Crimes and Trials (5#) -

Casey Anthony,
Lindsay Hawker, and Tarpon Bend . . .

# Scott Bonn, a professor of criminology at Drew University, contends that the Casey Anthony trial was a case of overzealous prosecution in which the prosecution overcharged her.

Casey Anthony's parents have received death threats, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Office.

# Lindsay Hawker, whose corpse was found in a bathtub full of sand, was a young woman from Coventry UK who was teaching English in Japan. Her killer is finally being brought to trial, according to Eliot Sefton at TFP. And there's a longer story at The Mail.

# SoFlo: The mansion in Tarpon Bend, a secluded, upscale area of Fort Lauderdale, stood empty for a number of years, but recently Ronald C. Vinci, an elderly millionaire from the West Coast and Catherine Pileggi, his female companion, moved into it. She is now being accused of murdering him.

# Blogging Notes: I've been having trouble with my laptop lately, which may have been due to some recent software updates. I hope I've fixed it by trying System Restore, but the laptop is getting old. I've been putting off getting a new one. We'll see what happens. Rainy weather around here today.

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