Casey Anthony Case

Defense attorney Andrea Lyon (left) <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="OREDU000019" title="DePaul University" href="/topic/education/depaul-university-OREDU000019.topic">DePaul University</a> nationally-known death penalty expert called Elizabeth Rapaport, a <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="OREDU0000457" title="University of New Mexico" href="/topic/education/colleges-universities/university-of-new-mexico-OREDU0000457.topic">University of New Mexico</a> law professor, to the stand to testify about her research on gender and the death penalty. Orange County Chief Judge Belvin Perry Jr. ruled that Casey Anthony's defense team failed to prove "inherent bias" against women who are accused of violent crimes, especially those accused of killing their children

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( RED HUBER, ORLANDO SENTINEL / May 11, 2010 )

Defense attorney Andrea Lyon (left) DePaul University nationally-known death penalty expert called Elizabeth Rapaport, a University of New Mexico law professor, to the stand to testify about her research on gender and the death penalty. Orange County Chief Judge Belvin Perry Jr. ruled that Casey Anthony's defense team failed to prove "inherent bias" against women who are accused of violent crimes, especially those accused of killing their children

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