Casey Anthony Ordered Back to Jail, Fined $4,000, To Be Released Next Week
Anthony, 25, was acquitted of killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee in 2008 but received the toughest possible sentence for lying to police during the investigation.
Each of the four misdemeanor counts Anthony was convicted of carried a maximum of one year in jail. Judge Belvin Perry ordered the one-year terms to run consecutively, and also imposed a $1,000 fine for each count.
In addition to receiving credit for the nearly three years she has spent behind bars since her arrest, Anthony also will get time for good behavior reduced from her jail sentence.
Lawyers and jail officials were to figure out exactly how much time off the sentence Anthony would get after court adjourned.
Though she must return to jail for now, the sentence is a far cry from the death penalty prosecutors had planned to seek if jurors found Anthony guilty of first-degree murder.
