The judge who presided over the Casey Anthony trial said on Monday that there was enough evidence to convict the Florida mother for the murder of her 2-year-old daughter.
Anthony was acquitted of murder in 2011 after the Florida jury found her guilty of only four counts of providing false information to law enforcement. Judge Belvin Perry, believed there was sufficient evidence to convict Anthony of first-degree murder.
Perry felt "surprise, shock, disbelief" when he first read the jury's not guilty verdict. He admitted that he had to read the verdict twice.
"I just wanted to be sure I was reading what I was reading," Perry told NBC's "Today" show. "There were always two sides to Casey. The public persona that she wanted the jury to see and there was a side that she showed when the jury wasn't there."
He told "Today" that he thought the prosecutors were better attorneys than lead defense attorney Jose Baez.
"He came across as someone you would like," Perry said. "Like someone trying to sell a used car. Who are you going to buy from? The most likable salesman."
Anthony's trial captivated the nation in the summer of 2011. She was accused of killing her two-year-old baby, Caylee, in 2008. Baez was able to create a reasonable doubt in the jury that Anthony was innocent of murder, and in a surprising decision, the jury found her not guilty.
"Justice will finally be served one day by the Judge of Judges," Perry said. "She is going to have to live with this and deal with this for the rest of her life."
