ABC News
A Florida bill inspired by the death of 2-year-old Caylee Anthony was approved in a first committee hearing and is advancing in the Florida Legislature.
On Thursday, the Senate Criminal Justice Committee unanimously approved the potential law that would make it a felony to intentionally give police false information about a child who disappears, gets seriously injured or dies, according to the Associated Press. The maximum sentence for each count would be five years.
The bill, proposed by Florida Republican Sen. Joe Negron, is one of at least eight other bills filed in response to Casey Anthony’s acquittal in the murder of her daughter Caylee. At least six of the proposed measures are called “Caylee’s Law.”
Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/01/caylees-law-advances-in-florida-legislature/
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