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Judge Schedules Anthony Civil Trial

Death Penalty Option Stays In Anthony Case

POSTED: Friday, December 18, 2009
UPDATED: 8:34 pm EST December 19, 2009

Casey Anthony could face three separate trials in 2010.

Zenaida Gonzalez, who claims her reputation was ruined when Anthony told investigators she left her missing daughter with a nanny with the same name, is suing Anthony.

If the two sides cannot reach a financial settlement soon, a trial date has been set for June 7.


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Anthony is just weeks away from her first trial of 2010. On Jan. 25 she will face a jury for allegedly stealing checks from her former best friend, Amy Huizenga.

Anthony, 23, is also charged with first-degree murder in the death of her daughter, Caylee Anthony, whose remains were found last December. A trial date has not been set, but her attorneys believe it will take place some time during the summer, possibly right before or after the civil trial.

Caylee was 2 years old when she was reported missing in July 2008. Anthony has pleaded not guilty.

Meanwhile, the judge in Anthony's murder case ruled on Friday that the state can continue to seek the death penalty.

Orange County Circuit Judge Stan Strickland said the state was not acting in bad faith or depriving Anthony of her constitutional rights by seeking the death penalty.

Strickland said in his ruling that he did have the power to remove the death penalty option but only if the state was acting in bad faith. The state had argued that judges cannot restrict prosecutors' discretion when it comes to choosing whether to pursue the death penalty.

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