Thursday July 7, 12 - 1 pm: The Casey Anthony Trial

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Midday-Anthony Tril- 7-7-2011.mp3

When a Florida Jury returned a not guilty verdict in the Casey Anthony trial, the country broke into an outraged, Twittering frenzy. Accused of murdering her two-year-old daughter, Casey Anthony has been in the national spotlight for several weeks, as the news and entertainment media fed an American obsession with crime. While murders occur all the time across the U.S., Casey Anthony’s trial was somehow more appealing to the American appetite for reality TV. How did a local tragedy and crime story become a national sensation? Psychologist Frank Farley and Midday Pop Culture commentator Sheri Parks discuss the Anthony case and why such crimes consume so much of the public’s attention while more important issues go begging for it.