Friday, July 22, 2011

Who Is Paying for Casey Anthony's Legal Fees? The Taxpayers.




After Casey Anthony was acquitted, her defense lawyers bill amounted to $124,800 of which the Florida taxpayers paid $119,000 already. After she consumed her own money for the legal representation, she was declared indigent by the courts in March 2010. The prosecutors has not finalized their expenses but has declared at least $91,000 so far. Still being calculated is the expenses of the Florida police department for the investigation of the death of her 2 year old daughter that started July of 2008.

Casey is being offered at least $1 million for her first interview and from the last report there is a bidding war going on right now for the rights to have her exclusive interview. I do not know so much about the law, but is she supposed to pay for all the expenses incurred in her case if ever she gets paid for any interviews that she's going to give after she was acquitted from the charges?

Personally, I think that she do not owe the taxpayers any money since she was not proven guilty of the charges. Like most of the people who are following this case, I also believe that she has something to do with her daughter's death but the prosecutors was not able to prove it. If there is somebody who is supposed to carry the baggage in this case, it should be the prosecutors' office. People are saying that the system failed, but I think the government lawyers are the ones who fail by not linking Casey Anthony to the death of Caylee. 

1 comment:

Miranda Hardy said...

It just makes me sick that she will profit from this, knowing she did have something to do with the murder of her own child.