Photos: How Is Casey Anthony's Demeanor Different When the Jury's Not in the Courtroom?

We learned this morning that the reason the mysterious recess was called in the Casey Anthony trial on Saturday, was because the defense filed a motion to determine Anthony's competency to proceed. The court ordered for Casey to be examined by 3 psychologists over the weekend, who determined that she is competent to stand trial.

Judge Jeanine Pirro joined America's Newsroom to comment on the differences in Casey's demeanor when the jury has left the courtroom. She said, "She can look at photographs of this skull, the bones of her child, have no emotion before the jury comes in, and when the jury comes in, all of the sudden, she's emotional, she's taking out her tissues. Look, this woman has been prepped for this case. I've even had body language experts on my show to try to assess what is real and what isn't. But, her behavior totally changes. She laughs, she jokes with the lawyers, she's going back and forth with them. And, then when the jury comes in, she's got that flat affect, which they're trying to say is a result of her bring, of course, a victim of sex abuse by her father for all those years before she went to school."

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[ian palmer]

is this serious? that was retarded

[ian palmer]

why?

[fordtruckman80]

It's hilarious how she laughs whenever the jury is dismissed. If my kid was dead, you would never see my face with a smile for the rest of my life, no matter if I was crazy or not. Today (June 29), they called a grief counselor to the stand to testify on her dealing with grief. As soon as the grief counselor started talking about dealing with a dead child, Casey broke into tears. This video sums up exactly how I feel about her. She's so fake and I hope she rots for it.

[Bradon M]

Good point maybe Casey is gonna take the stand.  I'm sure she thinks she is a great liar ect. I hope she does, Ashton will make her look really bad.

[jamesdurbinfan1]

this motion in my opinion was to cover their asses and by their i mean her defense team for when hopefully not if casey takes the stand bc lets face it you never know what you are going to get with her the only certainty is she will be lying this is just my opinion tho

[GutpileCharlie]

Criminal defense attornies are some of the world's biggest ass bags.

I think most of the time, they are as evil as the people that they "defend."

[Priscilla Wooten]

Of course she is competent. She does know right from wrong. She's just an evil thieving and compulsive liar.

[livegorgeouslygreen]

I think she should spend a nice long time in prison. But that is just what I think.