# Casey Anthony Sentenced to 4 years **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 7, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casey-anthony-sentenced-to-4-years/588181 "2011-07-07T14:00:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Al\_Bundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@Al\_Bundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al_Bundy)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casey-anthony-sentenced-to-4-years/588181/21 "2011-07-07T20:37:32Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Maybe, though I believe she’s broke, so suing her would basically cost the person suing time and money with little hope of actually getting anything out of it. I bet folks are already writing the book for her. Advances and royalties will keep her going. Then there may be the option of pictures, as in porno. Talk show interviews come later. Certainly her attorney or other agents will spring for temporary investment in this little gold mine. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casey-anthony-sentenced-to-4-years/588181/22 "2011-07-07T23:35:31Z")
It’s been said that she’s considering having another baby. Maybe she’ll auction off the rights to paternal participation. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casey-anthony-sentenced-to-4-years/588181/23 "2011-07-07T23:42:12Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > A legal question: if it was somehow proven that Baez cooked up the “Caylee drowned in the pool” defense knowing perfectly well it wasn’t true, could he get into trouble for saying it? (I know it would be next to impossible to prove, but I’m asking more as a hypothetical.) I haven’t been following this case closely, but I doubt he had anyone testify “Caylee drowned in the pool.” He probably said things like “for all we can tell from the evidence, it’s possible that she drowned in the pool.” Such a strategy would be fine, even if he “knew” it wasn’t true. (the only way he could know such a thing is if his client told him a different version. But even then, given the fact that some people just make crap up, even to their lawyers, he couldn’t really “know.”) ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casey-anthony-sentenced-to-4-years/588181/24 "2011-07-08T02:27:04Z")
> [@Al\_Bundy](#): > > Then there may be the option of pictures, as in porno. [Already floated and shot down.](http://www.tmz.com/2011/07/06/casey-anthony-steve-hirsch-porn-offer-vivid-entertainment-terminate-withdraws-offer-take-back-no-more-murder-suspect-adult-film-xxx-naked-nude/) Guess you can never underestimate some people. (BTW, Y’know, the whole “she’ll be doing porn soon” thing about every female who acheves some notoriety for legal trouble or life-meltdown scenario is also beginning to get tiresome… ) > [@](#): > > Talk show interviews come later. Certainly her attorney or other agents will spring for temporary investment in this little gold mine. No doubt people will make a buck off this but color me :dubious: as to how great her direct profitability would be. What publisher will want their house imprint on her book? What top-audience host would want her in their Talk Show? The law firm _already_ got their golden dividend - they just got their defendant off in a high-profile capital case. Maybe not the thing that generates the most community “goodwill” but a criminal defense lawyer’s selling point is whether his clients walk, not whether the PTA loves him. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casey-anthony-sentenced-to-4-years/588181/25 "2011-07-08T16:04:19Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > No doubt people will make a buck off this but color me :dubious: as to how great her direct profitability would be. What publisher will want their house imprint on her book? What top-audience host would want her in their Talk Show? Publishers will generally want their house imprint on any book that is pratically guaranteed to sell a bajillion copies. Talk show hosts want to land a hotly-debated guest before their competition does. I think you overestimate how much someone in either of those industries would weigh popular opinion about what she may have done or their own feelings about her against the possibility of profits and great ratings. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casey-anthony-sentenced-to-4-years/588181/26 "2011-07-08T16:29:24Z")
> [@Rysdad](#): > > It’s been said that she’s considering having another baby. I’d thought she would do this to protect herself, both as a pregnant woman and later as the mother of a child, against physical recriminations against her by an angry public. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casey-anthony-sentenced-to-4-years/588181/27 "2011-07-08T16:36:21Z")
> [@Al\_Bundy](#): > > I bet folks are already writing the book for her. Advances and royalties will keep her going. Then there may be the option of pictures, as in porno. Talk show interviews come later. Certainly her attorney or other agents will spring for temporary investment in this little gold mine. I saw a book agent on TV saying a book by her would be an easy sell and a moneymaker. That means she likely will have money to start off with. But they seem to blow it quickly and wind up in trouble. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casey-anthony-sentenced-to-4-years/588181/28 "2011-07-08T16:38:25Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > I saw a book agent on TV saying a book by her would be an easy sell and a moneymaker. That means she likely will have money to start off with. But they seem to blow it quickly and wind up in trouble. Really? A book by her would be meaningless. It would be all lies. Who the hell wants to read that? ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casey-anthony-sentenced-to-4-years/588181/29 "2011-07-08T16:57:34Z")
Right. What exactly would the book be about? Unless there’s a confession, why would anyone care? ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casey-anthony-sentenced-to-4-years/588181/30 "2011-07-08T17:24:02Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > I actually wondered if the Anthony’s neighbors could petition she not be allowed in the neighborhood. True she’s not a felon, but they could easily prove that her presence in their neighborhood could endanger the property and conceivably the safety of others. I am unaware of any legal mechanism by which authorities can kick someone out of a neighborhood because of a petition. It would set a pretty bad precedent if people could just vote you out of the area. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casey-anthony-sentenced-to-4-years/588181/31 "2011-07-08T17:34:29Z")
She had better never break the law again, because I’m sure judges will be looking for the most severe penalties they possibly can if she does. It’ll be OJ-redux. She got the maximum penalty for lying to cops (which is amusing since cops can lie to the public al the time w/o it being illegal, and criminals lie to cops all the time w/o penalty). One year on each count served consecutively and a $1000 fine on each count. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casey-anthony-sentenced-to-4-years/588181/32 "2011-07-08T17:37:24Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > I am unaware of any legal mechanism by which authorities can kick someone out of a neighborhood because of a petition. It would set a pretty bad precedent if people could just vote you out of the area. You’d assume all the civil rights legislation that has been passed would prohibit that kind of behavior. Exiling someone who hasn’t been convicted of a crime on suspicion of criminal behavior. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casey-anthony-sentenced-to-4-years/588181/33 "2011-07-08T17:39:14Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > You’d assume all the civil rights legislation that has been passed would prohibit that kind of behavior. Exiling someone who hasn’t been convicted of a crime on suspicion of criminal behavior. Nitpick. She has been convicted of several crimes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casey-anthony-sentenced-to-4-years/588181.md?page=1)