Casey Anthony says it is time for America to end capital punishment

Casey Anthony wants the United States to scrap the death penalty. Her plea comes 15 years after she faced that very punishment herself and walked away from it.

Why she wants it gone

A jury cleared Anthony in 2011 in the death of Caylee, her 2-year-old daughter. In a new post she argues that executions carried out by the state are inhumane. She also says nothing shows the threat of death keeps people from committing crimes.

She pointed to Florida's numbers. Seventeen inmates have been put to death there so far this year. The state carried out 19 executions in 2025.

Anthony also raised the money involved, saying capital trials plus executions cost a great deal. She said the burden should stay on prosecutors to prove their case. In her view, defense lawyers should not be stuck arguing that a client does not deserve to die while also trying to win that client's freedom.

A personal note

She ended the post with a question that seemed to draw on her own past: "What if the person you are condemning to death is innocent?"

Florida prosecutors had pushed for a death sentence at her murder trial. A guilty verdict could have put her on death row.

Executions in the headlines

Capital punishment has drawn heavy attention in recent weeks. Christa Pike, a convicted killer, ended up in a Tennessee hospital after her execution went wrong. She stayed close to two weeks before being released.

Nidal Hasan is also set to face a firing squad soon. He is the ex-Army officer behind the Fort Hood massacre that left 13 dead. Officials first said they planned to stream his execution live before Trump reversed that plan.