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Casey Anthony Won't Testify; Defense Rests


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ORLANDO, Fla. – The defense rested Thursday in the Casey Anthony murder trial without her taking the witness stand, leaving unsubstantiated her attorneys' contention that her 2-year-old daughter Caylee wasn't killed but accidentally drowned.

Her attorneys also never produced any witnesses bolstering the claim made in last month's opening statements that Anthony had acted without apparent remorse in the weeks after her daughter's death because she had been molested by her father as a child, resulting in emotional problems.

Instead, their 13-day case primarily focused on poking holes in the prosecution's contention that Anthony killed Caylee in June 2008 by covering her mouth with duct tape. Prosecutors said the woman dumped Caylee's body in the woods near her parents' home and then resumed her life of partying and shopping.

The defense said in its opening statement that Caylee drowned and that Anthony's father George, a former police officer, helped her cover up the death by making it look like a homicide and dumping the body near their home, where it was found by a meter reader six months later.

George Anthony has vehemently denied any involvement in Caylee's death, the disposal of her body or molesting his daughter.

If convicted of first-degree murder, Anthony, 25, could receive the death penalty.
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She'll most likely spend the next several years on death row.
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