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Sound Off: Casey Anthony Not Guilty

Jurors today announced that they found Casey Anthony, 25, not guilty of first-degree murder in the 2008 death of her 2-year-old daughter. Where do you stand?

"Not guilty."

When the jury forewoman read the verdict in the Casey Anthony trial Tuesday, Anthony teared up—and viewers everywhere gasped.

The tension was thick in the Orange County, Florida, courtroom, as many across the country tuned in to hear the outcome in the case of a young mother charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter. Many have likened her trial to that of O.J. Simpson.

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Anthony was acquitted on counts of first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, and aggravated manslaughter of a child. But the jury convicted her on four misdemeanor counts of providing false information to law enforcement officers.

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