Casey Anthony Trial

One of Casey Anthony's prospective jurors broke down in tears and admitted she has been praying for the young woman.
"Honestly, I've been praying for her, the mother," said Juror 3042, a woman who appeared to be in her early 30s. "I feel bad about the whole situation."
The juror said her feeling could inhibit her ability to fairly weigh the evidence in the case. And Orange-Osceola Chief Judge Belvin Perry excused her soon after that admission this afternoon.
Her departure is the latest setback in the attempt to reach 12 jurors to be sworn in for the case. The count has been stuck at 11 for most of the day.

A couple of times now, defense attorney José Baez has used back strikes just as Judge Perry attempted to bring 12 jurors in to be sworn in. The situation still leaves it uncertain if the 12 will be sworn in today.
At one point Baez asked to have all the remaining jurors they have not questioned extensively, about 20 or so, to be seen so that Casey Anthony could take a more active role in choosing them, but Perry denied that request.
Instead, prospective jurors will continue to be added to the total count as long as they pass through the questioning about pretrial publicity, the death penalty and personal background.
Eventually, the defense will run out of its strikes. It is down to three left. The prosecution still has five.
Jurors chosen today
The other juror approved today was Juror 3308, a mechanic who served in law enforcement in the U.S. Coast Guard.
The 39-year-old juror told the attorneys he does not want to serve on a jury.
"I've got a good life. I'd rather not interrupt it," he said.
Earlier, Juror 3308 said he was a fan of the Bubba the Love Sponge Show and had found the derogatory song about Casey Anthony called 'My Trunk' — a parody of 'My Humps' by The Black Eyed Peas — funny; however, he didn't take it as fact.
"I do listen to Bubba the Love Sponge occasionally," he said. "I think it's an entertainment show. I don't look to it for a lot of fact."
Jurors excused
The first potential juror questioned after a 30 minute recess was dismissed due to cause.
Juror 3158, a middle-aged white man, said heard about the case on the news and could not presume Anthony was innocent. He was dismissed.
Juror 3206 was excused in the morning because she knew too many details of the case and already believed Casey Anthony is guilty.
Orange-Osceola Chief Judge Belvin Perry asked her if she can put her opinion aside and be an impartial juror.
Her response: "Your honor, I can't really honestly say I can picture my opinion changing…I have had this opinion for a while now."
Before today, a total of 17 people had been considered viable jurors, but both sides exercised their peremptory challenges to strike 11 of those candidates.
Once the panel of a dozen jurors is sworn in, they are locked in place, and both sides will have to keep that panel for the duration of the six- to eight-week trial in Orlando unless one or more is replaced by an alternate.
Perry seemed to indicate they may not reach his original goal of 20 — 12 jurors and eight alternates — that he desired when this process started May 9.
"I don't know if we will reach the original number that I wanted, which was eight [alternates], but we will have what we will have," Perry said at the end of the proceedings Monday.
Anthony, 25, is accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee Marie in the summer of 2008. She faces a possible death sentence if convicted as charged.