case against Casey Anthony, says he committed no crime on the cheating website and will not resign his post. He said Sunday that he signed up for the site...
Aug 23, 2015 · Jeff Ashton is the state attorney for the Ninth Judicial Circuit in Florida. He was the lead prosecutor in the murder trial of Anthony, who was accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter in 2008....
From 2008 to 2011, he was also the prosecuting attorney of the famed Casey Anthony trial. His New York Times best-selling book, Imperfect Justice: Prosecuting Casey Anthony (William Morrow) reveals his take on the supposed "trial of the internet century." Ashton's decades of experience as a prosecutor make him an ideal keynote speaker at law schools, law …
Dec 12, 2008 · Cupp said the next crucial pieces of information for both prosecutors and Jose Baez, Casey Anthony's attorney, will come from the Orange County medical examiner's office.
Nov 15, 2011 · A retired prosecutor from the Casey Anthony murder trial calls her lead attorney "smarmy" in a new book and says he didn't think a jury would ever agree to the death penalty for the Florida mother ...
Ashton called a news conference after reports claimed he was a paid member of Ashley Madison, whose client data was targeted by hackers. The veteran prosecutor was at the center of the case against Anthony, who was acquitted in 2011 of the murder of her 2-year-old daughter three years earlier.
Jeff Ashton, State Attorney for Orange and Osceola counties in central Florida, appears at a news conference, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015, in Orlando, Fla., after reports claimed he was a paid member of the Ashley Madison cheating website. Ashton, who unsuccessfully prosecuted the case against Casey Anthony, says he committed no crime on the cheating website and will not resign his post. He said Sunday that he signed up for the site because he was curious but he did not have an affair. He asked for forgiveness for his bad judgment. (AP Photo/John Raoux) (The Associated Press)
Ashton was the lead prosecutor in the Casey Anthony murder trial. He denies using government equipment to connect to the cheating website. "While I indulged my curiosity about the site, it never went beyond that," Ashton says.
Jeff Ashton is the state attorney for the Ninth Judicial Circuit in Florida. He was the lead prosecutor in the murder trial of Anthony, who was accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter in 2008. “Two years ago, I was curious about the Ashley Madison website, and I used my personal credit card to sign up for the site.
The Defense Argument. The defense proposed an alternative theory. Lawyers for Anthony argued that her daughter had drowned in the swimming pool. Upon realizing that her daughter drowned, Anthony did what she always did. She lied about.
Caylee Anthony’s body was found near the house decomposing. She was found with duct tape over her mouth. Casey Anthony lied about nearly everything. The police caught her in numerous lies that didn’t require much evidence to realize were false. She also seemed unfazed by the fact that her daughter was missing.
A justice system that presumes innocence rests on the belief that it is worse imprison an innocent person than it is to let a guilty one go free. Ten years later, people are still considering the ramifications of that axiom to the American justice system. That has a lot to do with the outcome of the Casey Anthony case.
According to the jurors who were involved with the case, the prosecution failed to prove how Caylee Anthony died. But those who were involved with the investigation can’t understand why they believe that. Here’s why.
She made up a story that she worked at Universal Studios and even led police to Universal Studios where they discovered she did not have a job. Casey Anthony was a master manipulator, maybe, but of herself more so than anyone else. In other words, the defense’s theory fit.
The friends only realized that her daughter was missing after seeing a report on the news. On the basis of those two facts – the forensic evidence and her demeanor – the prosecution formed a theory that Casey Anthony had given the child chloroform and then suffocated her with the duct tape.
11 of that year, not far from the Anthonys' home.Casey's murder trial began in May 2011. Then, on July 5, Casey was found not guilty on all charges except for lying to investigators.WESH 2's Michelle Meredith sat down with two ...
Casey was arrested just one day later for the first time. She was indicted on first-degree murder charges in October 2008. Caylee's remains were found on Dec. 11 of that year, not far from the Anthonys' home. Casey's murder trial began in May 2011.
"For me, trying to make sense of it," Ashton said. Ashton said he is trying to make sense of why the Casey Anthony trial became a social phenomenon.
Anthony was accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee Anthony. WESH 2 News is looking back on the case that made worldwide headlines. Michelle Meredith reports.