Defense attorney, Jose Baez, visited the Orange County Jail yesterday after the state announced they would seek the death penalty in their case against Casey Anthony.According to official jail records, Baez entered the jail shortly after 8 p.m. and left at 9:15 p.m. Casey has not received any other visitors.
Around 4pm Monday, Lead prosecutor, Linda Drane Burdick, of the state attorney's office, filed the letter to seek the death penalty for Casey Anthony.
Baez is not qualified to defend Anthony in a death penalty case because he lacks the required credentials by the Florida Bar.
"This is not a death penalty case. We will do whatever is necessary to defend Casey Anthony from the State trying to take her life. We already have death qualified defense lawyers on our team and are prepared for a vigorous defense ... We plan on making this a whole tougher for the state now," said Baez.
"Based upon additional information that has become available since the waiver of intent to seek the penalty of death filed on December 5, 2008, sufficient aggravating circumstances exist to justify the imposition of the Death Penalty," the filed letter stated.
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