Casey Anthony was set to be released on Wednesday after after a calculation on Thursday was made of her time served of three years, or 1,043 days, for the four misdemeanor counts of lying to an officer, but now the Orange County court has extended her time to the following Sunday.
Casey was sentenced to one year per charge and fined $1,000 per charge, said Judge Belvin Perry Jr., chief judge of the ninth circuit court of Orange County, on Thursday. She is to pay the fine beginning Feb. 15, 2012, by $20 monthly payments.
Allen Moore, the public information of the Orange County Jail, says in an email that the court recalculated and the new projected date of release is July 17, 2011 rather than the initial date, July 13, 2011.
People have speculated how Casey would be released, whether by surrounded by intense security or if she was free to walk away on her own.
Moore explained when he added that the only statement being provided by the Orange County Corrections Department on its method of release for Anthony is as follows: "Due to the high profile nature of this case and intense, emotional interest by the public, appropriate measures will be taken to release the individual into the community in such a manner so as to preserve the safety of the individual and the public."
Anthony was acquitted on Tuesday, after a six week trial, on counts of first-degree murder, manslaughter on a child and aggravated child abuse. The state opened a case against her in 2008 accusing her of murdering her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee Marie Anthony. Casey's defense team asserts that the child died by drowning in the family swimming pool on June 16, 2008, an accident that was covered up by the victim's grandfather, George Anthony.
The little girl's skeletal remains were found on Dec. 11, 2008, in a swamp in a wooded area not far from the Anthony family home. She was found with duct tape hanging from her skull, which the state argues was the cause of death.
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