Casey Anthony to be released Wednesday
Casey Anthony, left, speaks to her attorney, Dorothy Clay Sims, before her sentencing hearing
(Credit: AP Photo) Anthony was sentenced Thursday by Judge Belvin Perry to four years in prison for lying to police, but with credit for time served and good behavior she will remain in jail for just one more week.
Pictures: Casey and Caylee Anthony, Personal Photos
Judge Belvin Perry and attorneys figured out her credit for time served and good behavior after her sentencing hearing.
Casey Anthony has been in jail since October 2008.
She received one year in jail, to be served consecutively, on each of four counts of providing false information to law enforcement as well as a fine of $1,000 for each count, plus court costs.
As the sentence was announced, Orlando real estate broker Flora Reece stood outside the courthouse with a sign that read "Arrest the Jury."
After the sentencing, protesters chanted Caylee's name outside the courthouse as well as "Justice for Caylee," reports the station.
"At least she won't get to pop the champagne cork tonight," Reece said of the judge's decision to keep Anthony in jail.
The crowd of a few dozen emotionally charged protesters stood apart from the handful of Casey Anthony supporters, which included one man displaying a sign asking Anthony to marry him, reports WKMG.
On Tuesday, Anthony was acquitted on first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse and aggravated manslaughter charges in the death of her daughter, Caylee.
News of the World shuts down amid hacking scandal
The British tabloid, owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., will make Sunday's edition its last. The top-selling paper had been rocked by allegations that it hacked into the cellphones of celebrities, politicians and crime and military combat victims.
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Reporting from London—
In a stunning move, Rupert Murdoch's media empire announced Thursday it was shutting down the News of the World tabloid, Britain's bestselling Sunday newspaper, because of an alleged phone hacking scandal that has triggered a major public backlash here.James Murdoch, a senior executive at his father's News Corp., said Sunday's edition of the News of the World would be its last. In a statement, he said the company accepted responsibility for the distress inflicted by the phone hacking allegations and the paper's breach of journalistic ethics.
"The News of the World is in the business of holding others to account," the statement said, "but it failed when it came to itself."
The statement acknowledged the gravity of allegations that the paper hacked into the cellphones of celebrities, politicians and even crime and military combat victims in its pursuit of scoops. Earlier this week, Britain was rocked by reports that a private investigator hired by the tabloid had illegally accessed – and deleted – voicemail messages on the phone of a 13-year-old girl who was kidnapped and later found murdered.
Such a practice, if it occurred, "was inhuman and has no place in our company," the statement said -- in effect concurring with an outpouring of public outrage over the reports that has swept the nation.
The closure will mean the death of a weekly newspaper that has been a part of the British media landscape for more than a century. The News of the World enjoys a circulation of more than 2.5 million, far beyond its closest rival.
But the elder Murdoch and News Corp. evidently felt that the hacking scandal had created too toxic of an environment for the company and that the News of the World had to be sacrificed.
News Corp.'s British subsidiary, News International, also owns other iconic publications, such as the Times of London and the Sun tabloid, which have been caught up in a boycott campaign by Facebook and Twitter users angered by the allegations surrounding the News of the World.
The scandal has thrown into question Murdoch's attempt to gain control of British satellite broadcaster BSkyB, a takeover bid now under consideration by the British government.
A number of advertisers have also withdrawn their business from the News of the World as a result of mounting accusations that the tabloid may also have hacked into the cellphones of relatives of terrorist attack victims and British soldiers killed in combat.
On Thursday, the British Legion, a socially and politically powerful veterans' organization, announced that it too was cutting its ties to the tabloid.
The closure of the paper caught many in London by surprise, including, apparently, some of its own employees. Even after the announcement by James Murdoch, the News of the World's website was offering a four-week free trial subscription.
The statement by James Murdoch said that all proceeds from Sunday's final edition of the News of the World would be donated to worthy causes.
Later, News International announced that the closing would result in 200 tabloid staffers losing their jobs, the Associated Press reported. A company spokeswoman said that those laid off can apply for other jobs in the media firm.
Whether the drastic step to shut down the paper will dampen public anger remains to be seen. Many politicians are demanding the resignation of Rebekah Brooks, chief executive of News International and the editor of the News of the World at the time of the alleged hacking into the teenage kidnap victim.
Brooks is one of Rupert Murdoch's closest confidants and has so far insisted that she will stay on to get to the bottom of the hacking scandal.
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